Slow Cooker Barbacoa Beef Recipe {LOW CALORIE}

This Slow Cooker Barbacoa Beef Recipe is just 210 calories and has 24g of protein!

You can use this recipe for Mexican Barbacoa in tacos (my preferred method) over homemade nachos, in my low calorie enchiladas, over salads… the possibilities are endless!

Question: What is Barbacoa?

Answer: Barbacoa meat is a traditional Mexican lamb, goat or beef that is slow roasted in a pit. We have chosen to make our barbacoa with beef, and in a slow cooker as lamb is expensive, goat is difficult to find, and more people have a slow cooker than a cooking pit.

This Mexican barbacoa recipe is just 210 calories and has 24g of protein!

Slow Cooker Barbacoa Beef Recipe

Our low calorie slow cooker barbacoa beef recipe is easy to make and delicious on all your favorite Mexican dishes.

This beef barbacoa slow cooker recipe comes with a shopping list, printable recipe card, nutrition label and more.

Below, you’ll find everything you need to make an authentic barbacoa recipe in a crock pot…

What You’ll Find in this Article:

• Ingredients for Beef Barbacoa (shopping list!)
• How to Make Barbacoa Beef
• Slow Cooker Barbacoa Beef Recipe (recipe card!)
• Nutrition and Calories in Mexican Barbacoa Recipes

Take a screenshot of the shopping list so you have it handy when you go shopping. And email yourself (or print) the recipe card so you have it at your fingertips the next time you have a craving for the beef barbacoa recipe.

Along with a homemade barbacoa seasoning, you’ll find all the ingredients for making beef barbacoa in a crock pot in the following section.

Up next, a shopping list for our low calorie Slow Cooker Barbacoa Beef Recipe…

Ingredients for Beef Barbacoa

Along with the slow cooker beef barbacoa ingredients, we’ve supplied you with some ingredients for barbacoa beef tacos. The taco ingredients are not included in the nutrition label below, they are just to help you at the grocery store.

You can make beef barbacoa tacos, homemade nachos, low calorie enchiladas, just about anything with this slow cooker barbacoa beef recipe.

Special Tip: You can find all the measurements in the recipe card below. There you can choose how many servings of this Slow Cooker Barbacoa Beef Recipe you want to make, and it will do all the measurement math for you.

Shopping List for Barbacoa Tacos:

Beef Barbacoa:

• Beef brisket or beef chuck roast
• Chipotle chilis in adobo
• Beef broth
• Garlic cloves
• Ground cumin
• Dried oregano
• Salt
• Pepper
• Ground cloves
• Lime

Barbacoa Tacos Toppings:

• Tortillas
• Fresh Cilantro
• Onions
• Salsa or Hot Sauce (optional)
• Shredded Cheddar (optional)
• Avocado (optional)

To make this a barbacoa taco recipe, simply serve the Crockpot Barbacoa Beef over tortillas with all your favorite toppings.

Note- the nutrition label below only includes the ingredients for the barbacoa recipe slow cooker… This way you can add the barbecoa to any dish you like.

Special Tip: You can find all the measurements in the recipe card below. There you can choose how many servings of this low calorie barbacoa taco crock pot recipe you want to make. It will do all the measurement math for you! All of the ingredients for this slow cooker barbacoa tacos recipe can be doubled or tripled with the click of a button.

Up next, how to make barbacoa in a crock pot…

How to Make Barbacoa Beef

To make this barbacoa recipe authentic we would need to roast the barbacoa meat in a pit… That’s not easy for most of us. So I made this low calorie recipe for barbacoa in a slow cooker.

If you don’t have a slow cooker, you can cook the Barbacoa in a large pot, on the stove top. Simply cook on low heat for 6-8 hours mixing often to avoid burning.

This Slow Cooker Barbacoa Beef Recipe is easy to make. We skipped browning the meat, which cut both cook time and calories (no oil needed!).

How to Make Barbacoa Beef:

1. Cut the beef into 4 large cubes and add to the slow cooker.
2. Add the chilis, beef broth, garlic, cumin, oregano, salt, pepper, cloves, and lime juice to a blender or food processor. Pulse until smooth and pour over the beef.
3. Cook on low for 8-10 hours or high for 6 hours.
4. Shred the meat with two forks either inside the slow cooker, or move to a plate to shred then add back to the slow cooker.
5. Mix well in the sauces, and serve hot in tacos, enchiladas, over salads, nachos, of just about anything!

Special Tip: You can find the directions, measurements, ingredients, nutrition and more in the recipe card below. We have gathered all the helpful information into one sharable recipe card.

Up next, a sharable recipe card for Crockpot Barbacoa…

Slow Cooker Barbacoa Beef Recipe

This low calorie recipe for Mexican Barbacoa is easy to make and so yummy! At just 201 calories for 1/2 cup it’s the perfect barbacoa taco recipe.

We were able to cut lots of calories by omitting all the oil, this also helped save time as we skipped the browning of the meat. Now I know that is more traditional, but I have made it both ways, and I can’t tell the difference… so I skipped the step to save time and calories.

Up next, Nutrition and Calories in Mexican Barbacoa Recipes….

Nutrition and Calories in Mexican Barbacoa Recipes

Most Mexican barbacoa recipes are packed full of calories and fat… but not ours!

We were able to cut all of the oil and make an authentic barbacoa recipe that tastes amazing and goes great on all your favorite Mexican dishes.

The nutrition below is based off 1 serving (1/2 cup ) of the barbacoa beef above. That will make at least 3 tacos!

Important Note: As a reminder, at Lose Weight By Eating it is our goal to make you healthier, all-natural versions of your favorite recipes… not all will be “diet worthy” depending on the diet you are on. But they will be healthier versions to help curb your cravings.

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