CHINESE PEPPER STEAK

Why I Love This Recipe
My aunt won a cook-off with this recipe!
Ingredients You'll Need
1 to 1½ lbs. boneless beef round steak
1 clove garlic minced
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon pepper
¼ cup soy sauce
1 tablespoon hoisin sauce
1 teaspoon sugar
1 tomato, peeled, seeded and chopped
2 red or green peppers, cut into strips
3 tablespoons cornstarch
3 tablespoons water
1 cup fresh been sprouts (optional)
4 green onions, finely chopped
Cooked rice
Directions
Trim fat from steak; slice into thin strips.
Combine steak, garlic, salt, pepper, soy sauce, hoisin sauce and sugar in a slow cooker. Cover and cook on LOW about 4 hours.
Turn control to HIGH. Add tomato and bell peppers. Dissolve cornstarch in water in a small bowl; stir into steak mixture.
Cover and cook on HIGH 15 to 20 minutes or until thickened. Stir in bean sprouts. Sprinkle with onions. Serve with rice.