Slow-Cooked Pepper Steak

TIME: Prep: 10 min. Cook: 6 hours

Ingredients:

• 1-1/2 to 2 pounds beef round steak (we use any wild meat, dear, elk etc)
  
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 4 tomatoes, cut into eighths or 1 can (16 ounces) tomatoes with liquid, cut up
• 1 large green peppers, cut into strips
• 1/2 cup cold water
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• Cooked noodles or rice

Directions:

Cut beef into 3-in. x 1-in. strips brown in oil in a skillet. Transfer to a 3-qt. slow cooker. Combine the next seven ingredients; pour over beef. Cover and cook on low for 5-6 hours. or until meat is tender. Add tomatoes and green peppers; cook on low for 1 hour longer.
Combine the cold water and cornstarch to make a paste; stir into liquid in slow cooker and cook on high until thickened. Serve over noodles or rice. Yield: 6-8 servings.


This works very well with wild meat. Even people who normally don't care for wild meat will eat this. Infact, that is all I have ever made this dish with. It is very good stuff and I love that I can cook it in a crockpot!