Recipe: Crockpot Chipotle-style barbacoa beef

This recipe is delicious, easy and can cook while you go about your day. Inspired by the amazing Gina from Skinny Taste’s barbacoa recipe, my crock pot version is a bit more hands off and is still every bit as Weight Watcher friendly. I recommend serving this over rice (try Gina’s Cilantro Lime Rice recipe!) with salsa, light shredded cheese and light sour cream with lettuce and Chipotle Tabasco sauce, yum!

Crockpot Chipotle-style Barbacoa Beef

What you need:

• 5 cloves of garlic
• half of a white onion, roughly chopped
• 2.5 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce (found in the Hispanic canned foods section)
• 1 T. oregano
• 1 T. cumin
• 1/2 t. nutmeg
• 3/4 t. salt
• 1/2 t. pepper
• 1 c. water
• 1 t. olive oil
• 1 T. lime juice
• 1.5-2lbs beef loin or tri tip, all fat trimmed
• 3 bay leaves

What to do:

1. Place all of the ingredients except for the beef and bay leaves into a food processor or blender. (I used a mini food processor) Pulse until well combined and liquified.
2. Pour the mixture into the crockpot and turn it on low.
3. Cut the beef into 5-6 large chunks. Place the beef and bay leaves into the crockpot, turn the beef to coat.
4. Allow to cook 8 hours, shredding and stirring with two forks at the 7 hour mark. Enjoy!

Natali

Natali Carrera is a full-time working mom, wife, web-writer and recovering Target addict. Oh let’s just be honest. She’s not likely recovering.

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