Sweet & Sour Beef With Vegetables

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• salad oil
• sugar
• cornstarch
• soy sauce
• 2 teaspoons red table wine
• 1 lb beef round steak, cut into 1 inch chunks (i used fondue cubes)
• 2 large green peppers, cut into strips
• 2 stalks celery, sliced diagonally
• 1/3 cup chopped onion
• 3 tablespoons ketchup
• 1 1/2 teaspoons worcestershire sauce
• 4 medium tomatoes, cut into chunks
• 3 cups hot cooked rice

Recipe

• 1 early in the day: in shallow baking dish, for marinade, combine 1/4 cup salad oil, 4 teaspoons sugar, 2 teaspoons cornstarch, 4 teaspoons soy sauce and wine.
• 2 add round steak chunks and turn over to coat with marinade.
• 3 cover and refrigerate, turning meat occaisionally.
• 4 about 40 minutes before serving: in covered 8" skillet over medium-high heat, heat meat and marinade to boiling.
• 5 reduce heat to low; simmer 30 minutes or until meat is tender, stirring occaisionally.
• 6 with slotted spoon, remove meat; set aside, leaving liquid in skillet.
• 7 to skillet, add 1 tablespoon salad oil, green peppers, celery and onions; cover and cook over medium heat until tender-crisp.
• 8 meanwhile, in a small bowl with fork, combine 2 tablespoons sugar, 1 tablespoon cornstarch, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, ketchup and worcestershire; gradually stir into vegetables and cook, stirring constantly, until mixture is slightly thickened.
• 9 add tomatoes and meat and cook, stirring occaisionally, until heated through.
• 10 serve with the rice.