Tex-Mex Sloppy Joe Tacos
Tex-Mex Sloppy Joe Tacos: These tacos are full of flavor without all the work! It’s time to mix it up! Serve a spicy, saucy taco for dinner made in your slow cooker! This recipe is so good you could serve it at your next Tex-Mex Party! Make it special with a build-your-own taco bar!
I love making dinner in my slow cooker especially in the summer when I don’t want to heat up my kitchen. There’s nothing more satisfying then walking in the door after a busy day to the smell of dinner!
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Tex-Mex Sloppy Joe Tacos
Yield:
Makes 16 to 20 Tacos
Prep Time:
20 minutes
Cook Time:
4 hours
Total Time:
4 hours 20 minutes
Ingredients
- 3 pounds ground beef
- 2 cups chopped onion (2 large)
- 4 cups bottled salsa (Medium hotness)
- 1-1/2 cups chopped green bell pepper
- 1-1/2 cups fresh corn or frozen whole kernel corn
- 2 tablespoons chopped canned chipotle pepper in adobo sauce (*tip below)
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 1-1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1-1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
- 16 to 20 6-inch flour tortillas or hoagie rolls, spit and toasted
- vegetable oil for deep frying tortillas
- assorted toppings
Instructions
- In a large skillet brown hamburger and onions until tender; drain off fat.
- In a 4- to 5- quart slow cooker combine meat mixture, salsa, peppers, corn, chili powder, coriander, and garlic salt.
- Cover and cook on low-heat setting for 3 to 4 hours.
- Fry tortillas, fold in half, place on rack lined with paper towels. Let cool.
- Use a slotted spoon to fill tortillas with meat mixture.
- Add assorted toppings.
TIP: If you don’t like spice, seed and take ribs out. (I even rinsed the peppers to make sure all the seeds were gone and added some adobe sauce.)
Awesome!!! Sloppy Joes meets tacos! I love it! This would please everyone in my family!
These look SO YUMMY!!!! I am definitely going to try this! My boys love tacos AND sloppy joe’s! Thanks for sharing this!
~Jen
Wow, these look delicious! My hubby would love them!
Melissa
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this looks extra yummy! something easy for dinner
This sounds like a great fusion of comfort food! Gonna have to try it soon =)
I love that you fried the flour tortillas – that really makes a difference – so tasty! Can’t wait to make these!
Your tacos look wonderful! Thanks!
What a great idea! These look delish! Thanks so much for sharing at Church Supper. Have a blessed week & come back soon.
Tacos are always a hit in our house. I gotta try your recipe!
Sloppy Joe’s and Tacos? What an awesome concept!
We love tacos and sloppy joes at our house! This is a match made in heaven! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Sloppy joe’s & tacos together – great idea! Yum 🙂
I like the seasoning you have for this recipe. It will be a big hit with the teens in my house. I’ll pin it. Thanks for sharing it on foodie friday.
What a great concept! I love sloppy joes, and the filling sounds fantastic in a tortilla! Love your seasoning! Yum!