Birria Tacos

Name: Birria Tacos
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 2 h 30 min
Total time: 2 h 50 min
Cuisine: American, Mexican, Latin American
Ingredients: 3lb Chuck roast; 1 Head of garlic (leave cloves whole); 1 whole onion cut in half; 2 quarts water; 5 guajillo peppers; 3 ancho chili; 2 chili de arbol; 1 Tbsp peppercorn; 1 Tbsp dried coriander; 5 cloves; 5 bay leaves; 1 cinnamon stick; 2 tomatoes; 3 beef bouillon cubes; 3 sprigs fresh thyme; 2 tsp cumin; 2 tsp oregano; 1 tsp paprika; Cilantro; Corn tortillas; Oaxaca cheese

10 steps

Prep:20minCook:2h 30min

Cassie Yeung’s recipe for stunning birria tacos!

Updated at: Sun, 31 Dec 2023 23:54:59 GMT

Ingredients

8 servings

3 lbchuck roast

1 Headgarlic

2 quartswater

1 Tbspdried coriander

3 sprigsfresh thyme

2 tspcumin

2 tsporegano

1 tsppaprika

Tacos

cilantro

corn tortillas

Oaxaca cheese

Instructions

Step 1

Sear your meat a few minutes each side. Remove and add in 1 onion cut side down along with garlic cloves. Leave cloves whole

Step 2

Once they have some color, add your meat back in along with 2 quarts of water.

Step 3

In a separate pan, toast up your chilies till fragrant (seeds removed) and add to the pot along with peppercorns, bay leaves, coriander, cloves, cinnamon stick, tomatoes (keep whole), and bouillon cubes.

Step 4

Cover and simmer for 1 hr.

Step 5

After an hr, remove all spices, tomato, onion and chilis and blend (leaving out the bay leaves and cinnamon stick).

Step 6

Strain and add mixture back to the pot. Add the rest of the seasonings (thyme oregano cumin paprika) and simmer another 1.5 hrs.

Step 7

Shred the meat and add back to pot.

Step 8

Assemble your tacos by dipping a corn tortilla to the consomé and adding to a pan.

Step 9

Add Oaxaca cheese, meat, onions, cilantro topped with a little more consomé and fold in half.