Freezer Meals - Mongolian Beef

This is my American take on one of our favorite beef stir-fry recipes. I don't usually precook this recipe. I put the prepared beef and seasoned sauce into a Ziploc bag, and freeze it. When I'm ready to use it, I take the bag out of the freezer, empty it into my Crock Pot (if you like, you can move it to the refrigerator the night before and it'll come out of the bag easier), and cook on low all day. When I get home from work, I add a bag of frozen broccoli to the beef which cooks while I'm cooking the brown rice I serve it over.

1-1/2 lbs. beef flank steak, sliced into thin strips
1/4 C cornstarch
2 Tbsp. olive oil
1 garlic clove, minced
1/2 C soy sauce
3/4 C water
3/4 C brown sugar
1/2 C carrot, shredded
2 green onions (scallions), sliced thinly

Coat flank steak in cornstarch. Combine remaining ingredients and place into a Ziploc freezer bag. Add steak to indicated number of freezer bags. Label and freeze.

To cook: Put contents of bag into a Crock Pot, and cook on low for 6 - 8 hours.