Grammy's Kitchen · Ground Beef Tacos · Beef Barbacoa - Mexican Pulled Beef for Taco
One of 137 ground beef tacos recipes we measured
42 cooks on www.recipetineats.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 137.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 10% | 0% |
| fat | 2% | 1% |
| aromatics | 1% | 8% |
| acid | 10% | 0% |
| salt | 0% | 0% |
| vegetables and beans | 0% | 17% |
| collagen idx | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| marbling idx | 0.8 | 0.6 |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 1814 g | 2kg / 4 lb beef cheeks (, or chuck beef(see Note 1)) |
| 6 g | 1 tsp salt (, kosher/cooking) |
| 2 g | 1 tsp black pepper |
| 27 g | 2 tbsp vegetable oil (, for searing) |
| 4 g | 4 bay leaves |
| 60 g | 4 chipotle chiles in adobo sauce ((Note 2)) |
| 180 g | 3/4 cup dark ale (beer), or low sodium beef broth/stock ( (Note 3)) |
| 120 g | 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar |
| 61 g | 4 tbsp lime juice |
| 18 g | 6 garlic cloves |
| 9 g | 4 tsp ground cumin |
| 2 g | 2 tsp oregano |
| 1/2 tsp ground cloves |
Method: 9 steps, published by www.recipetineats.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
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