🇲🇽 Mexican

Pork Shoulder Birria

Name: Pork Shoulder Birria
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 2, halved and sliced Onion; 4 cloves, crushed Garlic; 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil; 2 Bay Leaf; 1 tsp Ground Cumin; 500 ml Stock or Broth; 600 g, cubed Pork Shoulder; 4 Dried Guajillo Chilies; 2 tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar

🇲🇽 Mexican

Slow-braised pork shoulder in adobo, seared till the edges caramelise — made for dipping. 70 minutes of mostly hands-off cooking.

Prep 15 min Cook 55 min Serves 4 Hard

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Onion2, halved and sliced
Garlic4 cloves, crushed
Vegetable Oil2 tbsp
Bay Leaf2
Ground Cumin1 tsp
Stock or Broth500 ml
Pork Shoulder600 g, cubed
Dried Guajillo Chilies4
Apple Cider Vinegar2 tbsp

Optional extras

Fresh Cilantrohandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Brown the pork shoulder deeply in the Vegetable Oil in a heavy pot — patience here pays off later.
2
Remove it, then let the onion and garlic soften in the drippings with the ground cumin.
3
Return the pork shoulder, add the stock and bay leaves, and bring to the gentlest simmer.
4
Cover and braise low and slow until the pork shoulder yields to a spoon, about 45 minutes.
5
Skim the fat, reduce the sauce to a glaze, and serve with something starchy to catch every drop.

Chef's tip

Skim the fat from the surface before the final reduction for a cleaner sauce.

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Watch how it's made

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