Crock Pot Carne Asada

Crock Pot Carne Asada style slow cooker beef recipe is an easy to make Mexican food main dish that’s perfect for Taco Tuesday, nachos, fajitas, street tacos, chili, burritos, or any other fun dinners!

It’s a simple and delicious way to make a weeknight meal into a taco bar party.

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Taco Tuesday

This tender delicious beef recipe reminds me of a taco truck recipe, and it fits nicely into a budget, because you can use inexpensive stew meat.

Serve it with guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo, salsa, chopped white onions, and cilantro.

Everything you love about carne asada but easier, because it’s made in a crock pot! It may not be 100% authentic, but you’ll love how easy it is, and how delicious it is.

Perfect for taco bar parties. This is one of my favorite dishes to serve while watching the game.

October is Tailgating Snacks Month

Welcome to October is Tailgating Snacks Month 2016! The 3rd annual! With an awesome recipe for Slow Cooker Carne Asada.

Wow! Some of my favorite recipes have come from this month! Want to check them all out? I have links lower in this post! I’ve very excited to start this month off with a BANG!

Wow factor

It’s so easy to make too! If you can’t get out to the grill (maybe it’s too hot outside or maybe it snows where you live), you can still have great Mexican Carne Asada from the crock pot or slow cooker!

This Slow Cooker Carne Asada is super easy to make and was a HUGE hit in my house. We made it into tacos, sandwiches, served it on a taco bar (a hint for something I’ll be sharing later in the month), made it into tostadas, you get the idea!

Want to check out my tips and tricks for How to Host a Taco Bar Party, click here.

And this crockpot dish smells Ahhhh-MaZe-ing as it cooks!

Marinade

Our new Crock Pot Carne Asada recipe is based on our traditional Carne Asada Marinade. We wondered how it would come out if the beef cooked in the marinade in the crock pot.

Well, it’s fabulous! Dan loved it! It makes great tacos, sandwiches, and lots of leftovers. Perfect for parties.

Options for serving:

in tacos for Taco Tuesday or any day
on top of rice for a bowl
on nachos
in a burrito
as fajitas
in a sandwich
as a slider
in a tostada

Cooking Guide

I wanted you to be able to see what I meant in the recipe by “The beef should be mostly submerged in the cooking liquid”. You can see some of the beef chunks, but they are mostly covered. Here the liquid is starting to boil and smell divine!

Crock Pot Carne Asada after cooking. We just shredded this by pressing on it with a spoon, and it’s so tender that it falls apart on its own.

Hungry for more?

Be sure to watch our video on how to make this dish