Monday, July 7, 2014

Slow Cooker Korean Beef Tacos

While wandering Pinterest one evening (I'm an electronic recipe hoarder), I saw a recipe for Korean beef tacos, cooked in the slow cooker. SO good...

Yesterday, I prepped the "sauce" that the beef would be cooking in: onions, garlic, jalapeno, soy sauce, brown sugar, fresh ginger, and rice wine vinegar...oh, and the beef. Can't forget that. Then in the last 30 minutes of cooking, coleslaw mix was added to the beef. Coleslaw mix is so underrated, but it's quite a versatile item! And easy to make without having to buy the store-bought mix. C'mon - it's just thin sliced cabbage and grated carrots. Easily done.

All the ingredients in the pot! Now to let it sit for 8-10 hours on low...

The sauce for the beef prepped the day before, ready to go with directions and all!

Mondays are my longest days at work (typically, but this week I'm covering for a coworker while she's on vacation, so I have a LOT of long days this week), so throwing something into the crockpot that was healthy, fresh, and ready to go when I got home from was was absolutely ideal. The prep took me maybe 20-30 minutes yesterday, and then less than 5 minutes this morning. Then this evening, it shred so easily, and that was it. Tortillas, some fresh cilantro, and that's it. Dinner. 

My only recommendation for future Korean tacos would be to make a vinegar-based pickled salad with the cabbage, carrots, onion and fresh cilantro. It did need a little crunch, but overall, so delicious. I'll definitely do this one again!

The finished (delicious!) product!

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