Beef with Tomato Sauce

Ingredients

• 2 (1 lb. each) beef top round steaks, about 1/4'' thick
• water
• 5 medium tomatoes
• 1/4 cup canola or olive oil
• 2 tablespoons chopped green onions
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon basil
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch

Directions

1. Pound each beef top round steak to 1/8'' thickness then cut steaks into 6''X 3'' pieces.
2. In a large saucepan over high heat, heat 3'' of water to boiling; add tomatoes. Cook 30 seconds. Remove from boiling water and slip off skins. Chop tomatoes and slice the remaining 2 tomatoes. Set aside.
3. In 12'' skillet over medium high heat, heat cooking oil. Brown steak, a few pieces at a time, until browned on both sides. Remove to warm platter as batches brown and keep warm.
4. Reduce heat to medium. To same skillet, add chopped tomatoes, green onions, sugar, salt and basil.
5. In a cup, mix cornstarch with 1/2 cup COLD water until smooth; gradually stir into tomato mixture and cook, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and boils. Cook 1 minute.
6. Add sliced tomatoes and heat through. Spoon tomato mixture over steaks.