Slow-Cooked Pepper Steak

Submitted by Janet W

"Round steak turns into fork-tender pepper steak when allowed to simmer long and slowly in the gentle heat of a slow cooker"

 

• Ready In: 7hrs 5mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 2 lbs top round steaks, trimmed (1 in. thick)
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can peeled chopped tomatoes, undrained
• 2 large green bell peppers, cut into 1 inch wide strips
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1⁄4 cup soy sauce
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1⁄2 cup cold water
• hot cooked noodles or rice

directions

1. CUT steak into 3 inch pieces:brown in hot oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Transfer steak to 4 qt slow cooker. Add tomatoes and pepper strips.
2. COMBINE onion and next 6 ingredients; pour over mixture in slow cooker. Cover and cook on HIGH setting 7 hours.
3. COMBINE cornstarch and water, stirring until smooth. Stir into mixture in slow cooker, cook uncovered on HIGH 10 to 15 minutes or until mixture is thickended and bubbly.
4. Serve over noodles or rice.

Reviews

[Epimedium2]

This is my go-to pepper steak recipe. My only alterations are to double the amt of ground ginger (or grate in some fresh ginger) and I use beef broth instead of water to add more beefy flavor. Depending on how much "sauce" is there, I sometimes increase the amt of beef broth (and corn starch if necessary) to get plenty of that great sauce to go over rice.

 

[latlyons]

This was fabulous and so easy! I did make 1 change by increasing soy sauce to 1/2 cup, making a fuller bodied sauce. I served over rice and since there were leftovers it was even better the next day. Thanks for a great recipe!