These Slow Cooker Beef Tinga is easy to make and simmered in a slow cooker with chipotle chiles and fire roasted tomatoes. Perfect for an easy, weeknight meal!
Would you be mad if Isabel Eats only featured taco recipes? I didn’t think so.
While I don’t have any plans for that to happen (I know, I’m such a tease!), these Slow Cooker Beef Tinga tacos sure are tempting me to go in that direction. They’ve got me in taco heaven.
These Slow Cooker Beef Tinga Tacos are no exception. Before we go any further, let me tell you what tinga tacos actually are. No, it’s not just some cute word that I made up. It’s actually a real thing!
Tinga simply refers to a Mexican dish that’s flavored with stewed chipotle chiles in a flavorful tomato sauce. It’s usually made with chicken, pork or beef and served alongside warm tortillas.
YUMM!
These tinga-flavored tacos are INSANELY easy to make thanks to my slow cooker. They’re so easy, I’m actually kind of embarrassed about people reading the instructions in the recipe card at the bottom of this post! All you have to do is literally slice an onion, cube some beef and stick all of the ingredients into a slow cooker.
I swear, slow cookers are like magic.
If easy AND flavorful is what you’re looking for, then this is for you.
The smoky and deliciously spiced tinga sauce is really what makes these tacos addicting.
Thank you, chipotle chiles, for being so good.
Add in some fire-roasted tomatoes, onions and other spices and herbs and you’ve got a sauce that will taste good on just about anything – eggs, rice, pasta, veggies, meat – ANYTHING.
Stuff it in a taco with some cheese and other goodies and I’ll be your friend forever.
TOOLS USED TO MAKE THIS RECIPE:
Ingredients
- 2 15-ounce cans diced fire roasted tomatoes
- 1 large white onion, sliced
- 4 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce chopped
- 1 tablespoon sauce from canned chipotle chiles in adobo
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 pouns boneless pot roast, cut into large cubes
For tacos and toppings
- corn tortillas, flour tortillas or lettuce cups
- crumbled queso fresco or feta cheese
- thinly slice red/green cabbage or lettuce
Instructions
- Add all ingredients into a slow cooker and mix together with a large spoon.
- Cover and cook on high for 6 hours.
- When ready to eat, taste and season the meat if necessary.
- Serve in warm tortillas topped with crumbled cheese, thinly sliced cabbage, radishes and fresh avocado.
Nutrition Information
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Perfect for a busy, weeknight….especially with kids in sports! Absolutely delicious! Thank you for sharing.
These were delicious. Just wondering, would the recipe stay the same if for some variety I substituted chicken or pork?
Hi Jamie! There’s actually a recipe for chicken tinga on the website if you wanted to check that out!
Just found your website and love it x
Can’t wait to get home and try your recipes ,in the uk Mexican food is something of a black art ,there are only a handful of good restaurants here and there so having this will be very useful .
Regards
Andy
Aw, thank you so much, Andy. I really appreciate it 🙂 I think it’s about time we get some good Mexican food over there!
These look great! I’m in the middle of a taco recipe creation project on my blog, and I’m almost getting tired of tacos (almost), but I would definitely take a few of these! 🙂
Thanks, Kim! I understand where you’re coming from. It can be easy to get tired of a certain food. But that’s where experimentation and creativity comes in. I hope these tacos inspire you 🙂