Sloppy Tacos

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 08:51:04 GMT

Step 1

Brown beef in a large saucepan. We like the big one from this Scanpan three piece set.

Step 2

Add bone broth, water, one of the white onions, all the garlic, chilli, carrots, bay leaves and thyme. Let simmer for an hour uncovered until everything becomes soft.

Step 3

Remove all the cooked veggies from the saucepan and put them into a blender (like this one on sale for $39). If you’re like me and haven’t gotten around to furnishing your kitchen yet, you can also try a stick mixer or your trusty NutriBullet. However you decide to do it, add both tomatoes, more bay leaves, cumin powder, cloves, smoked paprika powder and some chilli flakes (depending on your spice tolerance) and blitz it all up.

Step 4

Sieve the blended sauce back into the original pot, which will remove all the chunky bits.

Step 5

Leave to simmer covered for three hours. Anna recommends topping up the mixture up with water every 40 minutes to keep the beef moist.

Step 6

While that’s on the boil, you can finely dice the other white onion and the bunch of coriander, then set aside to use as toppings later.

Step 7

When three hours is up, you should see the slow-cooked meat is now falling apart. Remove it from the original saucepan and put it in a bowl to shred. This meat claw is perfect for all your shredded meat needs.

Step 8

Add shredded meat back into the sauce and keep on low heat to ensure it continues to soak up the flavour-packed sauce.

Step 9

While on heat, grab a tortilla and dunk it right into the juices and put it straight onto a warm frypan, adding some shredded meat mixture to the inside and topping with lashings of some more delicious birria taco sauce.

Step 10

Add as much (or as little, for my lactose-intolerant friends) shredded cheese. This is the part you can also add your previously chopped onion and coriander on your birria taco.

Step 11

Leave on low heat and wait for the tortilla to brown and the cheese to melt, then fold in half and enjoy your birria taco dipped in a bowl of your beef soup.

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