Stephanie (from crockpot365.com) talked about doing fajitas in her crock pot, so I decided to try my hand at doing my own!
My Ingredients:
3lbs stir fry meat - very thin cut strips of steak
1 red bell pepper
1 yellow bell pepper
1 orange bell pepper
1 large onion
2 packets of fajita seasoning
2 cups of water
My Directions:
Dump the meat into the crock.
Strip cut the onions and the peppers. Throw them on top.
Mix up the water and fajita seasoning and pour it over everything.
Set the crock on low for 8 hours (I left mine more like 12! Whoops! But still good!) and walk away!
Yesterday was a weird day. We worked all day and then came home and had to run some errands. That's why our dinner cooked for almost 12 hours. The awesome thing about the slow cooking method though, is that you don't have to worry so much about things getting burned if you've got enough liquid in the pot. Nice!
My Thoughts:
I won't put as much water in next time. There was a ton of liquid in there, and I think it diluted the flavor too much.
I will use a normal steak and cut it myself next time, rather than going for the "stir fry meat." It ended up sticking all together and at the end there were no strips, just big chunks of meat that we had to break up with our serving spoon.
Overall though, this was a hit! I liked that I didn't have to stand over a hot skillet and cook all the meat and veggies. All that was left to do when it was dinner time was cut up a tomato, open a bag of shredded cheese, and heat up some tortilla shells in the microwave. Score one for me!
Here's what it looked like before it cooked:
Such pretty colors!!
And here's what it looked like after it cooked:
Not quite so pretty, but it sure tasted good!
Sarah's Star Rating: **** 4 out of 5 (just because there was too much liquid, and I needed to use a different cut of meat.)
I'll make this one again!
Happy cooking,
Sarah
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