I love, love, love mexican food. So you will find that I feature plenty of mexican food here on The Magical Slow Cooker. This recipe for Slow Cooker Steak Fajitas has a special sauce that you make in your blender for the meat. It has orange juice, lime juice, a chipotle pepper, garlic, cilantro, salt, pepper, and cumin. I can’t describe how great the sauce smells, you just have to try it out yourself!
These fajitas get a spicy kick from the chipotle pepper. If you don’t like your food too spicy, go ahead and leave the chipotle pepper out.
I used a flank steak in this recipe, as this is the typical cut of beef for fajitas. I think it turned out great! It is important to slice your bell peppers and onions thick, so they keep their shape while slow cooking. Place the peppers and onions on top of the meat and chipotle sauce.
- 1 to 1½ pound Beef Flank Steak
- 2-3 bell peppers (variety of colors)
- 1 large white onion
- 2 limes juiced
- 1 orange juiced
- ½ cup cilantro leaves and stems
- 1 chipotle pepper (from a can of chipotle peppers in adobe, hispanic food aisle)
- 1 garlic clove
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- Flour or corn tortillas
- Guacamole
- Monterey jack cheese
- Sour cream
- In a blender combine sauce ingredients (lime juice, orange juice, cilantro, chipotle pepper, garlic clove, salt, pepper and cumin). Pulse these items until pulverized.
- Put flank steak in slow cooker, and pour sauce over the steak.
- Slice bell peppers and onions in a thick slice, so they hold their shape after cooking all day.
- Put bell peppers and onions on top of steak and sauce.
- Set slow cooker to low, and cook for 8 hours.
- Serve steak, bell pepper and onions on flour or corn tortillas, top with guacamole, cheese and sour cream to taste.
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Millicent Owen says
June 11, 2013 at 8:47 pmJust too darn yummy looking…Lol.
Danielle says
October 9, 2013 at 9:11 amI made this and it is currently in the slow cooker ! I’m excited to see how it turns out !!
Sarah Olson says
October 9, 2013 at 11:41 amLet me know how it turns out!
Shawn says
November 4, 2013 at 6:59 pmThanks for the recipe! I’ve made this several times since discovering your blog, and the whole family LOVES it. I’ve even done variations, including just dropping the meat in with a can of green enchilada sauce & peppers/onion, or a jar of Herdez picadillo sauce & peppers/onion. Next, I want to try a tub of fresh salsa.
Sarah Olson says
November 4, 2013 at 7:10 pmThanks Shawn! I love how the flank steak turns out the the slow cooker, and I love your sauce ideas, so easy!
Alex says
November 10, 2013 at 2:55 pmThis sounds SO delish! I’m going to make it today! Do you think I’d ruin the meat if I put it on high so I can decrease the cooking time?
Sarah Olson says
November 10, 2013 at 7:12 pmNo, it should be just fine! 🙂
Jimmy Stewart says
June 13, 2014 at 5:32 pmThis sounds like a wonderful recipe and we’re going to try it next week. Anyone know what the net carb count would be (minus the “items for serving”).
Shana Putnam says
June 21, 2014 at 8:26 amI just pinned this. I use most of the same stuff for my fajitas but never thought of the crockpot!! I always miss out when it is cold because I don’t wanna use the grill but now I won’t have to! I am also going to get the stuff for your chicken and gravy in a little while! Love your site!!
Sarah Olson says
June 21, 2014 at 9:22 pmThanks for stopping by Shauna! These Fajitas are amazing and so easy in the crock pot!
Daniela says
July 29, 2015 at 2:30 pmHello, thanks for all the great tips! I hate cooking so this was a great help. One question, should the meat be falling apart easily or do you take it out to slice it?
Sarah Olson says
July 29, 2015 at 5:25 pmIt should be falling apart, sometimes I will carefully slice it to make it look pretty on the platter. 🙂
Jmaile says
July 2, 2016 at 10:19 pmHi! This looks amazing and thinking of cooking it for tomorrow’s dinner. I was wondering if this recipe should be kept Just for steak ? Will it change its flavor if I used chicken? Half of my family eat only chicken so was thinking of making two different batches. Or should I look for a different recipe for my chicken eaters? Thanks!:)
Sarah Olson says
July 5, 2016 at 7:43 amI think it would work fine with chicken, let me know if you try it.
Christy McCarville-Schueths says
January 17, 2018 at 9:12 amThis looks amazing. I am definitely going to try it. I think the cook time in the summary info needs to be adjusted to 8 hours instead of minutes (although it would be great if they could cook that quickly!)
Sarah Olson says
January 17, 2018 at 10:38 amOh Gosh! Thank you so much for catching that!