This easy Poor Man’s Crock Pot Beefy Fajitas for Two recipe is so flavorful and easier on your grocery budget.
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How to Make Poor Man’s Beefy Fajitas for Two in a Crock Pot
Aunt Lou here.
This Poor Man’s Crock Pot Beefy Fajitas for Two recipe is super easy to throw together. You can slice up your peppers and onions while your ground beef is cooking. Then it is just layering of all your ingredients and a quick cooking time. It makes it perfect for a weeknight meal.
As always, we encourage our readers to adjust our recipes to their liking. Depending on how you like your peppers, you will start checking your onions and peppers either earlier in the cooking time or later. If you like crunchier onions and peppers, you will check earlier. If you like them softer, you will cook them longer.
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What You Will Need for Poor Man’s Crock Pot Beefy Fajitas for Two
Ingredients Needed
- 1/2 lb ground beef, browned and drained
- 10 slices red bell pepper
- 10 slices green bell pepper
- 1/3 small onion, sliced
- 10 slices yellow bell pepper
- 4 1/2 teaspoons fajita seasoning
- 1 teaspoon dried cilantro leaves
- 1/4 cup water
Equipment Needed
- Skillet and strainer or micro cooker
- Sharp knife
- Cutting board
- Measuring spoons
- Measuring cup
- 2.5 quart slow cooker to 4 quart slow cooker
- Slotted spoon (optional)
Time Needed
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cooking Time: 1 hour and 40 minutes to 2 hours on low or 50 minutes to 1 hour on high, stirring halfway through cooking time, it is done when your peppers and onions have reached desired tenderness
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Poor Man’s Crock Pot Beefy Fajitas for Two
Ingredients
- 1/2 lb ground beef browned and drained
- 10 slices red bell pepper
- 10 slices green bell pepper
- 10 slices yellow bell pepper
- 1/3 large onion sliced
- 4 1/2 teaspoons fajita seasoning
- 1 teaspoon dried cilantro optional
- 1/4 cup water
- tortillas
- Favorite fajita toppings
Instructions
- Layer evenly in your 2.5 to 4 quart slow cooker in this order: onion slices, pepper slices (all three colors) and ground beef.
- Sprinkle your fajita seasoning packets and dried cilantro (if desired) evenly on top of everything.
- Drizzle your water all around.
- Cover and cook for 1 hour and 40 minutes to 2 hours on low or 50 minutes to 1 hour on high, stirring halfway through cooking time, it is done when your peppers and onions have reached desired tenderness.
- Stir everything together really well.
- Serve fajita beef and veggies on a tortilla with your favorite fajita toppings.
Notes
- If you want less juice in your tortilla, use a slotted spoon to scoop up your fajita beef and veggies and press down on the top with a non-slotted spoon (so the excess juices will drain out the slots) before putting your fajita beef and veggies into your tortilla.
- Looking for more recipes? Our Recipe Finder can help you find exactly what you need.
- Check out all our favorite recommendations for cookbooks, slow cookers and low carb essentials in our Amazon Influencer Shop.
- As with any of our recipes, carb counts, calorie counts and nutritional information varies greatly. As a result, your nutritional content depends on which products you choose to use when cooking this dish. The auto-calculation is just an automated estimate and should NOT be used for specific dietary needs.
- All slow cookers cook differently, so cooking times are always a basic guideline. Recipes should always be tested first in your own slow cooker and time adjusted as needed.
Nutrition
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