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Swap your usual tortilla out on taco night for a bowl and enjoy these Crock Pot Taco Bowls. This is just another tasty way to change up your regular taco night.
The meat and bean mixture simmers in the slow cooker all day the achieve the ultimate flavor. It includes your usual chili type ingredients with one you don’t usually see – unsweetened cocoa powder. Then the meat mixture gets served over rice. You can use any kind of rice you like with these – white rice, brown rice, or even cilantro lime rice or Spanish rice.
Frito corn chips are essential for these Taco Bowls. Not only do they add a nice salty corn flavor but also some crunch. Lastly, you top these bowls off with your favorite taco toppings. We like to include cheese, salsa, sour cream, and guacamole.
Here is what you need to make the
Crock Pot Taco Bowls
- GROUND BEEF
- ONION
- SALT
- PEPPER
- GARLIC CLOVES
- CANNED CHILI BEANS
- TOMATO SAUCE
- PETITE DICED TOMATOES
- TACO SEASONING
- CHILI POWDER
- CUMIN
- GARLIC POWDER
- BROWN SUGAR
- UNSWEETENED COCOA POWDER
- COOKED RICE
- FRITOS CORN CHIPS
- DESIRED TOPPINGS – SOUR CREAM, SHREDDED CHEESE, AVOCADO, PICO DE GALLO, GUACAMOLE, SHREDDED LETTUCE, ETC
Crock Pot Taco Bowls
Ingredients
- 2 lbs ground beef
- 1 small finely diced onion
- 1 tsp salt
- pepper to taste
- 2 minced garlic cloves
- 2 cans chili beans
- 1 (8 oz) can tomato sauce
- 1 (14.5 oz) can petite diced tomatoes
- 1 pkg taco seasoning
- 1 tsp chili powder
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 2 tsp brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- cooked rice
- Fritos corn chips
- desired toppings – sour cream, shredded cheese, avocado, pico de gallo, guacamole, shredded lettuce, etc
Instructions
- Brown ground beef, onion, salt and pepper together in a skillet. Drain off any excess grease. Add the garlic and cook for 30 seconds.
- Add the ground beef mixture into the crock pot along with chili beans, tomato sauce, tomatoes, taco seasoning, chili powder, cumin, garlic powder, brown sugar, and cocoa powder. Mix to combine and cook on low heat for 6-7 hours.
- Serve over cooked rice with chips and desired toppings. Serves 8.
Recipe adapted from Together as Family.
