Bistec En Cazuela

Total Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup cooking oil
• 1 large onion, sliced
• 1/2 large green bell pepper, sliced
• 3 -4 garlic cloves, minced
• 8 ounces tomato sauce
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1 cup sauvignon blanc wine
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 teaspoon powdered oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon powdered cumin
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ground pepper
• 1 cup water
• 4 round steaks, about 1/4 inch thick
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 heat the oil in a medium skillet. add sliced onion and bell pepper, when onions are translucent add the minced garlic. lower the heat and saute until bell pepper slices are soft. do not brown.
• 2 add tomato sauce and puree. stir well bring the heat to medium high.
• 3 when the mixture stars bubbling lower the heat; cook for 10 minutes stirring frequently.
• 4 add the cup of wine and mix well.
• 5 add the oregano and cumin powders and the bay leaves.
• 6 add 1 teaspoon salt and pepper to taste. simmer for 5 minutes.
• 7 spray the bottom of a heavy dutch oven with pam.
• 8 sprinkle the steaks with salt and pepper and place them on the bottom of the pan. pour the sauce over adding a cup of water.
• 9 simmer until the steaks are tender. if it starts drying out, add small amounts of water when necessary. this can be cook faster in a pressure cooker. place the grid from the pressure cooker on the bottom of the pan, spray with pam. proceed just as above.
• 10 cook 20 minutes after the pressure is obtained.
• 11 serve with rice.