Slow Cooker Carne Asada Tacos
These Slow Cooker Carne Asada Tacos make for tender, juicy, and flavorful street styled tacos. They take little effort to prep and then just let the slow cooker do it's thing. The end result are these delicious Carne Asada Tacos topped with onions, fresh cilantro and fresh lime juice.
Ingredients
For Beef:
- 2 lbs flank steak
- 1 tbsp coconut aminos
- 2 tbsp lime juice
- 2 tbsp orange juice
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1/2 tsp cumin
- 2 tsp chili powder
- 1 tsp paprika
- 2 tsp pink sea salt
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 4 cloves of garlic
- 1 white onion
- 1 cup beef bone broth
For Tacos:
- 1 white onion (thinly diced)
- 1/3 cup thinly chopped cilantro
- tortillas
- lime wedges
Instructions
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Start by mincing garlic and placing it in a small mixing bowl. Drizzle coconut aminos, lime juice, and orange juice. Sprinkle in oregano, cumin, chili powder, paprika, pink sea salt, black pepper. Whisk all together until well combined.
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Place flank steak in slow cooker and pour marinade over it. Making sure it is well coated. Slice onion and add to slow cooker over flank steak. Pour broth over everything and cover slow cooker.
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Set slow cooker on high and let it cook for 3 hours.
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At this point, turn slow cooker to low and let it cook for another hour.
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Once steak is cooked, use two forks to shred steak into thin slices. The steak will be so tender it will easily shred as you pull it apart. Keep steak in slow cooker on warm setting while you get tacos ready.
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Turn stove on medium-high heat. Place each tortilla on fire for 20-30 seconds. Turn over and do the same. Repeat for every tortilla you are using.
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Place tortilla on plate, layer steak and top with diced white onion and fresh cilantro. Garnish with lime wedge. Enjoy!
Recipe Notes
Tips and Substitutions:
- Switch up your beef cut to make carne asada tacos- Other great cuts you can use are skirt steak, flap steak, or trimmed beef brisket.
- Slow cooking carne asada will result in tender and juicy tacos- Let the slow cooker do its thing!
- Use other cooking methods to make carne asada- Grilling results in such flavorful tacos. I would just suggest to let the steak marinade for a couple of hours at least before grilling. You can also use the Instant Pot to make carne asada tacos!