Stewed beef tacos

September 23rd, 2010 by justJENN

We eat A LOT of Mexican food around here. If I’m not buying it, I’m making it.

Using the crock pot is a simple way to get flavorful, tender beef for tacos. This was the recipe that turned The Kid (‘Meat? Blech.’) around, because he ate. it. up! There’s no turning back now, I’ve created a meat lover…

ingredients:
2 pounds stew meat
1 Tablespoon chili powder
1 teaspoon cumin
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
freshly ground pepper
1 clove garlic
juice of one lime

In a small bowl combine the chili powder, cumin, onion powder and salt.

Place the meat in the crock pot. Add the garlic, then sprinkle the seasonings on top.

Add the juice of one lime and season with pepper.

Turn the crock pot on to low for 5 hours.

You’ll be amazed at the liquid that appears after 5 hours. Here’s where I like to make sure the meat is tender and juicy, perfect for tacos.

Take the meat out, and do a rough chop through the pieces. Put them BACK in the crock pot and cook on low for another 1-2 hours.

The best thing about this is you don’t have to worry about cooking all day, it’ll be done at dinner time and all you can pre-prepare all the fixins’ early, tortillas, roasted corn, fresh guac….Man, I’m getting hungry.