Mexican
Birria-Style Beef Tacos
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Toast the dried chiles in a dry pot until fragrant, then soak them in hot water until softened, about 15 minutes.
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Blend the drained chiles with the tomatoes, garlic, half the onion, cumin, and oregano into a smooth sauce.
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Season the beef with salt, place it in the pot with the sauce, bay leaves, and broth, and bring to a simmer.
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Cover and braise gently until the beef is fork-tender, about 2.5 hours, then shred the meat and skim the rich consomme.
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Dip each corn tortilla in the consomme, lay it on a hot griddle, and fill with beef and Oaxaca cheese.
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Fold and crisp the tacos until the cheese melts, then serve with cilantro, remaining diced onion, lime, and bowls of consomme for dipping.
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Serve it with
A Mexican dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Birria-Style Beef Tacos, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The protein alongside
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Birria-Style Beef Tacos carries dairy. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | Yes | Albondigas en Caldillo de Chipotle (Meatballs in Chipotle Tomato Broth) |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 610 kcal
- Protein
- 47 g
- Carbs
- 22 g
- Fat
- 37 g
- Fiber
- 2 g
- Sugar
- 2 g
- Sodium
- 780 mg
- Saturated fat
- 17 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Birria-Style Beef Tacos takes about 180 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a proper project. It is eaten at dinner. It is at its best in winter, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.
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