These Slow Cooker Korean-Style Beef Tacos are easy and flavorful!
Yield: 6(2 taco) servings
Ingredients
Steak
1 ¼lbslean and trimmed flank steak, cut across the grain into 4 pieces
¼cupreduced- sodium soy sauce
1teaspoontoasted sesame oil
¼cupchopped onion
3garlic cloves, minced
1tablespoonlight brown sugar
½tablespoongrated fresh ginger
½teaspooncrushed red pepper flakes
Slaw
2cupscucumber matchsticks, thin, short slices
1cupshredded carrots
1 ½tablespoonsrice vinegar
1teaspoontoasted sesame oil
¼teaspoonkosher salt
Tacos
126 inch corn tortillas
2tablespoonsgochujang sauce
1cupchopped green leaf lettuce
1scallion, sliced
12lime wedges, for serving
Instructions
*This recipe requires some planning as you should marinate the steak overnight before transferring to the slow cooker*Place the flank steak pieces in a large shallow container or in a gallon Ziploc bag (I used the bag). In a small bowl, combine the soy sauce, sesame oil, onion, garlic, brown sugar, ginger and red pepper flakes to create the marinade. Pour the marinade over the steak and move it around to coat. Allow the beef to marinate overnight (or through the day if you’ll be cooking it overnight) in your refrigerator. Mine marinated for about 12 hours.
When the beef is done marinating, transfer it along with the marinade into your slow cooker. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours. Remove the beef to a cutting board and shred using two forks (beef should be very tender). Reserve ¼ cup of the liquid from the slow cooker and discard the rest. Return the beef and the reserved ¼ cup of liquid to the slow cooker.
In a medium bowl, combine all the ingredients for the slaw and stir until well combined. Set aside.
Heat the tortillas in the microwave or in a dry skillet over medium heat for 30-60 seconds on each side. To build the tacos, divide the lettuce evenly among the tortillas and top each one with ¼ cup of the shredded beef, ½ teaspoon of gochujang or sriracha and ¼ cup of the slaw. Sprinkle the scallions over the top and serve with the lime wedges to be squeezed over the filling.
Notes
To view your WW PersonalPoints for this recipe and track it in the WW app or site, click here!Nutrition Information per (2 taco) serving as published in Skinnytaste Fast and Slow:302 calories, 34 g carbs, 8 g sugars, 8 g fat, 2.5 g saturated fat, 25 g protein, 5 g fiberMyWW SmartPoints per (2 taco) serving: (SP calculated using the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com)Green: 7 SmartPoints/ Blue: 7 SmartPoints/ Purple: 7 SmartPointsWeight Watchers Points Plus: 8 per (2 taco) serving (P+ calculated using a Weight Watchers brand PointsPlus calculator and the nutrition information below from Skinnytaste Fast and Slow)Recipe from Skinnytaste Fast and Slow by Gina Homolka