Slow Cooker Beef Barbacoa
Medium Dinner

Slow Cooker Beef Barbacoa

Total Time
1h 12m
15m prep · 57m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
Difficulty
Medium
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This beef barbacoa can be made in your own crockpot or slow cooker. It is a Mexican-style shredded beef that is slowly cooked in spices and vegetables, then wrapped in a flour tortilla.

Ingredients

  • 3 pounds boneless beef chuck roast
  • 1 onion , chopped
  • 3 bays leaves
  • 0.5 teaspoons ground black pepper , or to taste
  • 2 tablespoons garlic powder
  • 0.25 cups distilled white vinegar
  • 1 can tomato sauce , 14 ounce
  • 0.25 cups chili powder
  • salt to taste

Instructions

  1. 1

    Place roast, onion, bay leaves, black pepper, garlic powder, and vinegar in a slow cooker; cover ingredients completely with water. Cover and cook on High setting until meat is very tender and falling apart, about 4 hours.

  2. 2

    Remove meat from the slow cooker and discard liquids. Return meat to slow cooker; shred with fork and knife. Stir tomato sauce, chili powder, and salt into the shredded meat. Cover the cooker, and cook meat and sauce on High for an additional 2 hours.

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