Copycat Chipotle Barbacoa

Slow cooker chipotle barbacoa recipe

This amazing barbacoa recipe is so tender that it falls apart with a fork. The flavor is amazing from being slow cooked and your house will smell amazing.

The lime and adobo sauce with beef broth and other tasty ingredients give this recipe so many layers of flavor. It is simple delicious.

Put your crock pot to work and come home to a great dinner. This is amazing with rice and then enjoy later in the week in tortillas. I love to cook once and eat twice. 🙂

If you loved our Crock Pot Chipotle BBQ Beef Sandwich, you will love this recipe.

The chipotle flavor is so tasty and we can’t get enough. We have made Crock Pot Chipotle Chicken Bowl Recipe and Crock Pot Chipotle Chicken Tacos, and they were all a huge hit with everyone.

Ingredients for copycat chipotle barbacoa:

• 3 lbs Boneless beef chuck roast
• 2 Chipotle Peppers, diced
• 1 Tablespoon Adobo Sauce (sauce from the chipotle pepper can)
• 1/2 cup Apple Cider Vinegar
• 2 Bay Leaves
• 2 tsp Cumin
• 1/2 Onion Diced
• 2 tsp Oregano
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp pepper
• 2 limes, juiced
• 1/2 cup Beef Broth

How to make slow cooker chipotle barbacoa recipe:

Add all the ingredients to the crock pot. It is that simple!

Cover crock pot with lid, and cook on low for 10 hours.

30 minutes before serving, shred the meat and stir back into the sauce in crock pot. Remove the bay leaves.

Enjoy!

What to serve with chipotle barbacoa?

We love the beef over rice. It is easy and delicious. Plus, the sauce tastes amazing on rice.

You can save even more time and learn how to freeze rice and you can make this meal even easier.  I love to grab the rice from the freezer in the morning and when we come home it is all ready to enjoy.

We do this for lots of meals and it helps put together a quick meal. Give it a try!

It is so easy and helpful for busy weeknights. You can also use brown rice. Learn how to cook brown rice in the microwave for a quick side.

Other delicious side ideas include salad, Roasted Green Beans or learn how to steam broccoli in the microwave for a super easy veggie side dish.

Leftovers make great tacos!

Use the leftover beef to make tacos or taco salads. Yum!

Serve on your favorite tortillas for an amazing meal. You can try the Best Flour Tortilla Recipe if you have a few extra minutes to make your own.

This meat is also delicious on corn tortillas. Just use what you prefer.

If you love tacos, try making Homemade Taco Shells.  They are so simple to make and these homemade taco bowls taste great and are budget friendly.

Make sure you have a good crock pot to make chipotle barbacoa meat.

If you are in the market for something new, I really love my Ninja cooker. The nice thing about this is you can brown the meat in the same slow cooker for recipes that call for that.

I keep recipes like this on the regular menu plan rotation because I know the entire family will enjoy and it is easy to use what I have.

In fact, I cut our grocery bill by 50% off by following these 8 Tips for for Saving Money on Groceries by Menu Planning! Save that money for a family vacation or maybe just some wiggle room in the budget.

Everyone will be well fed and your budget will be better as well. Give some of these tips a try!

If you love chipotle, try this easy beef barbacoa recipe. It is slow cooked to perfection and one of our favorite spicy foods.

Copycat recipes are easy and save a ton of money! It is really a great recipe.

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Copycat Chipotle Barbacoa

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

10 hrs

Total Time

10 hrs 10 mins

 

Enjoy slow cooker chipotle barbacoa recipe with little effort thanks to the crock pot. Tender beef is cooked to perfection and tasty with rice or tortillas.

Servings: 6

Calories: 444 kcal

Author: Eating on a Dime

Ingredients

• 3 lbs Boneless beef chuck roast
• 2 Chipotle Peppers diced
• 1 Tablespoon Adobo Sauce sauce from the chipotle pepper can
• 1/2 cup Apple Cider Vinegar
• 1/2 Onion Diced
• 2 Bay Leaves
• 2 tsp Cumin
• 2 tsp Oregano
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp pepper
• 2 limes juiced
• 1/2 cup Beef Broth

Instructions

1. Add all the ingredients to the crock pot.
2. Cover crock pot with lid, and cook on low for 10 hours.
3. 30 minutes before serving, shred the meat and stir back into the sauce in crock pot. Remove the bay leaves.
4. Enjoy!

Nutrition Facts

Copycat Chipotle Barbacoa

Amount Per Serving

Calories 444 Calories from Fat 243

% Daily Value*

Fat 27g42%

Saturated Fat 12g75%

Cholesterol 156mg52%

Sodium 1165mg51%

Potassium 826mg24%

Carbohydrates 6g2%

Fiber 2g8%

Sugar 2g2%

Protein 44g88%

Vitamin A 49IU1%

Vitamin C 7mg8%

Calcium 63mg6%

Iron 6mg33%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Slow cooker chicken adobo recipe is a Filipino inspired dish with garlic and vinegar infused chicken.

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