Beef Tacos from the Slow Cooker - Chunks of beef, slow cooked with black beans and spices to tender perfection then served with grilled corn salsa on soft shell tacos. Great for family dinners, pot lucks, game nights or any time you want to easily serve a crowd.
Course
Dinner
Cuisine
Mexican Inspired
Keyword
beef, healthy eating, tacos
Prep Time15minutes
Cook Time4hours
Total Time4hours15minutes
Servings6Servings
Calories655kcal
AuthorBarry C. Parsons
Ingredients
For the slow cooked beef
3poundschuck roastwell trimmed and cut into 3/4 inch dice (Sirloin, cross rib and blade roast can be used as well)
3tbspcanola oil
salt and pepper to season the beef
1small onion finely diced
4clovesgarlic finely minced
2cupscooked black beansrinse them if using canned
2cupsplain tomato sauce
1/2cupbeef stock or water
2tablespoonschilli powdermore or less to taste
1/2tspground cumin
1tspsmoked paprika
1tspblack pepper
1tspsalt
1/2tspchipotle powderoptional if you like it spicey
1tablespoonbrown sugar or molasses
For the Grilled Corn Sriracha Salsa
2cupears grilled sweet cornabout a
2green onionschopped
2medium ripe tomatoesdiced
2tablespoonsSriracha sauceor to taste
1tablespoonfresh lemon or lime juice
salt and pepper to season
Instructions
To prepare the slow cooked beef
Heat the canola oil in a large cast iron skillet and brown the beef well. It's best not to crowd the pan, so brown the beef in 2 batches to get good colour on the beef. This will improve the flavour of the cooked beef and keep it moist.
Add the browned beef to the slow cooker along with all of the remaining ingredients. Cook for approximately 4 hours on low or until the beef is fall apart tender. Time will vary depending on the individual make of slow cooker
Alternatively, you can slow braise the beef and bean mixture in a dutch oven or covered casserole dish in the oven at 250 degrees F for 3-4 hours.
Stir occasionally, and if the beef and beans become too thick during the cooking time, don't hesitate to add a little more beef stock or water. As long as it comes out as a thick sauce in the end, it will be fine.
Serve on soft shell flour or corn tortillas with the grilled corn salsa and anything else you want to add, like grated cheese, guacamole or sour cream.
To prepare the salsa
Simply toss all of the ingredients together in a glass or plastic bowl and let stand for at least a half hour before tossing again to serve.