Beef Birria with Chipotle

Name: Beef Birria with Chipotle
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 40 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Mexicana
Ingredients: 4 cups water; 6 chipotle chiles in adobo sauce; 2 ancho chiles, dry, roasted, deveined, and seedless; 4 dried guajillo chiles, roasted, deveined, and seedless; 8 cloves garlic, roasted with skin; 1/2 onions, roasted; 1 teaspoon cumin, roasted; 20 black pepper, roasted; 4 cloves, roasted; 1 teaspoon oregano; 1/2 cups white vinegar; 1 kilo beef, with bone, washed, and cut into medium cubes; 2 cups Del Fuerte® natural tomato purée; 2 tablespoons coarse salt; 1/2 cups white onion, finely chopped; 1/2 cups fresh cilantro, finely chopped; 20 corn tortillas

Del Fuerte

Soupy beef birria cooked with dried chiles accompanied by a sauce, mainly using ancho chili, garlic, onion, cloves, vinegar, cumin, and sesame seeds. A classic dish of Mexican cuisine that you can prepare at home.

Reviewed by Editorial Team of Kiwilimón

Published: 06-12-2016

Preparation

10 mins

40 mins

Low

Preheat the oven to 180° C. Blend the chipotles, ancho chiles, guajillo chili, unpeeled garlic, white onion, cumin, pepper, cloves, oregano, and white vinegar. Set aside. In a baking dish, add the beef, the previous preparation, and let it marinate for 5 hours. Once marinated, cover with aluminum foil and bake for 4 hours until the meat is tender. Once the meat is well-cooked, reserve the cooking juices and add them to a pot, add Natural Tomato Puree Del Fuerte®, cook for 10 minutes and season the preparation with coarse salt. Serve, accompanied by tortillas, lime, onion, and cilantro.

Nutritional information

* Information per 100g serving, percentage of daily values based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Energy

15.7

kcal

0.79%

Carbohydrate, by difference

8.1

2.7%

Protein

0.4

0.8%

Total lipid (fat)

8.4

12.92%

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Tips

Birria can be soupy or dry depending on where it is prepared; the original recipe uses goat meat, but other types of protein can be used such as ram, lamb, chicken, pork, or beef. Traditionally, it is a festive dish to celebrate birthdays, weddings, or baptisms.

Beef Birria with Chipotle

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