Tomato Beef

My mom found this recipe in a newspaper about 50 years ago. This was long before stir fries became popular!


Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons oil
• 1-1/2 pounds top sirloin, thinly sliced
• 4 medium, ripe tomatoes, sliced and quartered
• 1 large onion, diced or sliced thinly
• 1 medium green bell pepper, diced or julienned
• 1 10.5-ounce can beef broth
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1-1/2 teaspoons corn starch
• salt and white pepper

In a large skillet, heat oil on high until smoking. Add sirloin strips and cook on high for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Add onion, bell pepper, tomatoes, and broth. Put lid on skillet and cook on medium high for 5 minutes. In a small bowl, whisk Worcestershire sauce and corn starch until smooth. Remove lid from skillet and stir in Worcestershire sauce mixture. Cook uncovered on medium until sauce thickens slightly. Season to taste with salt and white pepper. Serve over pasta or rice.

Notes

This is a quick cooking recipe. Prepare all ingredients before you heat the oil. The noodles or rice should be ready to serve before you start cooking.

Meat: you can use other cuts of beef, but be careful to choose tender cuts. This recipe cooks too quickly for tougher cuts.

I have tried canned, diced tomatoes for this recipe, but the flavor wasn't the same. If you don't like the skin on fresh tomatoes, you can place them in boiling water for a few seconds and then plunge them into ice water. The skin will split and can be removed easly.

The 10.5-ounce can of beef broth is a soup-sized can. If you don't want to open a larger can of broth and risk not using up the extra, look in the soup section of your store. Campbell's has beef broth that comes in a 10.5-ounce can, and it's usually with the soups instead of the broth. Don't use Campbell's consomme. It looks like beef broth, but the flavor is different. You can use more than 10.5 ounces of broth, but you will have to spend more time reducing the mixture at the end.

Variations: Endless! Mushrooms are an obvious addition.

Prepare all ingredients before you begin to cook.

After browning steak, stir in vegetables and broth.