I had you at Carne Asada didn’t I? One of my favorite childhood memories is from barbecues at our house or at my uncles. See, when we say barbecue, we mean beef, chicken and pork on the grill. It’s a full spread! We never did the normal bbq’s of burger and hotdogs so if we ever invite you over to bbq.. don’t expect burgers and hotdogs.. expect a little bit of an more expansive spread. Anyways, now that I’m hungry I want to share with you a super easy way to enjoy some of the food we do at bbq’s by making these Slow Cooker Carne Asada Tacos!
No, I don’t normally use a slow cooker for barbecues but it was a great idea on the fly! A dear friend of mine recently bought a slow cooker then returned it because she wasn’t sure what to make with it. I guess it got my slow cooker creative juices flowing so here goes this recipe! Grab your slow cooker and some thin sliced sirloin tip steak. I’m going to admit something to you first. Sometimes when I buy meat, I’m not sure about how the best way to cook it. If it’s a large slab of meat like this one.. I automatically think slow cooker. I’m not one to put meat in the oven.. so I slow cook it.
And don’t forget your Reynolds wrap slow cooker liners!! I recently tweeted to Reynolds about how much I love their liners! This girl hates washing out the slow cooker.. so I always have stock of these bad boys! Ok so throw the meat in and add some salt, pepper, garlic powder, cilantro and lemon slices . If you want to be really fancy you can throw in an halved onion and a couple cloves of garlic.
Not going to lie, I should have dried off the meat after I washed it. But oh well.. can’t win them all! But it looks fancy with the lemon slices. Set it on high and let it cook! It’ll go about 7 hours and since it’s already sliced you can fork it apart and it’ll be nicely minced.
If you want to really get fancy, before you plate your food sauté some bell peppers, onions and tomatoes. For a lesser calorie meal I opted to go with corn tortillas versus our normal flour. Flour can be thick and heavy. I decided to pair this meal with quinoa. It’s got a lot of extra protein and less bloating than rice. Have you tried quinoa?
The quinoa I picked up at Kroger. It’s pretty nifty because it was frozen so all I had to do was microwave it and I added a few shakes of cilantro and some lime for a little added flavor.
So all in all the meal took me about 20 minutes at the most. Thanks to my slow cooker that did the majority of the work for me we enjoyed these Carne Asada Tacos!
Those sound SO good. We LOVE Mexican food in our family!
I LOVE Tacos and I love using my slow cooker! I will be trying these!!
That looks fantastic! I’ve never tried making authentic tacos before. i can’t wait to give this a try!
Oh, yum! That looks so delicious, and I love that it’s made in the crock pot!
Looks like a yummy dinner. I love using my slow cooker.
This looks delicious. I use my slow cooker a few times a month, I love to make slow cooker mac and cheese for big holiday meals. I frees up space in the oven and I don’t have to watch it closely.
Oooh I bet it’s amazing!! You’ll have to share your recipe Demetra!
I love carne asada and if you’ve ever seen my site you can tell my slow cooker addiction. This recipe looks FANTASTIC!
That means a lot coming from you Sabrina! Thanks!
I don’t use my slow cooker that much in the summer. I would definitely make those tacos though!
I have been using our slow cooker more this year than previously. Trying to find new ideas and this recipe looks like a great one to try.
Yummy! Those look delicious! I love making things in my slow cooker—it really is a time saver for me some days! 🙂
You had me at slow cooker! We are huge taco fans, I need to use my slow cooker more for taco nights!
Did someone say taco? That’s my favorite meal! This is definitely going on our recipe list.
I love Mexican food and my slow cooker! This recipes is definitely for me.
I will have to try this on the weekend. I love using my slow cooker. I am sure my family will love this.
Slow cooker recipes are my favorite. I am excited to try this recipe. It looks delicious.
This recipe looks delish, now all I need is a slow cooker, I have never owned one. Don’t know why to be honest, just never tried one out before! How about you come over, bring the carne asada tacos and I’ll provide the beer! LOL 🙂
That certainly looks delicious! My husband would love it if I made that for dinner!
Yum we have taco night every week it seems lately, so this would be a wonderful change. My kiddos love it. I haven’t ever done it in my slow cooker though what a great idea!
I love a good Mexican meal. YUM! Even better that it became a quick meal by using the crock pot. Also, I just adore your dishes. They are fabulous.
It’s Taco Tuesday, and I know what I’m having! I love my slow cooker all throughout the year. It makes the nighttime craze so much easier.
This sounds delicious and perfect for Taco Tuesday! I am going to have to get the crock pot going!
These look amazing. I’m always looking for a new slow cooker recipe to Pin.
I didn’t know you could buy frozen quinoa. What a great idea!
What a great idea! I love slow cooker recipes, carne asada, and tacos! Right up my alley!
It looks like it turned out delicious! I love cooking in my crockpot!
Yummy! This looks so good! My kids would love this!
Carne asada is my FAVORITE! I can’t get enough. Looks so good!
Great idea switching out to the corn tortillas! Love them better as well! Looks yummy!