Vegan Pepper Steak
This saucy and delicious Vegan Pepper Steak comes together in under 20 minutes, making it a great choice for a healthy weeknight meal. It’s made with tender but chewy soy curls (or any vegan meat sub you like), crisp and fresh bell peppers, and coated in an umami sauce with a hint of sweetness.
Hey Internet, between a full time job, a full time blog, and a full time dog, I can never get enough easy and quick weeknight dinners. I’m tired when I come home from work, and if we’re not trying to fit in a recipe, I’m definitely looking for something that’s fast to put on the table so I don’t fall into the eating out trap (which I do sometimes).
Enter my new favorite recipe: vegan pepper steak. It’s kind of like a stir fry, but better.
Soy curls are just one of my new favorite meat replacements. Now that I’ve learned how to make their texture awesome (soak, squeeze out liquid, dry fry, use as needed), I’m putting them in everything.
And my stomach couldn’t be happier. When I crave a meat-like dish, I know by now I’m not craving animal meat, I’m just craving a chewy texture with whatever flavors I’m also craving (sweet, savory, tangy, umami, etc. Before, it was easy to use store-bought vegan meat options which are quick but don’t make my stomach (or my wallet) happy.
Enter soy curls. Made from whole soybeans, they’re a less processed and more wholesome vegan protein option and they’re truly super versatile. I’ve put them in everything from soups, to pasta, to wraps… I’ve even made soy curl bacon recently and it’s amazing!
But back to today’s awesome dish. It’s made by rehydrating soy curls–this time in vegan beef broth but vegetable broth mixed with a splash of soy sauce will also work.
Then you squeeze out the liquid and dry fry them for a few minutes, then add garlic, ginger, peppers, and finally a really simple but delicious sauce.
This simple and customizable recipe — use whatever veggies you like or customize the sauce — is so quick, it comes together in less than 20 minutes! And half that time is soaking the soy curls, so you could be doing other things like prepping the veggies, cooking rice to go along with this dish, making a side salad, or putting your feet up because rest is underrated.
Ready to jump into this delicious dish? Let’s do it.
