Charley's Slow Cooker Mexican Style Meat 14-Oct-2019

Not a whole lot different that the colorado red chili, but this is just focused on the meat part, not making a chili.

Ingredients

• 1 4 pound chuck roast
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 1/4 cups diced green chile pepper
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
• 1 (5 ounce) bottle hot pepper sauce
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder

Directions

1. Trim the roast of any excess fat, and season with salt and pepper.
2. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
3. Place the beef in the hot skillet, and brown it quickly on all sides.
4. Transfer the roast to a slow cooker and top it with the chopped onion. Season with chile peppers, chili powder, cayenne pepper, hot pepper sauce, and garlic powder.
5. Add enough water to cover 1/3 of the roast.
6. Cover, and cook on High for 6 hours, checking to make sure there is always at least a small amount of liquid in the bottom of the cooker.
7. Reduce heat to Low, and continue cooking for 2 to 4 hours, or until meat is totally tender and falls apart.
8. Transfer the roast to a bowl and shred it using two forks (reserve 2 cups of cooking liquid, if desired).

This would be excellent in tacos, taco salad, burritos, mexican rice bowls, etc., go wild, be Chipotle.

Make sure to reserve the cooking juice; if you freeze this, add some juice to each freezer container of meat. Good in the freezer for 6 months.

This would be great for a pork roast as well.

The bottle of hot sauce seems like a gimme :)