slow cooker taco meat with homemade taco seasoning

Wichita, KS
Updated on Mar 20, 2015

I love good tacos… They can be chicken, fish, beef, or pork… But I love tacos. When I do ground beef tacos I want the meat to be well seasoned, and taste like heaven. And this is exactly what this recipe will do. It does take six hours, but it is worth every single minute of that time. In addition will be using our own homemade taco seasoning spices. Feel free to experiment with the spices and choose some to your own liking. So, you ready… Let’s get into the kitchen.

prep time 20 Min
cook time 6 Hr
method Slow Cooker Crock Pot
yield 6 serving(s)

Ingredients

  • 1 pound lean ground beef
  • 1/4 cup beef stock or water
  • SPICES
  • 1 tablespoon chili powder (i like hot)
  • 1/2 teaspoon hungarian paprika
  • 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 2 teaspoons ground cumin
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt, kosher variety, or to taste
  • 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, or to taste
  • 1/4 cup yellow onion, finely chopped

How To Make slow cooker taco meat with homemade taco seasoning

  • Step 1
    Gather your ingredients.
  • Step 2
    Mix all the dry spices together.
  • Step 3
    Chop up the onions.
  • Step 4
    Place the ground beef in a mixing bowl.
  • Step 5
    Add the dry spices, the onion, and 4 tablespoons of beef stock or water.
  • Step 6
    Mix the ingredients together.
  • Step 7
    Chef’s Note: You don’t have to go too crazy with the mixing. Just get them combined. They will have plenty of time in the slow cooker to get to know each other.
  • Step 8
    Add the mixture to the slow cooker, and then add the remaining beef stock, or water.
  • Step 9
    Set your slow cooker to low, and set a timer for two hours.
  • Step 10
    After two hours open the slow cooker, and breakup the taco meat.
  • Step 11
    Return the cover to the slow cooker, and set the timer for an additional two hours.
  • Step 12
    After two hours, open slow cooker and again break the meat apart.
  • Step 13
    Chef’s Tip: You might want to have some additional beef broth on hand, just in case the taco meat begins to dry out.
  • Step 14
    Close the lid, and set the timer for the last two hours.
  • Step 15
    At the end of six hours total time, remove that wonderful smelling taco meat from the slow cooker.
  • Step 16
    Chef's Note: If there is any grease, absorb it with a few paper towels. However, if you use lean ground beef, you probably won't have this problem.
  • Step 17
    What you do at this point is totally up to you. It goes good on a taco salad, stuffed shells; just plain old tacos, or anything else you can come up with. Enjoy.
  • Step 18
    Keep the faith, and keep cooking.

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