Garlicky Beef With Peppers

Submitted by PaulaG

"For the garlic lover. This is great served with a side salad, french bread and for the true garlic lover, a head of baked garlic to spread on the bread. The combination of red and green peppers makes for a nice presentation."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1 lb lean boneless beef round steak, about 1/2 inch thick
• 1 -2 teaspoon olive oil
• 1⁄4 cup minced onion
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 -2 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme or 1 -2 teaspoon dried thyme leaves (I use the 2 tsp.)
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
• 1 medium green pepper, cut into 1/4 inch strips
• 1 medium red pepper, cut into 1/4 inch strips
• 1⁄4 dry red wine (Beef broth can be used; however, the wine gives a richer flavor.)
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 cup beef broth
• 3 cups hot cooked noodles

directions

1. Trim fat from the beef; cut with grain into 2-inch strips.
2. Cut strips diagonally across the grain into 1/4-inch slices.
3. Heat the olive oil in nonstick skillet.
4. Add onion, garlic, thyme, salt and pepper.
5. Cook and stir over medium-high heat about 3 minutes or until onion is tender.
6. Stir in the meat and bell peppers, cook and stir about 4 minutes or until beef is no longer pink.
7. Stir in wine; reduce heat, cover and simmer for 5 minutes.
8. Stir cornstarch into beef broth until disolved; add to beef mixture.
9. Cook and stir over medium high heat until thickened.
10. Serve over noodles.

Reviews

[Leggy Peggy]

Lovely dish and so quick to make. I didn't have a green pepper so subbed snow peas, but otherwise followed the recipe, using the recommended wine and plenty of fresh thyme from the garden. The gravy is delish. I especially liked the flexibility this recipe offers. It lends itself to having additional or different veggies or even chillies, if that's what your eaters likes. Thanks for posting.

 

[mama smurf]

Yummo!! Fixed this last night for dinner and served it with a green salad and what a wonderful dish!!!! Made as written and it is in my file for my rotation meals. Made for French Country Kitchen Herb & Spice of the Month - Thyme...January 2010. UPDATE: I have made this again adding a little more garlic...yummy!

 

[brandidt]

Just average for me. My family like it. I will probably make it again but it's not a five.

 

[corfu74]

This was a great recipe.....Thank you so much. Unfortunately, I used some beef chunk instead of round steak and had to simmer it for 1.5 hours. However, it was the BEST!! I recommend it highly if you are using a denser meat. Also, I added about 1 tablespoon of garlic salt with parsley AND some boiled broccoli. I also served it over jasmine rice. Fantastic!! Oops...forgot to add that I added another 1/4 cup of red wine and did not use the cornstarch at all. Next time, I recommend using 2 cups of beef broth to 2.5 cups if you want to make it into a stew the way I did. I also did not include the thyme (husband doesn't like that spice). Thanks again.

 

[kzbhansen]

This was very tasty!! We really enjoyed this!! We aren't much for peppers so I just used a small amount of red peppers, my kids pulled them out. We are all garlic fanatics and this really hit the bill Thanks for posting!!!