This Slow Cooker Smothered Beef Burritos Recipe is better than take out!
It’s been a while since I’ve posted a Mexican recipe. This meal is everything you would want, beef, cheese and carbs. Beef and enchilada sauce cook all day, then I make burritos with the meat, beans and cheese, then cover those with the sauce and more cheese.
Below is the sauce and meat after they have cooked all day.
Here are the burritos after I put them together with the beef, beans, cheese, and sauce.
Slow Cooker Smothered Beef Burritos
Beef and enchilada sauce cook together until the beef is tender. Then smothered burritos are assembled with the beef, beans and cheese.
Print Pin RatePrep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 6 hours
Total Time: 6 hours 20 minutes
Servings: 8
Calories: 501kcal
Equipment Needed:
- Slow Cooker – 5 quart or larger
Ingredients:
- 2 lbs. beef stew meat (cubed beef roast)
- ½ tsp. salt
- ¼ tsp. pepper
- ½ tsp. oregano
- 4 oz. can fire roasted green chiles
- 1 small yellow onion
- 28 oz. can red enchilada sauce
For serving
- 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 16 oz. can refried beans
- 8 flour tortillas
Instructions:
- Add the beef to the slow cooker. Add the salt, pepper, oregano, onion, diced chile peppers and the enchilada sauce. Stir.
- Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours.
- When the cooking time is done, warm the refried beans in the microwave or the stove top. Add a spoonful of beans to each tortilla and a scoop of beef and a sprinkle of cheese. Roll the burritos up.
- I chose to heat up 4 of the burritos in the slow cooker, I removed part of the sauce and then added the burritos, then drizzled a little sauce over them and added more cheese on top. I turned the slow cooker to high and let the burritos heat up for 20 more minutes.
- If you want to heat all the burritos at once, I recommend a 9×13 casserole dish. Pour sauce over the burritos and top with cheese, add the casserole dish to preheated oven set to 350 degrees and cook for about 10 minutes.
- One other option is to nuke each burrito in the microwave with sauce and cheese on top.
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Recipe Notes:
Nutritional values are approximate, please use your own calculations if you require a special diet.
Nutrition:
Calories: 501kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 44g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 118mg | Sodium: 1784mg | Potassium: 361mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 1010IU | Vitamin C: 7.8mg | Calcium: 274mg | Iron: 5.3mg
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Would be shredded chicken breast in it?
You can do chicken breasts instead of beef stew meat then shred the chicken and assemble the burritos.
Would bought-en burritos work as well with chili beans, onions, cheese on top? Thanks
Yes, this recipe does something similar to that. https://anaffairfromtheheart.com/slow-cooker-smothered-burritos/
Burritos are not enchiladas. Enchilada sauce does not belong on burritos! Try making a green chili for it. Never use enchilada sauce. Check out a good Mexican cookbook. You don’t even have to have it with a sauce,just stick everything in the tortillas and eat. You can put anything in it from corn to avacados.
Hi Renee! Smothered burritos are the cat’s pajamas but if you prefer to eat them the same week after week I won’t loose any sleep.
It was SOOOO very good Thank you
Is is possible to add beans to it when cooking it like kidney or chili beans?
Yes! I would do canned and drained. Will be great.
If you were to use chicken, how much and what part of chicken would you use?
I would do boneless skinless chicken thighs, about 1.5 lbs.
Is het mogelijk de recepten in het Nederlands te ontvangen? Is it possible to have the recipes in dutch?
I just pinned 3 of your recipes and will be making them next week..I’m sure they will be really yummy as always..
Would rump roast work?
Yes!
This was so so so good! Thank you for the recipe. This is definitely going to be a regular for us now. Husband and 4 boys loved it.
Thank you! Looks delicious and I can’t wait to try it
I like the recept but could it be in dutch