Spicy Beef with Red Peppers
Spicy Beef with Red Peppers is a bold main course featuring seared sirloin strips in a chilli-spiked tomato and pepper sauce. The Thermomix TM7 chops the onion and parsley in seconds and sautés them with olive oil for a fragrant base. Flaked chillies add warmth, while tinned tomatoes create a rich, glossy sauce. Ideal for a quick weeknight dinner with minimal washing up.
About this recipe
Spicy Beef with Red Peppers Thermomix TM7 is a fiery, satisfying main course that turns simple ingredients into a restaurant-style dinner. If you are searching for recipes that make the most of your all-in-one kitchen machine, this one shows exactly why the TM7 excels at savoury cooking: the onion, parsley and olive oil are chopped and sautéed directly in the mixing bowl, releasing their aromas without a separate pan. Flaked dried chillies bring gentle heat, while tinned chopped tomatoes simmer down into a rich, glossy sauce that clings to slices of seared sirloin. Red peppers add sweetness and colour, balanced by a pinch of sea salt and light sugar. This is the perfect quick weeknight dinner when you crave something bold but have no patience for lengthy prep, and cleanup afterwards is remarkably simple because everything starts in one bowl.
Preparation tips
- Pat the sirloin steaks dry with kitchen paper before slicing so they sear rather than steam; cutting them against the grain into even strips keeps each bite of the spicy beef tender.
- Taste the sauce after adding the chilli flakes and adjust gradually, since the heat intensifies as the tomato reduction simmers; a pinch of light sugar rounds out the acidity of the tinned tomatoes.
- Serve the spicy beef with rice, crusty bread or flatbreads to soak up the pepper sauce; leftover sauce keeps well in a sealed container in the fridge and can be reheated gently the next day.
Recipe variations
- Milder family version: halve or omit the dried chilli flakes and replace them with a spoonful of sweet smoked paprika, keeping the red peppers and tomato sauce intact while making the beef kid-friendly.
- Festive variation: swap the sirloin for beef fillet, add a splash of red wine to the tomato base and finish with roasted red pepper strips and extra parsley for an elegant dinner-party version of this spicy beef.
Thermomix TM7 Benefits
- Sautéing the onion in olive oil at a controlled temperature gives the spicy beef base its sweet, aromatic flavour without any burning.
- Chopping the fresh parsley in seconds releases its bright, herbal notes evenly throughout the pepper and tomato sauce.
- Mixing the tinned tomatoes with the sautéed base creates a smooth, glossy sauce that coats every strip of sirloin.
- Weighing the light sugar and sea salt directly in the bowl keeps the seasoning of the chilli tomato sauce precisely balanced.
- Grinding the dried chilli flakes finer distributes their heat uniformly through the red pepper sauce for consistent spiciness.
Ingredients
- brown onion
- fresh parsley
- olive oil
- red peppers
- tinned chopped tomatoes
- fine sea salt
- light brown sugar
- dried chilli flakes
- sirloin steaks