Wirecutter's Badass Pepper Steak

Okay, you gotta keep in mind that this recipe is not exact and can be altered to suit your taste. I'm giving it to you the way I cook it.

Prep time: 30 minutes
Cooking time - 1-2 hours
Serves 4

INGREDIENTS:
First and foremost - a 12 pack of beer.
1 pound of lean meat - venison or buffalo is best but a great substitute is stir-fry meat. But it's gotta be lean.
5-6 Jalapeno peppers (milder peppers if you prefer)
1 medium sized Red Onion
1 Bell Pepper
1 clove of Garlic
1 can of diced tomatoes
1 27oz can of Hot Tomato Sauce
Crushed Red Pepper
3 Bay Leaves


Prep time: 30 minutes
Cooking time - 1-2 hours
Serves 4

Okay. Crack open a beer and get to work.
Cut the meat into strips about 1/4" thick, a couple of inches long and about 1/2" wide unless you're using stir fry. If you are, leave it the fuck alone.
Coat the bottom of a big-ass frying pan with Olive oil.
Dice 1/2 of the onion, slice the other half. Set aside.
Slice the Bell Pepper into strips. Set aside.
Slice the Jalapenos into rings. Set aside.
Slice the garlic into paper thin slices and put it into the heated olive oil, cooking it until it melts into the oil.
Next come the onions. Dump them into the pan, stirring or flipping constantly until they are caramelized - that means browned for all you Okies out there.
Dump in the meat and both types of peppers. Braise the meat. Keep stirring or flipping.
Remove from the heat and drain (not strain) the liquid that may have accumulated. DO NOT RINSE! Return to the stove.
Add the can of hot tomato sauce and diced tomatoes. Don't forget the bay leaves.
Reduce heat to a simmer. Leave uncovered.
Now the hard part is done. Let it simmer for about 5 beers, stirring after every beer. After the second beer, check the spiciness. If you want it hotter, throw in a level palm full of crushed red pepper. That'll light your ass up for sure.
Be sure to keep an eye on the sauce. You don't want it to get too thick right at first. If it does, turn the heat down just a tad and add a little beer. You actually want it kinda sorta thin until the meat is cooked. Keep adding beer to keep it watery for a while. You want everything to cook into the meat.
After 4 or 5 beers (or an hour or so) let the shit cook down and thicken up. You want the sauce to be just about the same consistency of ketchup, maybe a little thinner. When it hits that point, you're fucking done.

Ladle over rice, mashed potatoes or baked potato or do like I do. Eat it out of a bowl, spooning it into pieces of a flour tortilla.