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Slow-Cooker Shredded Beef Tacos

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Updated Jun 3, 2022
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You’re just three ingredients away from tender, fall-apart-delicious shredded beef. This is the juicy, flavorsome meat your taco shells have been begging for—all made easy with a can of coke.

Slow-Cooker Shredded Beef Tacos

  • Prep Time 5 min
  • Total 6 hr 0 min
  • Servings 12
  • Ingredients 5
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Ingredients

  • 1 can chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
  • 3 pounds beef lean bottom round (or chuck roast or rump)
  • 1 can (12 oz.) carbonated cola beverage
  • 12 taco shells from 2 boxes (4.7 oz) Old El Paso™ Stand 'n Stuff Taco Shells (10 Count)
  • Taco toppings (sour cream, lettuce, salsa, etc.)

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Finely mince 2-3 chipotle peppers, depending on your spice preference. In a small bowl, combine minced pepper with cola beverage and 1-2 teaspoons of sauce adobo sauce from the can of pepper (again, the amount depends of spice preference).
  • Step 
    2
    In a slow cooker, add meat and cover in chipotle-cola mixture. Cook on HIGH for 4-5 hours or on LOW for 7-8 hours.
  • Step 
    3
    Once meat has cooked, transfer to a cutting board and shred with two forks. Return meat to slow cooker and stir into cooking liquid, thoroughly mixing until most of the liquid has absorbed back into the meat.
  • Step 
    4
    Add meat to taco shells and top with your favorite taco toppings.

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