Slow Cooker Smothered Beef Burritos
36 Comments Mar 06, 2020
Updated Apr 15, 2023
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These Slow Cooker Smothered Beef Burritos are better than takeout and great for an easy weeknight meal.
If you love a good Mexican slow cooker meal look no further! Pair this meal with my slow cooker refried pinto beans or black beans!
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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.
How to make smothered beef burritos:
- Add beef stew meat to the slow cooker. Sprinkle with salt, pepper and oregano.
- Add diced green chiles, diced yellow onion and enchilada sauce. Stir.
- Place the lid on the slow cooker and cook on LOW for 6-8 hours.
- When the meat is done cooking make burritos by add adding warmed refried beans, the cooked meat and cheese to a tortilla. Add into the sauce in the slow cooker.
- Top with cheese and replace lid until cheese is melted and the burritos are warm.
Can I use chicken?
Yes, you can use 1.5 – 2 pounds of chicken instead of beef stew meat. Shred the chicken with two forks before assembling the burritos.
What goes good with smothered beef burritos?
- Mexican rice – Recipe from Yellow Bliss Road
- Refried Beans
- Homemade Tortilla Chips – Recipe by Cooking Classy
- Green Salad
More Mexican style recipes to make in the slow cooker:
- Slow Cooker Steak Burritos
- Slow Cooker Beef Chimichangas
- Slow Cooker Chicken Enchilada Casserole
- Slow Cooker Southwestern Cheesy Chicken Pasta
- Slow Cooker Copycat Chipotle Barbacoa
- Slow Cooker Shredded Beef Sheet Tray Nachos
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Slow Cooker Smothered Beef Burritos
Ingredients
- 2 lbs. beef stew meat, (cubed beef roast)
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/4 tsp. pepper
- 1/2 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, (or 2 cups homemade 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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Sarah’s Notes
- Mexican rice
- Refried Beans
- Tortilla Chips
- Green Salad and dressing
Nutrition
Nutrition info is auto-generated. This information is an estimate; if you are on a special diet, please use your own calculations.
What about cooking on high?
I would cook for about 4-5 hours on high. You want the meat to be very tender.
Do these freeze well?
Is it the same cook time if I do chicken breasts?
6 hours on low should be plenty!
I made this today for our dinner and it was delicious!
Doing low carb. Would eliminating beans be ok? Also I would be using Mission Losw Carb tortillas.
Yes I think it will be great.
We loved this recipe
Can you do this in a crockpot casserole cooker which is 13×9? Would it change anything like cook time?
Hi Martha! I do not have a casserole crockpot, if I rememeber right it cooks a little slower that other crockpot. You may need to adjust the time.
If I don’t have green chili’s can I use jalapeños?
Yes! Will work great!
Hi, can you use boneless beef short ribs instead of the stew beef?
Thank you!
Yes, you will need to degrease the sauce with paper towels at the end of cooking time! Will work great.
Awesome, thanks for replying back.
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.