Slow Cooker Saucy Ground Meat Taco Filling

Nothing beats biting into a crispy taco shell that’s filled to the brim with this saucy spicy taco meat.  

Saucy taco meat and crispy taco shells are a match made in heaven.

I like to make this taco meat with a combination of ground beef and ground pork, and brown it with onions before adding it to the slow cooker.

Then add some basic ingredients, let it slow cook for about 4 hours, spoon it into crispy taco shells, eat and then repeat.  It’s so good.  Leftover taco meat freezes up nicely too.

Let’s check out the ingredients.

Ground pork, ground beef, onion, tomato sauce, chili powder, dried Mexican (or regular) oregano, granulated garlic, onion powder, ground cumin, hot sauce, salt, pepper and water

A printable recipe with the measurements and instructions is located at the bottom of this post.

Here’s how to make it.

Heat a large skillet on medium heat and add the ground beef and ground pork, and stir.

Add chopped onions and stir.

Continue stirring and breaking up the ground meat into pieces as it cooks.  Cook until the meat starts to turn brown (about 12 minutes).

Next,

transfer the meat to a slow cooker pot.

In the pot, add granulated garlic…

…onion powder…

…oregano…

…cumin…

…pepper…

…salt…

…chili powder…

…tomato sauce…

…water, and

hot sauce.

and,

stir.

Cover with a lid and cook for 4 hours on the low setting.  After the taco meat is done, stir together.

Serve the taco meat while hot in crispy taco shells…

…and top with shredded cheddar cheese and lettuce.

Then,

enjoy.

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Slow Cooker Saucy Ground Meat Taco Filling

Nothing beats biting into a crispy taco shell that's filled to the brim with this saucy spicy taco meat.  

Course Main Course

Cuisine Mexican

Keyword Taco Meat

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 4 hours 12 minutes

Total Time 4 hours 22 minutes

Servings 8 (Yields approximately 16 tacos)

Author [email protected]

Ingredients

• 1 pound lean ground beef
• 1 pound ground pork
• ½ onion peeled and chopped
• 3 teaspoons granulated garlic
• 2 teaspoons onion powder
• 2 teaspoons dried Mexican oregano leaves or substitute with regular dried oregano leaves
• 2  teaspoons ground cumin
• 2 tablespoons chili powder
• ¼ teaspoon salt or to taste
• ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 can (15 ounces) tomato sauce
• 1 tablespoon hot sauce or to taste
• 1 cup water

Instructions

1. Heat a large skillet on medium heat and add the ground beef and ground pork. Stir together. 

2. Add chopped onions and stir. Continue stirring and breaking up the ground meat into pieces as it cooks. 

3. Cook until the meat starts to turn brown (about 12 minutes). 

4. Transfer the meat to a slow cooker pot. In the pot, add granulated garlic, onion powder, oregano, cumin, pepper, salt, chili powder, tomato sauce, water, and hot sauce. Stir together. 

5. Cover with a lid and cook on the low setting for 4 hours. After it's done cooking stir together.  

6. Serve the taco meat while hot in crispy taco shells and top with shredded cheddar cheese and lettuce.