Easy Slow Cooker Chili Lime Mexican Shredded Beef takes mere minutes to prepare before letting the slow cooker do all of the work! This super simple meal is ridiculously tasty and so versatile. Serve it up plain, or enjoy it in tacos, burritos, enchiladas, quesadillas, and more!
Easy slow cooker recipes are always a favorite. You can throw it in the crockpot in the morning and then spend the next 8 hours deciding what you’ll have with it for dinner. Leftovers? Guess you’re already set for a completely different dinner tomorrow night. This shredded beef is great plain, on tacos, burritos, quesadillas, enchiladas…well, you get the point. It’s great on absolutely everything. We love how this recipe uses whole, real ingredients. Well, calling soda a whole, real ingredient is walking a thin line. However, we love the way soda flavors and tenderizes beef. It’s really amazing what it can do. The sugar and carbonation break down that tough roast and produce a tender, moist, and tasty shredded beef. It’s easy, and totally delicious.
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Lime Juice:
We alway say that fresh is best, and we stand by that. However, in a recipe like this you could get away with bottled lime juice.
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Garlic Options:
You can use either minced garlic, garlic granules or garlic powder. Sticking to garlic granules or garlic powder keeps the prep time super quick and easy. If you choose to use either granules or powder, you’ll need 1/2 teaspoon.
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Searing Your Roast:
Searing your roast on the stovetop is completely optional, however we find that it gives it the shredded beef a bit more flavor. If you have the time to sear, we highly recommend it!
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Why is there soda in Easy Slow Cooker Chili Lime Mexican Shredded Beef?
The sugar and carbonation in the soda break down the meat to produce the most tender, moist, and tasty shredded beef. It is absolutely needed in this recipe. However, you can feel free to use whichever lemon-lime soda you prefer: Sprite, 7-Up, generic brand, Sierra Mist, anything! We highly recommend you use a soda with regular sugar in it rather than diet. However, you could use diet soda in a pinch.
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Storage and Reheating Instructions:
Store any leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days. Reheat in a skillet over medium-low heat until warmed through, or in a microwave in 30 second increments for a total of approximately 90 seconds.
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I’d love to use this recipe but I’m short on time. If I set the crockpot on high how many hours would it save me?
On high it will take between 5 and 6 hours, but it won’t be as tender. I find the low produces a much better end result.
I just made this tonight – It was fantastic! I read the comments first and I added a little extra chili powder, salt, and garlic (love me some garlic!).
It turned out great – I stored a lot of the meat in my fridge and I just wanted to snack on it all. Will definitely make this for the family!
Also, I just ordered your slow cooker book. Excited to try more 🙂
Oh my gosh! You made my day!
Do you know the nutritional values so I can calculate for Weight Watchers?
Also, I used this for Chipotle style burrito bowls with cilantro lime rice,guac, corn salsa, pico de gallo and pinto beans. this could go for just about any taco or tostada.
Just made this, I decided to take the plunge and just use 7Up. I will say, it needed more salt,garlic and chili powder when I taste tested about 3 hours in. I added 2 more cloves of garlic, I can't even pretend I measured the extra chili powder, but I'd say about 3 more tablespoons were added. I would not use a sparkling water, the flavor wouldnt be strong enough without adding about a quarter cup of lime juice to balance the sparkling water. There are naturally flavored sodas with real juice out there, so I would look for it. I wouldn't recommend kombucha, the fermented flavor would over power the dish. Go with something subtle. Regardless, it's a big hit with my family, I will look into some alternatives for the soda later.
Honestly people – There are many ways to print, and sometimes you may have to take (Savior of Your Choice forbid) a bit of a different route. Rachel – Thank you! Keep the recipes/ideas coming. Much appreciated.
I would use the SodaStream lemon-lime soda as it has no high fructose corn syrup like most all other sodas. I do wish that your recipes had a PRINT button so it was possible to print a clean recipe page.
It is the next "to-do" on my programmer's list! Hopefully there will be a good print button soon.
Do you think Fresca would be okay to use instead of sprite or 7-up?
I made this today and it's delicious! It was so tender I couldn't take it out of the pot with a fork. Had to use tongs. Shredded as soon as I touched it with the forks. Not eating it today because it's too late, but looking forward to serving it over rice with some fresh Mexican toppings tomorrow.
What is the container information for the 21 Day Fix?
I assume this is some sort of diet. I have no idea.