How To Make Slow Cooker Beef Carnitas Tacos
Flank steak is seasoned with a medley of spices and then slow-cooked for hours with chili and bell peppers to make these irresistible carnitas tacos.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 2lbsFlank Steak
- 1yellow onion,chopped
- 1green bell pepper,chopped
- 1red bell pepper,chopped
- 1jalapeno,seeded, chopped
For Spice Rub:
- 2tspchili powder
- 1tspcumin
- ¼tsponion powder
- ¼tspgarlic
- ¼tspcayenne pepper
- 1tspsalt
- ½tspblack pepper
For Serving:
- corn tortillas
- avocado slices
- cilantro
- favorite salsa
- limes
Instructions
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Mix together all spices in a small bowl. Rub the spices all over the flank steak. Place the steak at the bottom of a crock pot.
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Cover the steak with the chopped onions, bell peppers and jalapeno pepper. Turn heat on Low and cook for 8 hours.
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After 8 hours, remove meat from crock pot and shred with a fork. It should be incredibly easy to shred.
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To serve, heat corn tortillas in a skillet on the stove. Spoon some carnitas on a tortilla then top with salsa, avocado, cilantro and a squeeze of lime.
Nutrition
- Calories: 249.49kcal
- Fat: 13.36g
- Saturated Fat: 4.48g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 6.36g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.94g
- Carbohydrates: 7.36g
- Fiber: 3.29g
- Sugar: 2.17g
- Protein: 25.33g
- Cholesterol: 77.11mg
- Sodium: 376.41mg
- Calcium: 51.50mg
- Potassium: 624.54mg
- Iron: 2.47mg
- Vitamin A: 46.63µg
- Vitamin C: 40.68mg
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