Crockpot Pepper Steak

  1 1/2  lbs. beef round steak -- (1 1/2 to 2)
   2 tbsp cooking oil
     1/4  cup soy sauce
   1      cup chopped onion
   1      clove garlic -- minced
   1 tesp sugar
     1/2  tesp salt
     1/4  tesp pepper
     1/4 tesp ground ginger
   4 tomatoes -- wedged
   1can tomatoes, canned -- undrained
   2 green bell pepper -- sliced
     1/2  cup  water
   1 tbsp  cornstarch
                        cooked noodles
                        or cooked rice

   Cut beef into 3x1" strips; brown in oil in skillet. Transfer to a
slow cooker.  Combine the next seven ingredients; pour over beef.
Cover and cook on low for 5-6 hours or until meat is tender. Add
tomatoes and green peppers; cook on low for 1 hour longer.  Combine
the cold water and cornstarch to make a paste; stir into liquid in
slow cooker and cook on high until thickened. Serve over noodles or
rice.