These slow cooker beef short rib tacos are loaded with flavor, and simply melt in your mouth. In our house tacos are a weekly meal, we love all different kinds. Packed with some kind of meat and topped with fresh ingredients.
This one is hands down one of our favorites, topped with the creamy chipotle slaw to knock it out of the park. I like to serve these on a corn tortillas but if your preference if flour tortilla, go for it! And of course being that it is in the slow cooker and you can just set it and forget it makes it even better. If you love easy taco meals in the slow cooker check out my salsa chicken tacos another family favorite.
Slow Cooker Beef short Rib Tacos
Ingredients
- 8 beef short ribs
- 2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 3-4 tablespoons flour
- 2-3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 bottle dark beer
- 3 cups beef stock
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon ground cumin
- 1 tablespoon smoked paprika
- 3 Chipotle peppers plus 2 tablespoons adobo sauce
- 1 onion sliced
- 5-6 garlic cloves minced
- ¼ cup crumbled Queso Fresco cheese
- Corn tortillas
- Chipotle Slaw
- ¾ cup Mayonnaise
- 2 Chipotle peppers in adobo diced
- 2 tbsp freshly squeezed lime juice
- ½ head green cabbage finely shredded
- ½ cup shredded red cabbage
- ½ cup shredded carrots
- 5-6 green onions sliced
- 2 cups chopped cilantro
- Salt, pepper
Instructions
- Season the ribs with salt and pepper, then sprinkle the flour over the ribs evenly. Heat heavy bottom pan over medium high heat and add oil. Brown the short ribs on all sides and add them to the slow cooker.
- In a small bowl whisk brown sugar, cumin and paprika and sprinkle over ribs. Add sliced onions, garlic, beef stock, beer and chipotle peppers to the slow cooker. Cook on high for 4-6 hours or on low 8-10 hours.
- Pull the beef off the ribs and place back in juices. Heat up the corn tortillas, add your beef and slaw and top with an avocado slice...
- For the Chipotle Slaw
- In a large bowl add the shredded cabbage, carrots, red cabbage, green onions, and cilantro
- In a separate bowl whisk the mayo, chipotle peppers and lime juice and pour over the cabbage. Toss to combine
Everything looks fabulous ! We love it! Nice blog and great pics ! Thanks
Thank you Mindy!
Soooo good and easy. This will become a regular when I want to splurge on short ribs. They were reasonable at Costco. Taste is worth the splurge.
Oh yay Marilyn! I am so glad you loved them, thank you for coming back here to let me know. Short ribs can be pricey, I always try to stock up when they are on sale. 🙂
About how many serving or tacos will this make. I want to make this dish for a party and will need to double or triple it.
Thanks
This serves 6. Hope that helps Darren 🙂