Slow Cooker Smoked Chipotle Brisket Tacos
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Brisket Tacos are slow cooked in a smoky chipotle rub and stout beer, shredded and served in tortillas with Roasted Corn Salsa & Creamy Chipotle Sauce.
Oh hey there! Happy Taco Tuesday!
I recently asked my Facebook friends to share the first thing they thought of when they thought of my blog, and one of my friends said TACOS!
I had to laugh, because it is totally true, I do share a lot of taco recipes! From Chipotle Honey Pulled Pork Tacos to Carne Asada Tacos to Buffalo Cauliflower Tacos, my love of tacos runs deep! And this new recipe for brisket tacos is definitely going to become a new favorite!
Growing up in Oklahoma, we ate a lot of beef brisket. For a while, I could never find brisket at the grocery stores in San Diego, but my local store recently started carrying this wonderful cut of beef and I couldn’t be more excited.
Slow cooking brisket makes it nice and tender, perfect for shredding up and turning into tacos!
Smoked Chipotle Brisket Tacos Ingredients
- 2 tbsp chipotle chili powder
- 1 tbsp smoked paprika
- 1 tbsp ground black pepper
- 1 tbsp kosher salt
- 1 tbsp ground cumin
- 2 lb beef brisket
- 1 tsp liquid smoke flavoring
- 12 oz stout beer
Smoked Chipotle Brisket Tacos Instructions
In a small bowl, combine the chipotle chili powder, smoked paprika, ground black pepper, kosher salt and ground cumin.
Rub this mixture on the beef brisket. Place the brisket in a slow cooker set to low, pour the liquid smoke and stout around the brisket. Cook on low for 8-12 hours or on high 4-6 hours.
Remove the beef brisket from the slow cooker, place on a cutting board and rest for 10 minutes. Shred with two forks or Meat Claws
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If you’d like to add the chipotle cream sauce on top of the tacos (which I highly recommend!) now is the perfect time to prepare the sauce!
Chipotle Cream Sauce Ingredients
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 chipotle pepper in adobo sauce (chopped)
- 1 tsp adobo sauce from the can of chipotle peppers
- 1 clove garlic (crushed)
- 1 tbsp fresh lime juice
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ cup slow cooker liquid
Chipotle Cream Sauce Instructions
Add all of the ingredients to a blender, including ¼ cup of the liquid from the slow cooker that the brisket cooked in. Blend until smooth and creamy.
Serve the brisket tacos in tortillas topped with the creamy chipotle sauce.
You can also add queso fresco, fresh cilantro, avocado, diced red onion or roasted poblano corn salsa (what I used!)
Looking for more great Crock Pot Taco Recipes? Here’s 5 of my favs!
- Slow Cooker Sriracha Honey Pulled Pork Tacos
- Crock Pot Chicken Mole Tacos
- Slow Cooker Blackberry Jalapeno Pulled Pork Tacos
- Crock Pot Korean BBQ Chicken Tacos
- Slow Cooker Tacos Al Pastor
Slow Cooker Smoked Chipotle Brisket Tacos
Ingredients
Smoked Chipotle Brisket Tacos
- 2 tbsp chipotle chili powder
- 1 tbsp smoked paprika
- 1 tbsp ground black pepper
- 1 tbsp kosher salt
- 1 tbsp ground cumin
- 2 lb beef brisket
- 1 tsp liquid smoke flavoring
- 12 oz stout beer
Chipotle Cream Sauce
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 chipotle pepper in adobo sauce, chopped
- 1 tsp adobo sauce from the can of chipotle peppers
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 1 tbsp fresh lime juice
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ cup slow cooker liquid
Serve With
- 16 small tortillas, corn or flour
- roasted poblano corn salsa, click link for recipe
Instructions
Smoked Chipotle Brisket Tacos
- In a small bowl, combine the chipotle chili powder, smoked paprika, ground black pepper, kosher salt and ground cumin.
- Rub this mixture on the beef brisket.
- Place the brisket in a slow cooker set to low, pour the liquid smoke and stout around the brisket.
- Cook on low for 8-12 hours or on high 4-6 hours.
- Remove the beef brisket from the slow cooker, place on a cutting board and rest for 10 minutes. Shred with two forks or Meat Claws
- Serve the brisket in tortillas topped with chipotle cream sauce and poblano corn salsa.
Chipotle Cream Sauce
- Add all of the ingredients to a blender, including ¼ cup of the liquid from the slow cooker that the brisket cooked in.
- Blend until smooth and creamy.
Nutrition Facts
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13 Comments on “Slow Cooker Smoked Chipotle Brisket Tacos”
If I’m honest, I only made the chipotle cream sauce recipe from this. And it is THE BEST EVER. I will be making this forever for everything. So good.
LOVE to hear that Andrea! Thanks so much for sharing!
Hey there, when you say 1 chipotle pepper in adobo sauce chopped, you mean one pepper from the can chopped up, not the entire whole can right?
Hi Ali, yes, just one pepper from the can, not the entire can!
Hey there, when you say 1 chipotle pepper in adobo sauce chopped you mean only one pepper from the can, not one whole can right?
Whitney – you inspired me after the Cox Smart Home Oklahoma City event and I’ve done your recipes two nights in a row! Sunday night – the 1-pot Beef Enchiladas, which were so yummy..But this one tonight I served for guests and Chuck as well as my two teen girls. And they were raving! (me too).So easy, and I made the chipotle cream sauce and the roasted poblano corn salsa too. AMAZING. I’m cooking at a whole new level and it’s so easy! One question – I put the rub on the brisket but wasn’t sure what to do with the excess that didn’t stick to the brisket? I noticed that it was the finer grains that stuck and not the larger ones (like the kosher salt).So I just sprinkled some extra on top of the brisket but not all of it. Any advice? Thanks, Whitney!
Hi Tammi! I love to hear that 🙂 If I ever have excess rub, I just toss it in the crock pot! It’s all going to cook together in there, which is one of the great parts of crock pot cooking! So glad you and the family enjoyed the recipe!
Would you recommend 12oz of beef broth as a subsituation to the beer?
Hi Sandra, yes, beef broth would work as a substitute for the beer. Enjoy!
WOW, everyone loved the brisket, they kept going back for more
Hi Sandra, I’m so glad to hear it! Thanks for sharing!
Mouth officially watering. Wow.
Where in the world do you find adobo sauce, though?
Thanks so much Dawn! The adobo sauce is from the can of chipotle chilies in adobo sauce which you can find at any major grocery store!