Mongolian Beef from the Slow Cooker

Description

Quick and easy freezer slow cooker meal.

Ingredients

  • ¼ cup cornstarch
  • 1 ½ pounds beef flank steak
  • ¾ cup water
  • ¾ cup soy sauce
  • ¾ cup brown sugar
  • ½ cup shredded carrots
  • 3 green onions, chopped
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • ½ teaspoon minced fresh ginger root

Instructions

  1. Spread cornstarch into a wide
  2. shallow bowl. Dredge flank steak in the cornstarch to coat completely; put into a large resealable plastic bag.
  3. Stir water
  4. soy sauce
  5. brown sugar
  6. carrots
  7. green onions
  8. olive oil
  9. garlic
  10. and ginger together in a bowl; pour into the bag with the beef and seal.
  11. Put bag of marinating beef in the freezer until the day before you wish to prepare it.
  12. Remove bag from freezer and put bag into a bowl and place in refrigerator to thaw
  13. at least 24 hours before you wish to prepare the beef.
  14. Empty bag into the crock of a slow cooker.
  15. Cook on High until the beef is tender
  16. 2 to 3 hours. Alternately
  17. you can cook this on Low for 4 to 5 hours.

Prep Time: 5 mins

Cook Time: 2 hrs

Total Time: 1 day

Servings: 6

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