Julie Bove > wrote:

: "Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
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: > On 7/20/2012 3:48 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
: >> I need some new ideas for raw bell peppers and perhaps cooked ones too.
: >
: >
: > Green peppers were on sale here as was chuck shoulder steak and Roma
: > tomatoes.
: >
: > I partially froze the steak and sliced it thin on an angle then marinated
: > it in some low-sodium soy sauce while I cut 2 peppers into strips, chunked
: > up about one quarter of a large onion and diced some garlic. as well as
: > coarse dicing a couple of tomatoes.
: >
: > Slice a quarter-sized piece of ginger from a hand. Heat a tablespoon of
: > peanut oil in a wok and cook the ginger for about 2 minutes. Remove the
: > ginger and discard.
: >
: > Stir-fry the meat in the ginger-flavored oil. Take it out when the pink
: > is just gone. Add onions, garlic and peppers and stir fry until starting
: > to get tender. Return the meat, any accumulated juices and add the tomato.
: > Stir fry until everything is hot.
: >
: > If you can handle it, you can add a little corn starch slurry to thicken
: > the sauce, but I don't.

: I can't use peanut oil but I am making garlic steak for dinner. Maybe I
: will throw some peppers in there too. Thanks!
You can use any neutral oil, not olive, but canola or corn, etc. Peanut
is often preferred because of its neutral taste adn high smoking point,
but you can easily substitute.

Wendy