🇲🇽 Mexican

Ground Beef Barbacoa

Name: Ground Beef Barbacoa
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; 450 g Ground Beef; 2 Bay Leaf; 1 tbsp Dried Oregano; 1 tsp Ground Cumin; 500 ml Stock or Broth; 4 Banana Leaves

🇲🇽 Mexican

Low-and-slow braised ground beef in a deeply savoured sauce — fork-tender and rich with aromatics. 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
Ground Beef450 g
Bay Leaf2
Dried Oregano1 tbsp
Ground Cumin1 tsp
Stock or Broth500 ml
Banana Leaves4

Optional extras

Fresh Cilantrohandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Brown the ground beef 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 ground beef, add the stock and bay leaves, and bring to the gentlest simmer.
4
Cover and braise low and slow until the ground beef 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

Video: BARBACOA “ESPECIAL” HOMEMADE RECIPE – Slow Cooked Beef Cheeks + Lengua · on YouTube