East Coast Pepper Steak

Ingredients:
1-2 lb round steak
1 medium onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 large green bell pepper, cut into 1 inch strips
1 (10 ounce) can tomato sauce
1 lb mushroom, sliced
salt, to taste
pepper, to taste
2-4 tablespoons cornstarch
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 cups water
2 tablespoons sherry wine or dry red wine

Directions:
Trim all fat from steak, cut into small chunks and put aside.
Chop onion and garlic into tiny pieces.
Brown the onion and garlic in two tablespoons
of the olive oil in a heavy skillet.
Remove from pan and put steak in and turn heat up high
and brown steak well.Remove steak from pan and add the wine
or Sherry and boil down to evaporate,
add water and scrape the pan to get the brown bits removed
and mixed well with the water.Add the steak and browned onion/garlic.
Add 1/2 to full can of the tomato sauce depending on your taste,
if steak isn’t covered with the liquid, add more water.

Let simmer for 3 to 4 hours, (adding water if too much evaporates)
and keep a cover on the skillet, but leave it slightly cracked to allow steam to escape.One hour into the cooking, remove one cup of liquid and reserve for later use.Check the steak occasionally till very tender, then add mushrooms and pepper strips to mixture and let it cook till they are tender/crisp.At this time add the last two ingredients mix 4 tablespoons of corn- starch with the reserved liquid (which. should have cooled by this time) and slowly add this mixture to the pepper steak to thicken the dish and cook at least (bubbling) 10 minute.Serve over cooked rice.