With just four ingredients you can make Mexican Shredded Beef in your slow cooker and have pulled beef for dinner tonight. Turn it into beef tacos, a pulled beef bowl with rice and toppings and more.
Slow cooker Mexican shredded beef gets its flavor from simple ingredients. Beef slow cooks into delicious tenderness
Salsa, taco seasoning and tomato paste combine to season the beef chuck roast.
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Mexican Shredded Beef
Such an easy recipe to make with basic ingredients that you can always keep on hand.
Slow cook the beef one day and turn it into a variety of dinners during the week.
You will get about 9 cups of shredded meat from this recipe. You can either feed a crowd or use the beef to make several meals.
Taco nights will be so yummy when you fill the tacos with shredded beef. Add chopped white onion and cilantro and serve your shredded beef tacos with lime wedges for an easy dinner.
I love how versatile this pulled beef slow cooker recipe is. This shredded beef can make many delicious weeknight meals such as beef enchiladas, pulled beef sandwiches, burrito bowls, beef sliders and more!
Mexican Shredded Beef also tastes delicious over pasta, over rice and even in a grilled cheese sandwich.
Oh and what about loaded nachos? Oh my goodness, yes! Layer tortilla chips on a baking sheet and top with shredded beef and shredded cheese and bake until hot. Then add your favorite nacho toppings and dig in!
If you love Mexican food, then you'll be making this easy slow cooker recipe over and over again for sure!
So get your crockpot out, cook up this Mexican shredded beef recipe and let your imagination run wild.
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How to make Mexican pulled beef
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- Combine salsa, tomato paste and taco seasoning
- Place the beef in the slow cooker and spread the salsa mixture on the beef.
- Cover and cook on low for 8 hours.
- Using a fork, shred the beef.
What to make with shredded beef
Shredded beef can be served in many ways. Some of these ways include:
- Use this shredded beef as the filling for shredded beef tacos
- Slow cooker birria tacos start with this beef filling
- Add a soft roll and cole slaw and have yourself a pulled beef sandwich
- Top rice with Mexican shredded beef and your favorite taco toppings for a beef taco bowl
- Add Mexican beef to your grilled cheese sandwich for a hearty meal
- Use the shredded meat to make beef enchiladas
- Serve on corn tortillas with refried beans, sour cream and a drizzle of lime juice
- Fill a bowl with cauliflower rice and add shredded beef for a bowl dinner
Swirls of Flavor Recipe Tips
- Use some of the meat from this mexican shredded beef recipe for dinner and freeze some for another time
- Top hot cooked pasta with shredded Mexican beef and garnish with cilantro and sliced green onions
- After shredding the beef, stir in black beans and corn and warm up in the slow cooker.
Substitutions
- Substitute pico de gallo for the salsa
Equipment
Crockpot Recipes
Ingredients for slow cooker shredded beef
- boneless beef chuck roast
- salsa
- tomato paste
- taco seasoning
Mexican Shredded Beef Recipe
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 3 pounds boneless beef chuck roast
- ½ cup salsa
- 2 Tablespoons tomato paste
- 2 Tablespoons taco seasoning
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Instructions
- Place the beef in the slow cooker.
- In a small bowl, combine salsa, tomato paste and taco seasoning and spread on the beef.
- Cover and cook on low for 8 hours.
- Using a fork, shred the beef.
- Serve the beef over hot cooked pasta, rice, in enchiladas or tacos.
This beef dish looks so yummy! Plus we only need 4 ingredients to make this amazing dish! From this, we can make many comfort food like tacos. Totally love this!