Y’all….If you follow me on Instagram, you were lucky to see me make these on my stories. Check my highlights, I saved them. This recipe was a challenge. Seeing I never tried these before so I dont know how they taste. Lol! I see them everywhere and just decided to make em myself. I studied this recipe for a week. Everyone makes them different so I just adapted a few other peoples way and added my own flare. This was a fun recipe which Im going to do again a different way. So check back for a new recipe, til then enjoy this one!
*Please read ENTIRE recipe before making!
Birria Tacos with Consomme
Ingredients
- The Meat:
- 3-5 lbs chuck roast cut into chunks
- 1 onion peeled but left whole
- 1 whole garlic bulb chop the top off but keep it whole
- 4 bay leaves
- 4 cloves
- The Sauce:
- 20 guajillo chiles cut stems off and take seeds out
- 5 ancho chiles
- 1 onion quartered
- 4 roma tomatoes quartered
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 4 bay leaves
- 4 cloves
- 1 tbsp ginger
- 6 garlic cloves
- 2 tbsp seasame seeds
- 1 tsp thyme
- 1 tsp oregano
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp pepper
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup vinegar
- 1/2-1 cup sugar optional
- a nice handful of cilantro
- The Tacos:
- tortillas
- mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 onion diced
- cilantro chopped
Instructions
- Start by adding your chuck roast, whole onion, whole garlic, 4 bay leaves and 4 cloves to a big pot. Cover with water and let it simmer for 2 hours.
- Meanwhile soak your chiles in hot water for about 20 minutes.
- After soaking. Discard that water and place your soaked chiles in a blender with a cup or two of fresh water or the broth your meat been simmering in. Also toss in the rest of your ingredients. Blend this up until smooth!
- Now strain your sauce with a mesh strainer. Do this as many times as you like until you get it nice and smooth. I did it twice.
- Taste for seasoning. It might taste a bit bitter. I haven’t mastered this technique yet. So add about 1/2-1 cup sugar.
- Remove the whole onion, garlic bulb, bay leaves and cloves from your meat thats been simmering. Now add your sauce to it. Mix well. Let this simmer for 30 minutes to 1 hour. I noticed when I let it simmer longer the flavors were better.
- Carefully take your meat out and shred it up.
- I got another big pot and strained the sauce one more time!
- Now the fun part. Dip your tortillas in the sauce and pan fry on medium heat with a little bit of oil on each side for 1-2 minutes. Add in your shredded meat, with some cheese and fold it over like a taco.
- 10. Garnish with raw onion onion and cilantro. Spoon the sauce in a bowl and dip your tacos! Thank me later!
Notes
So I told you guys I was going to make this recipe again but switch it up a bit. I did Chicken Birria Tacos in a crockpot and they were fire!!! I used chicken thighs (you can use chicken breast) I seasoned them up a bit with adobo seasoning. That wasn’t needed but I couldn’t just throw unseasoned chicken in my crockpot! If you want to use beef, you can. Now! The sauce. The first time I made the sauce, it was complicated for no reason. This time? Real simple. So if your doing my previous recipe, do the sauce this way. A lot easier! Both of these recipes are fun and delicious, so give it a try!
Crockpot Chicken Birria Tacos
Ingredients
- The Sauce:
- 5 guajillo chiles
- 2 ancho chiles
- 2 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
- 4 roma tomatoes
- 10 cilantro sprigs
- 1 small yellow onion
- 1 tbsp cumin
- 1 tbsp thyme
- 1 tbsp garlic powder
- 1 tbsp salt
- 2 tbsp oregano
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 2 tsp all spice
- 2-3 tbsp sugar
- 1 lime juiced
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1/2 cup chicken broth
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- The other ingredients:
- 5 chicken thighs
- 2-3 cups chicken broth or water
- 4 bay leaves
- corn tortilla
- mozzarella cheese
- onion chopped (garnish)
- cilantro chopped (garnish)
- limes garnish
Instructions
- Boil your tomatoes and peppers minus the chipotle peppers. Boil til soft and carefully remove tomato skin. Let cool.
- Put your boiled tomatoes and peppers in a blender along with all your ingredients listed under ‘sauce’. Blend until smooth! Taste to see what you might want to add. (The taste is a bit different so don’t freak out. Once it cooks for awhile it’s delicious!)
- I seasoned my chicken with some adobo seasoning. Added the chicken to my crock along with some chopped onions. That’s optional.
- Pour sauce over chicken along with chicken broth. Give it a good mix. Plop only your bay leaves and cook on high for 4 hours in your crockpot.
- After 4 hours carefully remove chicken and discard bay leaves. Shred your chicken and then put it back in. Let cook 30 more minutes.
- Once done. Dip your tortillas in the sauce. Place in skillet with a little bit of oil. Top one half side with shredded chicken and mozzarella. Fold over into a taco. Repeat.
- Ladle out some broth(consommé) from your crockpot and pour into a bowl. Top your tacos with onions, cilantro and lime juice. Dip your tacos is broth (consommé) and enjoy!