Slow Cooker Beef Barbacoa Tacos

Name: Slow Cooker Beef Barbacoa Tacos
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 8 h
Total time: 8 h 15 min
Cuisine: Mexican, Latin American, American
Ingredients: 1 cup low-sodium beef broth; 5 garlic cloves, minced; 1 red onion, diced and divided; Juice of 2 limes, divided; 1 tablespoon ground cumin; 1 tablespoon dried oregano; 2 canned chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, minced; 2 bay leaves, optional; 32 ounces beef chuck roast, trimmed and cut into 2-inch cubes; 2 teaspoons kosher salt, divided; 1 ½ cups corn kernels; 2 large tomatoes, diced; 16 corn tortillas

4 steps

Prep:15minCook:8h

This recipe for Slow Cooker Beef Barbacoa Tacos is quick to prepare. Using your slow cooker it allows you to set and forget, with the ease of very little prep.

Updated at: Mon, 22 Jan 2024 23:24:43 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Good

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories497.3 kcal (25%)

Total Fat20.7 g (30%)

Carbs50.7 g (19%)

Sugars3.5 g (4%)

Protein26.1 g (52%)

Sodium625.2 mg (31%)

Fiber3.4 g (12%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

8 servings

1 cuplow-sodium beef broth

1 tablespoonground cumin

1 tablespoondried oregano

2canned chipotle peppers in adobo sauce

minced

2bay leaves

optional

32 ouncesbeef chuck roast

trimmed and cut into 2-inch cubes

2 teaspoonskosher salt

divided

1 ½ cupscorn kernels

2tomatoes

large, diced

16corn tortillas

Instructions

Step 1

Set Up Slow Cooker: In your slow cooker, stir together the beef broth, garlic, half of the red onion, the juice of lime, cumin, oregano, and chipotle. Add the bay leaves (if using), beef, and season with salt.

Step 2

Cook: Cover the slow cooker and cook on low heat for 8 hours. Shred the beef in the cooker and stir into the sauce.

Step 3

Make Salsa: In a small bowl, stir together the remaining red onion, remaining juice of lime, corn, tomatoes, and salt.

Step 4

Serve: Serve the beef and salsa with the corn tortillas.