Coca-Cola Pepper Steak - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 - 1 1/2 lb sirloin steak, boneless
    2 tablespoons oil
    2 cloves garlic, minced
    1 teaspoon salt
    8 fluid ounces beef broth or 8 fluid ounces bouillon
    1 green pepper, cored and seeded and cut into strips
    1 cup celery, thinly sliced
    1/4 cup onion, thinly sliced
    6 fluid ounces Coca-Cola
    2 medium ripe tomatoes
    2 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
    1 tablespoon low sodium soy sauce
    rice, hot cooked
Preparation
    Trim all fat from the meat and cut into pencil-thin strips.
    In a deep skillet or Dutch oven, heat oil, garlic, and salt.
    Add the meat and brown over high heat, about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally with a fork.
    Add the beef broth; cover and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes, or until the meat is fork-tender.
    Stir in the green pepper strips, celery, onions, and 4 fluid ounces of Coca-Cola; cover and simmer for 5 minutes- do not overcook, the vegetables should be crisp-tender!
    Peel the tomatoes, cut into wedges, gently stir into meat.
    Blend cornstarch with 2 fluid ounces of Coca-Cola and the soy sauce; stir mixture into the meat and cook until sauce is thickens, about 1 minute, stirring lightly with a fork.
    Serve over hot rice.

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