The best thing about this recipe is that it’s almost impossible to screw up. I found it at allrecipes two years ago and it’s one of those I make every once in a while. It was the first recipe that came up just now when I did a google search to get the link, so apparently I’m not the only one who thinks it’s yummy.
Slow Cooker Pepper Steak
- 2 lbs beef sirloin, cut into 2 inch strips
- garlic powder to taste
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 cube beef bouillon
- 1/4 cup hot water
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 2 large green bell peppers, roughly chopped
- 1 (14.5 oz) can stewed tomatoes, with liquid
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon white sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
1. Sprinkle strips of sirloin with garlic powder to taste. In a large skillet over medium heat, heat the vegetable oil and brown the seasoned beef strips. Transfer to a slow cooker.
2. Mix bouillon cube with hot water until dissolved, then mix in cornstarch until dissolved. Pour into the slow cooker with meat. Stir in onion, green peppers, stewed tomatoes, soy sauce, sugar and salt.*
3. Cover, and cook on high for 3 to 4 hours, or low for 6 to 8 hours.
Generally I prefer to cook all slow cooker recipes on low, but since I realized at 2 pm that day that I had forgotten to start dinner, this one cooked on high. And it turned out plenty tasty.
*My step two went more like this:
2. Realize you are out of beef bouillon and beef broth. Despite the fact that you were just at the store with a detailed list. Heat up some chicken broth instead and mix in the cornstarch until dissolved. Pour into the slow cooker with meat. Sprinkle with sugar and salt. Stir in onions, green peppers, stewed tomatoes (along with about 2 cups of diced tomatoes leftover from another recipe that have been in the fridge for 3 days). Start swearing loudly when you realize you’re out of soy sauce, too. Dump some Worchestershire sauce on there instead, but completely forget to measure, or even pay attention to, how much you used. Also, forget to take a picture at every step of the recipe, including the finished product.
I’m pretty much the best recipe blogger ever.
