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🥩 Steak with pepper 🍛 Beef with peppers
pepper steak

pepper steak

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Strips of steak cooked with green peppers and onions in a savory sauce
  • noun
  • /ˈpɛpər steɪk/
  • US
translation icon : bistec con pimientos
  • I like to make pepper steak when I need a quick and tasty meal.

Examples

  • I ordered pepper steak for dinner.

  • The pepper steak at that restaurant is cooked perfectly every time.

  • He ordered pepper steak with a side of rice for dinner last night.

  • The restaurant serves excellent pepper steak!

  • I ordered a delicious pepper steak with sautéed onions and a rich sauce for dinner.

  • For our anniversary, we decided to try the restaurant's special pepper steak served with fresh vegetables.

  • He cooked a savory pepper steak that was full of flavor, complemented by green peppers and spices.

How Peppery

pepper steak
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pepper steak
  • US
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Surface Forms

pepper steak singular
pepper steaks plural

Morphology

pepper + steak

The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'pepper' (the vegetable/spice) modifying 'steak' (a cut of meat): a steak prepared with peppers. This is a common noun–noun culinary pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the dish even if they cannot predict exact preparation details.

Etymology

Pepper steak comes from the sight of thin strips of steak cooked together with pieces of green pepper and onion in a hot pan. That's why the name means 'strips of steak cooked with peppers'.