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    Slow Cooker Carne Asada

    September 19, 2014 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 20 Comments

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    Learn How to Make a Carne Asada Marinade to Slow Cook

    One of the best, most flavorful ways to cook carne asada is in the slow cooker. The time in the slow cooker allows the meat to tenderize, and the acidity of the homemade carne asada marinade adds to the perfectly cooked carne asada. 

    This Slow Cooker Carne Asada marinade is packed with flavor and everyone will love this recipe.

    Slow Cooker Carne Asada Recipe | 5DollarDinners.com

    One afternoon every week, my husband and I do a kid swap in the late afternoon for one of my son’s weekly eye therapy appointments. Because I’d rather not sit in the waiting room with 3 squirrely little boys, he swings by after he leaves work and picks them up and takes them home. On those afternoons, I generally leave the slow cooker running so that when I get home from the appointment, it doesn’t take much thought or energy to get dinner onto the table.

    Last week, during the swap I said that dinner was in the slow cooker and to please try not to eat it until we get home. Because I was afraid that the intense, divine smell would tempt him to open up the slow cooker and eat it all up without me.

    Have you ever slow cooked a fresh garlic, cilantro, jalapeno combo over beef before?

    If not, then you must.

    Because the flavor of this beef is about 14x better than it smelled, which I didn’t think would be possible.

    Slow Cooker Carne Asada

    Here’s why it smelled and tasted so amazing.

    See all of that garlic.

    Slow Cooker Carne Asada

    And the cilantro and a bit of heat from the jalapeño.

    Slow Cooker Carne Asada

    Slather it all over the meat. And be prepared for your home to be filled with an amazing aroma, all day long!

    Slow Cooker Carne Asada

     

    Perfectly tender, perfectly flavored.

    You can serve this as is with a side of Tex-Mex Rice & Refried Beans. Or slice it up and serve in tacos. Completely up to you!

    Here’s the recipe for the beef…enjoy!!!

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    Slow Cooker Carne Asada

    Perfectly tender, perfectly flavored.
    Prep Time10 minutes
    Cook Time8 hours
    Servings - 4 servings

    Ingredients 

    • 1/2 cup onion
    • 5 garlic cloves
    • 1 jalapeno seeded
    • 2 Tbsp cilantro chopped
    • 2 Tbsp olive oil
    • 2 3/4 lb. flank or skirt steak
    • Salt and pepper

    Instructions

    • Add the onion, garlic, jalapeo, cilantro and olive oil into a small food processor or food chopper. Grind until makes a paste like spread.
    • Place the flank steaks in the base of the slow cooker and season with salt and pepper. Spread the mixture on top of the meats.
    • Set the slow cooker on low and cook for 8 hours.
    • Carefully remove from the slow cooker, as it will be very tender. Slice and serve with sides, or in tacos.
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    Filed Under: Beef Recipes, Budget Friendly Recipes, Dairy Free Meal Ideas, Gluten Free Recipes, Slow Cooker Recipes

    Comments

    1. kk says

      September 19, 2014 at 8:05 pm

      This sounds amazing!
      Can’t wait to try it.
      I’m a little confused about how much beef…
      Is it 2 x 3/4 pounds (total of 1 1/2 pounds) of meat or 2 and 3/4 pounds?

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      • Jenn K says

        September 19, 2014 at 11:57 pm

        1 1/2 lbs total 🙂

        Reply
    2. rebecca b says

      September 19, 2014 at 8:40 pm

      This sounds really good but my sons won’t eat anything spicy, is this spicy?

      Reply
      • Jean says

        November 18, 2014 at 11:54 pm

        There is a jalepeno so yes it is spicy. One has a lot of kick.

        Reply
    3. Becky U says

      September 19, 2014 at 8:59 pm

      Do you think you could use a different steak? We don’t have a store here that sells flank or skirt steak.

      Reply
      • Ann Marie says

        September 25, 2014 at 8:52 am

        You could use cube steak

        Reply
    4. Layla says

      September 20, 2014 at 6:13 pm

      I would like to know if you have to add any liquid to this

      Reply
      • Jen says

        September 22, 2014 at 8:25 am

        If it doesn’t tell you to add liquid, then no.
        Things cook up just fine in a crock pot without tons of liquid.

        Reply
    5. Monica says

      September 22, 2014 at 10:45 pm

      Made this tonight….WOW! Amazing flavor! I made folded tacos with the meat my hubby who doesn’t like left overs, EVER, wants to have some for lunch tomorrow! I’m making this meat again!!

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    6. Neelie says

      September 23, 2014 at 7:44 pm

      LOVED This recipe! It was really easy and fresh. We ate it on soft shell tortilla’s and it was really good. I highly recommend this recipe. You have a real winner….PS – It was not spicy.

      Reply
    7. Janie Gor says

      September 26, 2014 at 12:19 am

      Hi!

      Can you tell me what kind of mini chopper you have? It looks handy!

      Thanks!

      Reply
    8. Heidi says

      October 26, 2014 at 4:42 pm

      Has anyone tried a roast?

      Reply
    9. Dawne says

      February 17, 2015 at 8:47 am

      I made this last night and it was outstanding! I used a skirt steak. It was not spicy at all because I removed the seeds from the pepper, so if you want spicy then you would need to leave a few seeds. Thanks for sharing this fabulous and very easy recipe!

      Reply
    10. stephen says

      March 2, 2015 at 12:04 pm

      I’m more of an oven roaster than a crock-potter. The pics has the beef beautifully brown on top. Am I supposed to flip it at some period, or does the crock “just do that”?

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    11. Lisa says

      January 10, 2016 at 8:11 pm

      Made this tonight with pork & served with fresh chimichurri. So delicious! Great easy recipe!

      Reply
    12. LL says

      November 2, 2019 at 8:28 pm

      This recipe wasn’t worth the $20 I spent on the meat.

      Reply

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