Copycat Chipotle Barbacoa Recipe {the BEST for slow cooker!}

If you love Chipotle’s barbacoa beef, give this copycat Chipotle Barbacoa slow cooker recipe a try. Tender, flavorful, fall-apart goodness.

Homemade Chipotle Burrito Bowl Bar

When we’re expecting a crowd of guests, homemade burrito bowls are always a hit. People can make their own burritos, bowls, tacos, salads, and even quesadillas, taking what they want and leaving what they don’t.

We typically have the following items on our burrito bowl bar:

• Copycat Chipotle Barbacoa (of course)
• Copycat Chipotle Chicken
• Copycat Chipotle Pinto Beans
• Copycat Chipotle Cilantro Lime Rice
• Copycat Chipotle Fresh Tomato Salsa
• Copycat Chipotle Corn Salsa
• Copycat Chipotle Honey Vinaigrette
• Guacamole
• Sour cream (organic sour cream is extra rich and creamy)
• Shredded Monterey Jack cheese
• Shredded Lettuce
• Salsas
• Fresh cilantro
• Tortillas

Chipotle Barbacoa Ingredients

• 3-pound beef chuck roast
• Beef broth (try making beef broth with Better Than Bouillon Beef Base)
• Apple cider vinegar
• Lime juice
• Bay leaf
• Garlic
• Chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
• Cumin
• Oregano
• Ground cloves
• Salt
• Pepper

How to Make Barbacoa

1. Cut the roast into 3-inch cubes.

2. Place the meat into a greased slow cooker.
3. In a blender, combine all other ingredients except the bay leaf.

4. Blend until smooth.

5. Pour the mixture over the meat and add the bay leaf.

6. Cook in the slow cooker on low for about 8 hours (or high for about 5 hours), until the meat can be shredded easily with a fork.
7. Shred the meat and place back into the slow cooker with the juices. Cook on high another 15-30 minutes.

8. Remove the bay leaf before serving.

9. Enjoy!

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Copycat Chipotle Barbacoa Slow Cooker Recipe

If you love Chipotle’s barbacoa beef, give this copycat Chipotle Barbacoa slow cooker recipe a try. Tender, flavorful, fall-apart goodness.

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 9 hours hrs

Total Time 9 hours hrs 20 minutes mins

Course Main Course

Ingredients

  

• 3 lb beef chuck roast
• 1/2 c Beef broth
• 2 tbsp Apple cider vinegar
• 1 tbsp Lime juice
• 1 Bay leaf
• 5 cloves Garlic
• 2 Chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
• 2 tsp Cumin
• 1 tbsp Oregano
• 1/2 tsp Ground cloves
• 2 tsp Salt
• 1/2 tsp Pepper

Instructions

 

• Cut the roast into 3-inch cubes.
• Place the meat into a greased slow cooker.
• In a blender, combine all other ingredients except the bay leaf.
• Blend until smooth.
• Pour the mixture over the meat and add the bay leaf.
• Cook in the slow cooker on low for about 8 hours (or high for about 5 hours), until the meat can be shredded easily with a fork.
• Shred the meat and place back into the slow cooker with the juices. Cook on high another 15-30 minutes.
• Remove the bay leaf before serving.
• Enjoy!