Anyone for ultra-juicy Mexican pulled beef tossed in a chipotle-spiced sauce?
Use this Beef Barbacoa for tacos, burritos, enchiladas, taquitos the possibilities are endless.
This is a slow cooker version and is simple to put together.
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Which means … effortless.
Moistened and flavoured by the sauce, the meat is rich and extremely versatile.
Use it for filling anything from tacos to burritos, enchiladas to quesadillas.
Im a big fan!
What Beef Barbacoa tastes like
Beef Barbacoa is slightly tangy with a subtle but distinct spicing.
Its not too chilli-hot, though to be fair, sometimes chipotles vary in heat!
Chipotles are dried and smoked jalapeno peppers.
In tinned formed, they usually come in a tangy and spicy red sauce calledadobo.
Sometimes dishes use both the adobo sauce and the chilli.
For a dish like this, you cant really go wrong with the bang out of beer you use.
Bonus points if you might get Mexican dark beer like the excellent Negra Modelo.
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Spices and herbs Cumin, oregano, cloves and bay leaves for our seasonings.
In addition to extra flavour, the other difference is the cut of beef used.
The Tex-Mex version tends to use beef cheeks.
This cut of beef is not as well marbled, so it is not quite as juicy.
For chuck, look for a piece thats nicely marbled with fat for the juiciest result.
I recommend avoidingleaner slow-cooking beef cutssuch as bolar blade, lean brisket.
The meat will tend to be rather dry and ropey.
And yes, I know Ive shown EIGHT steps below!
Colour equals flavour in both the beef and the sauce, so dont hold back here.
(Well, dont burn it, but seek a deep golden crust alllll over each piece!)
TIP:Dont crowd the pan, or the beef will stew rather than brown.
Slow-cook for 8 hours on low to make the beef fall-apart-at-a-touch tender.
Yes, ignore the photos follow the video!
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Sauce it!Toss the shredded beef together with the sauce from the slow cooker.
How much to use is up to you.
I usually douse it with 4 big ladles.
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Yes, the sauce seems somewhat watery but its meant to be.
Barbacoa Tacos
Pictured in this post!
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Fresh coriander/cilantro leaves Rarely does a taco get made in this household without it!
Burritos
Switch out the beef in myBeef Burritosrecipe with this Beef Barbacoa.
Toss well and use to makeBeef Enchiladas.
ie replace the ground beef filling in that recipe.
Quesadillas
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For some more inspiration, have a browse through all myMexican recipes!
My standard fallback use: Mexican Sliders!
Its sliders, Mexican-style.
Beef Barbacoa Mexican Pulled Beef for Tacos and everything!
Whatever you do, DO NOT LIFT YOUR HEAD!!!!
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