🇲🇽 Mexican

Nopales Barbacoa

Name: Nopales Barbacoa
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 60 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 tbsp Dried Oregano; 1 tsp Ground Cumin; 500 ml Stock or Broth; 400 g, diced Nopales; 4 Banana Leaves

🇲🇽 Mexican

Time does the work here: nopales melts into a glossy braising liquid after a long, gentle simmer. Ready in 60 minutes including prep.

Prep 15 min Cook 45 min Serves 4 Hard

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Onion2, halved and sliced
Garlic4 cloves, crushed
Vegetable Oil2 tbsp
Bay Leaf2
Dried Oregano1 tbsp
Ground Cumin1 tsp
Stock or Broth500 ml
Nopales400 g, diced
Banana Leaves4

Optional extras

Fresh Cilantrohandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Brown the nopales 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 nopales, add the stock and bay leaves, and bring to the gentlest simmer.
4
Cover and braise low and slow until the nopales 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 de res con nopales en salsa tatemada receta tradicional mexicana llena de sabor · on YouTube