Julie Bove > wrote:

: "W. Baker" > wrote in message
: ...
: > Julie Bove > wrote:
: >
: > : "Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
: > : b.com...
: > : > 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.

: Why not olive? It is pretty much the only oil I used. I used it tonight
: for the steaks. I didn't put the peppers in there. They turned out to be
: going mushy so I just cut a few good strips from them and served them raw.

Olive oil has a low smoking point so it cannot get as hot todo the stir
frying as well. i use olive oil for lots of things, but not things that
need very hot oil. I do not deep fry, but one has the same problem with
trying to use olive oil for that kind of cooking.

Wendy