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Ingredients
- 2 lbs flank steak
- 1 yellow onion, chopped
- 1 green bell pepper, chopped
- 1 red bell pepper, chopped
- 1 jalapeno, seeded and chopped
- for spice rub—
- 2 tsp chili powder
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1/4 tsp onion powder
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- for serving—
- corn tortillas
- avocado slices
- cilantro
- your favorite salsa
- limes
Preparation
Step 1
Mix together all spices in a small bowl. Rub the spices all over your flank steak—be generous here! Then, place your steak at the bottom of your crock pot.
Cover the steak with the chopped onions, bell peppers and jalapeno pepper. Turn heat on LOW and cook for 8 hours.
After 8 hours, remove meat from crock pot and shred with a fork. It should be incredibly easy to shred. You can either stick the shredded meat back in the pot for another hour or serve as is.
To serve, heat your corn tortillas in a skillet on the stove. Spoon some carnitas on a tortilla then top with salsa, avocado, cilantro and a squeeze of lime.
Enjoy with a margarita for best result.
Time:
active time–10 min
total time—8 hours
Tagged as:
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Oh. My. Yes!
Can not wait to try these babies, thanks
Ps – those avocados = super cute! I love
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I think you’d appreciate this. I was reading this morning and absolutely HAD to have this for dinner tonight. I hopped up (mid breakfast, mind you) and ran to the grocery store. Got home and threw everything in the crockpot….Now finishing breakfast with time to spare before work! Can’t wait to see how they turn out.
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whoops that was meant to be a general comment! not a reply. clearly trying to accomplish too much before 8 am
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that.is.awesome.
let me know how you like ‘em!!
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Love the bright green avocado! And wanting a savory recipe? Actually, I’d be happy seeing cookies, cakes, or sweets every day (me & my sweet tooth talking…haha!)
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I love the last step of the recipe: enjoy with a margarita for best results. lol. excellent.
I don’t cook much with red meat–I leave that up to my husband–but if it’s a slow cooker recipe, then I think I’ll give it a try. Thanks!
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I am so pinning this recipe! My husband would love it! Thanks!
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These look so good! I do love a good taco.
Top taco that I’ve ever had has been pork belly tacos!
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I’m a vegetarian and this looks delicious. Love me some avocados!
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These look great! So no liquid at all goes in the crock pot? I know you said it cooks in it’s own juices, I’ve just never done this before and I’m afraid that I will end up burning it, haha. I guess I’m not used to putting something “dry” in there.
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Nope! No liquid….you’ll see!
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Taco friday needs to happen in my house! These look great
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Ooh I love that last photo! Something about avocado pictures has been getting me very excited lately! I don’t even eat red meat but I still want to make these… maybe with slow-cooked chicken instead of steak. Great recipe for a hot summer weekend!
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Yay! You told me how to cook a steak in the crockpot! I can’t wait to try these. They look amazing Jenna!
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All I needed to see was a little bit of that yummy avocado and I was SOLD on this recipe. Mmm….so good. Happy Friday Jenna!
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I cannot wait to try these! I love anything that I can use my crockpot for.
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I love carnitas!!! These look delicious. And definitely better with a margarita.
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Oh it’s official. I NEED a slow cooker. If for no other reason than to be able to make these! These look unreal!
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I still say off the chain. “All that and a bag of chips” may slip out of my mouth every once in a while as well. It’s the 90′s child in me.
Side note – I need these tacos in my life.
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yummmmmy! Dan would be over the moon about this pork in a corn tortilla deal.
i never got a chance to comment yesterday, sweet sis, but WAHOO on your yoga teaching!
ya know, with a heart like yours, those girls (or boys!) will be so blessed just to have a friend who loves life so much and loves the Lord and her man and dang good food… who is REAL. Your love for all those things will trickle (or pour!) into each class you teach. oh and smoosh their feet with your feet when they are in childs pose. seriously, just lightly step on the bottoms of their feet with your toes… they will love it!
love you, have a beautiful weekend, sweetie!!! i still cannot believe i will see in you a few months! eeks!
XOXO
p.s. we are all good here. getting ready to travel back to Florida. yay sunshine and BBQ and family time!