Beef barbacoa bowl with rice and beans

Beef barbacoa bowl with rice and beans is ready in 490 minutes (15 hands-on) and has 788 kcal and 53 g of protein per serving. One serving costs about $4.76. Prices from Walmart, 2026.

Beef barbacoa bowl with rice and beans
Total time
490 min
Hands-on
15 min
Calories
788 kcal
Cost per serving
$4.76

Ingredients (Serves: 2)

  • Stewing beef400 g
  • Onion120 g
  • Garlic16 g
  • Dried chili4 g
  • Ground cumin4 g
  • Dried oregano2 g
  • Allspice2 g
  • Bay leaves2 g
  • White wine vinegar20 g
  • Beef stock100 g
  • Lime40 g
  • White rice130 g
  • Black beans (can, drained)140 g
  • Tomato100 g
  • Avocado80 g
  • Red onion40 g
  • Fresh cilantro (optional)8 g

Method

  1. Roughly chop the onion and mince the garlic. Put the stewing beef in the slow cooker with the onion, garlic, crumbled dried chili, cumin, oregano, allspice, bay leaf, vinegar, the juice of half the lime and the beef stock, and season with salt.

  2. Cover and cook on LOW for 8 hours or on HIGH for 4 hours, until the beef shreds with a fork. Remove the bay leaf.

  3. Shred the beef in the slow cooker and stir it into the juices. Leave the lid off for 10 minutes if you want a thicker sauce.

  4. About 20 minutes before serving, boil the rice in salted water until tender, then drain. Dice the tomato and the avocado and slice the red onion thinly.

  5. Serve the rice in bowls with the barbacoa beef and its juices, the black beans, tomato, avocado, red onion, the rest of the lime and chopped cilantro.

Nutrition per serving

Calories788 kcal
Protein53 g
Carbohydrates85 g
Sugars6 g
Fat28 g
Fiber13 g

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