Slow Cooked Pepper Steak

1 1/2 to 2 lbs beef round steak
2TBLS cooking oil
1/4 cup soy sauce
1 cup chopped onion
1 garlic clove minced
1 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp ground ginger
4 tomatoes cut into eighths OR 1 can 16 oz tomatoes with liquid cut up
2 large green peppers,cut into strips
1/2 c cold water
1TBL cornstarch
cooked noodles or rice

Cut beef into 3x1 inch strips brown in oil in skillet. Transfer to a slow cookerCombine the next 7 ingredients and pour over beefcover and cook onlow 5-6 hours until meat is tender.Add tomatoes and green pepeprscook one hour longer thicken with corn starch and serve with the noodles or rice

*Recipe from Lynette Bird