🥩🍖Barbacoa Beef Mexican 🇲🇽 Food Slow Cooked BBQ 🥩🍖 | Simple and Delicious Recipes 😋😋

beef chuck

🥗Healthier: pork shoulder

💰Cheaper: brisket

Pork shoulder is often less expensive and still flavorful.

chipotle peppers

🥗Healthier: smoked paprika

💰Cheaper: canned jalapeños

Smoked paprika provides a similar smoky flavor.

beef broth

🥗Healthier: vegetable broth

💰Cheaper: water with bouillon

Vegetable broth is lower in calories and can be homemade.

banana leaves

🥗Healthier: parchment paper

💰Cheaper: aluminum foil

Parchment paper works well for wrapping and cooking.

Cut roast into 6 portions while removing any large pieces of fat.

Heat 1 Tbsp vegetable oil in a Dutch oven.

Dab roast dry with paper towels, season with salt and pepper, add pieces of beef to Dutch oven and sear on all sides until brown.

Using a food processor, pulse together chipotle chilies, garlic, 1/4 cup beef broth until well pureed.

Whisk together remaining beef broth with chipotle mixture, cumin, oregano, and cloves.

Pour mixture over beef in slow cooker. Place bay leaves between beef portions.

Cover and cook on low heat 3 to 4 hours.

Remove the beef from Dutch oven, leaving the broth in Dutch oven, shred beef using two forks.

Stir in lime juice into broth and return the shredded beef to Dutch oven and cook on low 30 minutes.

Serve beef with your tortillas.

Cooking Techniques

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