Brad's birria tacos

wingmaster835
wingmaster835 @wingmaster
Sequim Washington

This was my contribution to a Cinco de mayo potluck. Turned out great.

Brad's birria tacos

This was my contribution to a Cinco de mayo potluck. Turned out great.

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Ingredients

4 hrs + prep
10-12 servings
  1. For the Adobo sauce
  2. 5LG roma tomatoes, cut in half
  3. 1med sweet onion, quartered
  4. 2LG jalapeño, deseeded and cut in half
  5. 4LG cloves garlic, peeled
  6. Olive oil and kosher salt
  7. 3 ozdried new Mexico Chiles
  8. 1 ozdried Chipotle chiles
  9. 1 cupbeef broth
  10. 3 tbsapple cider vinegar
  11. 1small can tomato paste, 3 - 4 tbs
  12. 3 tbsbrown sugar
  13. 2 tspcumin
  14. 2 tspdried oregano
  15. 1/2 tspcinnamon
  16. 3bay leaves
  17. Salt and pepper to taste
  18. The meat
  19. 5 lbsbeef. I used half and half chuck roast and short ribs. Ox tail works good too
  20. 1 cupred wine
  21. Kosher salt and black pepper
  22. For the tacos
  23. Shredded cheddar cheese
  24. Crumbled cotija cheese
  25. Corn or flour tortillas
  26. Lime wedges
  27. 1Avocado, cut into wedges
  28. Cilantro for garnish
  29. For the onion medley
  30. 1/2large sweet onion, finely chopped
  31. 1large jalapeño, seeded and minced
  32. 1/4 cupchopped cilantro
  33. Juice from 1/2 a lime
  34. Pinchsalt and pepper

Cooking Instructions

4 hrs + prep
  1. 1

    Start with making the Adobo sauce. Add the tomatoes, onion, jalapeño, and garlic cloves to a roasting pan. Drizzle with olive oil and a touch of salt. Roast in the oven at 350 degrees for 20 to 30 minutes. Until slightly charred and everything is soft. When done, cool to a workable temperature.

  2. 2

    Remove the seeds from both kinds of dried chillies. Place in a stock pot and just cover with water. Bring to a boil and let simmer for 15 minutes. When done cool to a workable temperature.

  3. 3

    Meanwhile, bring your meat to room temperature, season with salt and pepper. Bring a large frying pan up to temperature over medium high heat. Brown the meat on all sides quickly. When done, transfer the meat to a large roaster. Immediately, without turning down heat, deglaze the pan with 1 cup red wine. Stir until all the chunky bits are off the bottom of the pan and turn into a smooth sauce. Remove pan from heat.

  4. 4

    Transfer red wine mixture into a large sauce pan.

  5. 5

    In a blender, puree both the roasted vegetables and the simmered chillies. Include the cooking liquid from the chillies and any juice from roasting the vegetables. If you have a very good blender, it should chop everything up fine. If you have a mediocre blender I would suggest straining the puree through a fine mesh sieve. Add everything to the saucepan that already has the red wine in it. Add the rest of the ingredients in the sauce list to the pot and bring mixture to a simmer for 5 minutes.

  6. 6

    When sauce is done, pour over the beef in the large roasting pan and roast in the oven for 3 1/2 - 4 hours at 300 degrees.

  7. 7

    After roasting, meat is done when it is fork tender. Separate the meat and the sauce. Return the sauce to a saucepan and keep at low heat. Discard the bay leaves.

  8. 8

    Shredded the meat with 2 forks. Until it is like pulled pork. Add 1 to 2 cups of the sauce back into the meat until it is well coated.

  9. 9

    Prepare your onion medley and the rest of the taco fixings.

  10. 10

    To make the tacos, heat a heavy non stick frying pan over medium low heat. I prefer a well seasoned cast iron pan, but use whatever you have.

  11. 11

    Place a small handful of cheddar cheese down onto the pan. Just enough that the tortilla will cover it. Dip both sides of the tortilla in the sauce. Place over the cheese. Place meat and onion medley on half of the tortilla. When cheese browns and isn't sticking to the pan anymore, fold in half. Cook 1 more minute on each side. Then remove to a plate. Repeat.

  12. 12

    Top tacos with extra onion medley, cilantro, lime juice, crumbled cotija cheese, and avocado. Spoon a little extra sauce over the top. Serve immediately. Enjoy.

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wingmaster835
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cooking is a passion of mine. I started when I was very young and I had to drag a milk crate around to see over the counter. taught by a career cook (my grandmother ). I have always tried to push the boundaries of conventional cooking. I prefer cooking wild game. when I can get my hands on it, but fish is more readily available for me. I raise and butcher most of the livestock that I use for my conventional recipes. I hope everyone can find a few recipes they like in my list.
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