Fall Apart Beef Barbacoa / Slow Cooked Beef For Tacos
A special chilli sauce is prepared and beef chunks are marinated and wrapped in banana leaf before cooking it in a dutch oven. Barbacoa is an old traditional Mexican method of cooking either Beef or Lamb. Large pits in the ground layered with hot coal house bundles of this meat wrapped in Avocado leaves and this is cooked overnight.
Ingredients
| Chilli marinade and sauce | ||
| Guajillo chillies | 3 | |
| Ancho chilles | 3 | |
| Peppercorns | 20 | |
| All spice berries | 20 | |
| Kosher salt | 2 1/2 Teaspoon | |
| Garlic | 5 Clove (25 gm) | |
| Oil | 1/3 Cup (5.33 tbs) | |
| Onion | 1/2 Cup (8 tbs) | |
| Tomato | 1/2 Cup (8 tbs) | |
| Clove powder | 1/2 Teaspoon | |
| Clove powder | 1/2 Teaspoon | |
| Dried oregano | 1 Tablespoon | |
| Apple cider vinegar | 1/3 Cup (5.33 tbs) | |
| Cinnamon | 1/2 Teaspoon | |
| Water | 2 Cup (32 tbs) | |
| For beef: | ||
| Beef cheek brisket/Sirloin | 3 Pound | |
| Salt | To Taste | |
| Banana leaves | 1 Large | |
| Beer | 200 Milliliter |
Directions
MAKING:
1. Lightly toast the chillies, then boil for 30 mins
2. Remove the chillies and allow to cool
3. Add all the sauce ingredients to a food processor except the last 1/3 cup of Oil and remove all the stems and seeds from the chillies before adding in
4. Blend to a smooth paste
5. In a saucepan, add the oil and all the sauce, cover and cook for 10 minutes, stirring at intervals
6. Allow the sauce to cool
7. Cut the Beef into smaller chunks so they have more surface area and they are easier to wrap
8. Marinate with some of the chilli paste and wrap each one in banana leaf
9. If your banana leaf is too small, rewrap in foil for a tight seal
10. Add these to a dutch oven or a heavy pot with a tight lid
11. Pour in the beer cover, and allow to cook for 4 hours in a 350 degree oven
12. After the cook time, the beef should just fall apart
SERVING:
13. Add dollops of the prepared chilli sauce and serve
Recipe Summary
