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    May 21, 2020

    Crock Pot Carne Asada

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    Crock Pot Carne Asada is simple, flavorful and can be used to make tacos, burritos, nachos or serve it a on its own as a main dish. Flank steak rubbed with chili spice and seasonings simmers for hours with tomatoes, green chile and onions until it’s tender and delicious. It’s easy enough for weeknights and great for entertaining, too!

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    I’m all about the easy dinners and cooking carne asada in the crockpot is one of my favorite ways to use my slow cooker. It’s so easy and the beef comes out so flavorful. If you love low-stress dinners you are going to love this recipe!

    Carne asada is just a simple Mexican-style beef dish and my slow cooker version is as easy as seasoning the beef and dropping it in the slow cooker with the rest of the ingredients. A few hours later you have tender beef that you can shred and use in so many ways!

    I love to use the shredded beef for tacos, nachos, burritos and nachos – it’s so versatile. It also keeps well in the refrigerator so it’s great for meal prep, too. Make a batch on the weekend and you’ll have easy lunches and dinner for the week. I love that!

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    • The Best Cut of Beef for Slow Cooker Carne Asada
    • Start with the Chili Spice Rub
    • How to Make Crock Pot Carne Asada
    • How to Serve Carne Asada
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    • Crockpot Carne Asada Recipe

    The Best Cut of Beef for Slow Cooker Carne Asada

    For this crock pot recipe, you have a few choices:

    • Flank steak is a lean cut of beef that does really well cooked low and slow in the crock pot. It’s a great choice for this recipe because it has lots of flavor.
    • Skirt steak is similar to flank steak and is a tougher cut of beef. When it cooks in the crock pot the tough fibers break down and it turns very tender so it’s perfect for this recipe, too!

    I prefer either flank steak or skirt steak and usually buy whichever is less expensive at the store. I have tested this recipe with chuck roast, too, so if you can’t find flank or skirt steak, it will work well.

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    Start with the Chili Spice Rub

    This recipe is so easy to prep and most of the work is in preparing the spice rub for the beef. It’s a combination of chipotle seasoning and other spices that gives the meat a big kick of flavor:

    • Garlic powder
    • Onion powder
    • Chipotle chili powder
    • Salt and pepper
    • Cayenne pepper

    Chipotle chili powder is made with smoked jalapenos that have been dried and crushed into a powder. It’s the not the same as regular chili powder and gives this dish it’s smoky spicy flavor.

    Just combine all of the seasonings together in a bowl and then rub the mixture all over the beef.

    How to Make Crock Pot Carne Asada

    All of the ingredients are layered in the slow cooker and then you just place the beef on top.

    • Put canned diced tomatoes in the bottom of the slow cooker. Top them with canned diced green chiles, diced onions and lime juice.
    • Place the seasoned beef on top, cover with the lid and cook on low for seven hours.

    Once it’s done you can shred the beef and then stir it all together. I like to keep it in the slow cooker on warm – makes it easy for everyone to serve themselves.

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    How to Serve Carne Asada

    Like I mentioned, I love this recipe because you can serve the beef in so many ways. Sometimes I just serve the shredded beef as it is and add a side of rice or I’ll serve it with a simple salad on the side.

    You can also use carne asada to make tacos – just warm up some flour tortillas and lay out all the taco toppings like lettuce, tomatoes, cheese and sour cream and let everyone build their own.

    It also makes amazing nachos or use it to make beef burritos – there are so many possibilities with this recipe!

    Leftover carne asada will keep in the refrigerator for three to four days, so if you’re not feeding a crowd it’s a recipe that you can get a few meals out of – gotta love that, right?!

    Taco night won’t be the same once you try this easy crock pot carne asada! We’ve made it countless times and never get tired of it – I think you’ll love it, too!

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    Crockpot Carne Asada Recipe

    Course: Main Course
    Cuisine: Mexican
    Keyword: crockpot, easy dinner, mexican meal, nachos, slow cooker, tacos
    Prep Time: 10 minutes
    Cook Time: 7 hours
    Total Time: 7 hours 10 minutes
    Servings: 4 people
    Calories: 345kcal
    Cost: 20
    Crock Pot Carne Asada is a simple Mexican-style beef dish made even easier in your slow cooker! You can use the shredded beef for tacos, nachos, burritos or even a salad.
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    Ingredients

    • 2 pound Flank Steak
    • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
    • 1 teaspoon onion powder
    • 1 teaspoon chipotle chili powder
    • 1 teaspoon salt
    • 1 teaspoon pepper
    • 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
    • 1 14 ounce can diced tomatoes fire roasted
    • 1 can diced green chilies
    • 1/2 yellow onion diced
    • Juice of 1 lime

    Instructions

    • Combine dry spices in a medium bowl and mix together and then rub them on the flank steak.
    • Put diced tomatoes in the bottom of the crop pot followed by the green chiles, diced onion and the lime juice. Place the steak on top
    • Cook on low heat for 7 hours. Once done use two forks to shred the meat and mix the in-gredients. Leave crockpot on warm until serving

    Notes

    Serving Suggestions:
    • Serve with heated tortillas
    • Add additional hot sauce to your spice preference
    • Serve over rice or with salad

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1serving | Calories: 345kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 50g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 136mg | Sodium: 901mg | Potassium: 1012mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 325IU | Vitamin C: 12mg | Calcium: 84mg | Iron: 5mg
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    Crock Pot Carne Asada is a simple Mexican-style beef dish made even easier in your slow cooker! You can use the shredded beef for tacos, nachos, burritos or even a salad! This is perfect for meal-prepping, too!

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    Mel

    Mel is an IT guy turned blogger and is discovering his love of cooking and photography. If you ever have Fantasy Football questions, he's your guy.

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