Barbacoa for tacos. This homemade beef barbacoa recipe is easy to make in the slow cooker, and it's SO flavorful and delicious! Perfect for chipotle barbacoa tacos, burritos, salads, quesadillas and more. This is an awesome recipe for beef barbacoa.
You can have Barbacoa for tacos using 5 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Barbacoa for tacos
- You need 1 of Rumba beef cheek.
- It’s 2 of bay leaves.
- Prepare 1/2 of large yellow onion.
- Prepare 2 cloves of garlic.
- You need 1 tsp of salt.
Barbacoa Beef Tacos with Two Sauces. These Barbacoa Tacos are cooked in the slow cooker all day so you can come home to savory and spicy tacos. Mexican Barbacoa is traditionally an underground oven in which meat is cooked slowly. Not just any taco, but a real taco.
Barbacoa for tacos step by step
Unpackage, rinse the beef cheek, and place in your crock pot..
Sprinkle Salt evenly over the meat (yes ALL of it)..
Slice the 1/2 onion into three equal pieces. Peel garlic cloves and slice each in half. Add onion, garlic, and bay leaves to the crock pot. (I like to find little crevices in the meat to wedge them into).
Cover and Cook on LOW for 12 hours or Cook on HIGH for 6-7 hours..
The barbacoa is ready when it's tender to separate with a fork..
TIPS: *Do not add water! The beefcheek will provide enough liquid on its own. *If cooking on High; check halfway throughout cooking to ensure none of the ingredients are sticking to the side of the pot..
Corn tortilla, delectable beef, rich avocado, bright cilantro and a lovely kick of lime acidity. If you're anything like me, your mouth is watering right. Barbacoa is spicy shredded Mexican beef that goes great in tacos. This recipe uses the slow cooker to make things super simple and quick. This authentic Barbacoa recipe is an easy slow cooker meal that makes the most amazing beef seasoned with chipotle peppers and other simple ingredients.
