Round Steak Louisiana

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 4 medium sweet potatoes, peeled and cut 3/4 inch thick
• 1 large onion, sliced
• 1 medium green pepper, cut in wedges
• 1 1/2 lbs beef round steak, cut about 3/4 inch thick
• salt
• 2 tablespoons cooking oil
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1 (16 ounce) can tomatoes, cut up
• 1/2 cup beef broth
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 3 dashes hot sauce

Recipe

• 1 layer sweet potato slices, onion slices, and green pepper wedges in a 2 quart casserole.
• 2 cut meat in a 6 serving size pieces; pound to about half the original thickness.
• 3 sprinkle with a little salt.
• 4 in a skillet quickly brown meat in hot oil.
• 5 transfer meat to casserole atop sweet potato mixture; reserve drippings in skillet.
• 6 cook garlic in reserved drippings till tender but not brown.
• 7 blend in flour.
• 8 add undrained tomatoes, beef broth, sugar, the 1/2 teaspoons salt, thyme, pepper and hot pepper sauce.
• 9 cook and stir till thickened and bubbly; pour over meat and vegetables in casserole.
• 10 bake, covered, at 350 till meat and vegetables are tender about 1 1/2 hours; occasionally spoon sauce over meat and vegetables.