Looking for an easy, healthy, family-friendly recipe? This is it. We love this beef recipe because it is EASY to meal prep and tastes great on a variety of dishes– tacos, salad, nachos, and more!
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Shredded Mexican Beef
Equipment
- crockpot
Ingredients
- 3 lbs beef chuck roast must use a chuck roast, other types of roasts tend to get chewy, and I promise you don't want that!
- 1 onion, diced
- 4 cloves garlic
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 1-2 tbsp lime juice
- 1 tbsp chili powder
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp oregano
- 1 tsp kosher salt
Instructions
- Mix together all of the seasonings (chili powder, cumin, salt, paprika, oregano) and set aside.
- To the crockpot, add the diced onion, garlic, tomato paste, lime juice, and 1-2 tsp of the spice mixture you made in step one. Stir everything together.
- Season the chuck roast with the remaining spice mixture, patting the spices into the meat to help it stick. Make sure you season all sides of the roast.
- Place the roast on top of the onion mixture in the crockpot and cook on low for 7-8 hours.
- Check on the meat periodically. Once it has cooked, use two forks to shred the meat. Once it is done cooking it should shred easily, if it still feels tough allow it to cook a little longer. Once the meat is shredded, stir so the meat mixes in with the sauce and cook on low for another 30-60 minutes.
- Once the meat is shredded, mixed in with the sauce, and warm it is ready to eat, enjoy!
I’m usually all about improvising, but this recipe is so simple that I really wouldn’t recommend improvising here. (Of course, feel free to eyeball the measurements- as I do), but a non-negotiable for this beef is the Chuck Roast and the Crockpot.
We like to source our meat from Butcher Box. I love that they have great quality meat, it comes straight to my front door and it is easy to store once it arrives. If you’ve never used Butcher Box before, make sure you check it out here, they always have great deals on your first order!
And I like to assume that everyone has a Crockpot or some type of slow cooker, but just in case you don’t I’ll first remind you that you don’t need anything fancy or complicated. Here is something similar to the one I use!
One of my favorite ways to use this recipe is to make a burrito bowl- think Chipotle but better. Cauliflower rice, shredded beef, Mexican street corn salad, salsa, sour cream, avocado, cheese. Have some fun with it, but this is one of our favorite meals that we don’t get sick of during the week!
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Recipe inspired by: Fox and Briar