Light Swiss Steak

Submitted by ChipotleChick

"Another tasty dish from Better Homes and Gardens: Family Favorites Made Lighter."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 45mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 12 ounces beef round steak, trimmed and cut into 4 serving portions
• nonstick cooking spray
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can stewed tomatoes, roughly chopped
• 1 cup sliced celery
• 1 cup sliced carrot
• 1 small onion, sliced and separated to make rings
• 1⁄3 cup water
• 1⁄2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1⁄8 teaspoon pepper
• 1 cup cooked long-grain rice
• 1 tablespoon cold water
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch

directions

1. Spray a large, cold skillet with cooking spray.
2. Preheat over medium.
3. Brown meat on both sides.
4. Add undrained tomatoes, celery, carrots, onion, 1/3 cup water, thyme, and pepper.
5. Bring to a boil and reduce heat.
6. Simmer 1 hour 15 minutes or until meat is tender.
7. Set aside.
8. Cook or reheat rice at this time.
9. In a small mixing bowl mix the 1 tablespoon water and 2 teaspoons cornstarch.
10. Stir into the tomato mixture, cook and stir until thickened and bubbly, then cook 2 minutes more.
11. Serve over hot rice.

Reviews

[BlessedKerrieSue]

this was great.

 

[wife2abadge]

This was very good, but I ended up with enough vegetables left over to make stew (sans meat, of course). The sauce never really thickened up much either, though I boiled it a good 10 minutes after adding the cornstarch. I think I'd halve the amount of tomatoes next time and/or leave out the 1/3 cup of water.

 

[Derf2440]

mmm this is a good one!! but did you really mean 4 servings?? that would be a 3 ounce steak, we found it perfect for 2 servings!! I added a couple of things, a few mushrooms I needed to use up, 1 teaspoon of dry mustard and I had no celery in so I added some snap peas. Instead of thickening it with conrstarch, I decided to stir in the cooked rice for the last 5 minutes of simmering, rather than serve it over the rice. We will be making this one again, we enjoyed it very much, thanks for sharing a keeper. — Nov