Barbacoa in a Crockpot

Name: Barbacoa in a Crockpot
Yield: Serves 8 servings
Ingredients: 4.4 lbs beef, pork, or a combination; 10 dried pasilla chiles; 1 red onion; 10 allspice berries; 1 pinch dried oregano; 1 pinch bay leaf; 2 garlic cloves; 1 potato; 1 carrot

Solo Enrique @keyno_farkas

Chihuahua México

The original version is called 'de hoyo' because you literally dig a hole in the ground, light charcoal, and cover the pot with a metal sheet. This is a more urban version, so to speak.

Solo Enrique @keyno_farkas

Chihuahua México

The original version is called 'de hoyo' because you literally dig a hole in the ground, light charcoal, and cover the pot with a metal sheet. This is a more urban version, so to speak.

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Ingredients

Serves 8 servings

4.4 lbsbeef, pork, or a combination
10dried pasilla chiles
1red onion
10allspice berries
1 pinchdried oregano
1 pinchbay leaf
2garlic cloves
1potato
1carrot

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Steps

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Ingredients
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Soak the chiles, remove the stems and seeds. (You can add another type of chile for extra heat.)
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Using a mortar and pestle or a knife, crush a pinch of oregano, a pinch of bay leaf, and 10 allspice berries.
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Blend both mixtures together and add salt.
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Cut the meat into strips and coat it with the blended mixture. Slice the onion into half-moons, add it, and let everything marinate for at least two hours.
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Cook in a crockpot along with the potato and carrot, both sliced into 1/2-inch (about 1 cm) rounds.