The name of this recipe Crock-Pot Taco Junk is funny. But it is a recipe we have enjoyed for years. With healthy ground turkey and beans this recipe is a low fat and high fiber delight!
Slow Cooker Taco Junk
This is a recipe I got from an online forum based on the South Beach Diet many many moons ago. Does anyone remember forums and the South Beach Diet? 🙂
I’ve adapted it a little over the years to our family’s tastes but it is still high fiber, low fat and delicious.
You can eat this dish right out of a bowl, however it is also tasty served over cooked rice or in a taco salad. You can also wrap it up in a tortilla as a tasty burrito filling if you don’t mind your burritos a little messy.
Because this recipe is packed with lean ground turkey and beans it is rather low in fat and full of healthy fiber. If you would like to make this into a vegetarian recipe all you need to do is leave out the ground turkey and replace it with some additional beans. Pinto beans would be great I think!
This recipe uses a packet of both taco seasoning mix and ranch dressing mix; however if you would like to control the sodium content a little bit more you might want to consider making your own seasoning mixes. You can find our recipes here:
Special Diets
Gluten Free | High Fiber |Â Low Fat | Low Sugar
This recipe for Crock-Pot Taco Junk is Weight Watchers Friendly on the new Personal Points plan. You can see the WW personal points for this recipe here on the Weight Watchers website. Click here for MORE of our Weight Watchers Recipes
Crock-Pot Taco Junk Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 pound Ground Turkey (or lean ground beef (see note))
- 14.5 ounces Canned Diced Tomatoes (no sugar added)
- 14.5 ounces Canned Black Beans (drained and rinsed)
- 14.5 ounces Canned Garbanzo Beans (drained and rinsed)
- 1.25 ounces Low Sodium Taco Seasoning Mix (either 1 packet low-sodium or homemade)
- 1.5 ounces Dry Ranch Dressing Mix (Either 1 packet or homemade)
- 15.25 ounces Canned Corn (drained (optional))
- 2 cups Salsa (mild or hot, you decide how hot you like it)
Instructions
- In a medium skillet on the stove-top; lightly brown the ground turkey (or beef) and crumble the meat. Drain and add meat to a 6 quart or larger slow cooker.
- Add the remaining ingredients to the slow cooker and mix to combine.
- Cover and cook on HIGH for 4 hours.
- Stir to mix before serving.
Notes
Nutrition
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What a delicious dish! Thanks for sharing.
You’re very welcome. Definitely a favorite in my house!
YUM! This sounds like a wonderful blend of some of my favorite flavors. So glad I found you at Family Fresh Meals. *-*
Thanks so much. It is a true favorite at our house.
Tara
I love everything about this recipe! Looks DELISH!
Definitely try it. You won’t be sorry! 🙂
This sounds wonderful! I’m totally making this next week–thank you so much for sharing. Pinned! =)
Sounds yummy. Love the name!
Do you think this could be cooked on low for say 8-9 hours?
I believe so. Low temp is normally twice the high temp time in a crock-pot. That last hour or two I would take a look at it just in case.
Sometimes I put everything in the crockpot before leaving in the morning for work and let it cook on low all day long. It comes out great
I make this all the time! So so good! Highly recommend it
From the Posts showing, one person actually made this recipe. So how did it get 3 Stars?
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Have you even added onions? What would it do to fl?
You could add some onion Mary!
Could you use chicken breast (cubed) instead of ground turkey?
I think you could Harley!
OMG!!! This is fantastic! Super filling and delicious. Anytime I can find a WW friendly recipe for the crockpot I’ll try it. I used my canned homemade salsa and added hot peppers and onions from the garden. This is the BOMB.
So glad you enjoyed this recipe Angie! Homemade salsa and hot peppers sound delicious!
Made this today! So good! Definitely a keeper!!
So glad you enjoyed this recipe!
How large would you say a serving is? 1.5 cups?
Hey LKRff, we don’t measure out serving sizes, instead a serving size in the entire dish cooked divided by how many servings is listed in the recipe.