Birria Tacos Recipe

Birria is traditionally a spicy and super savory Mexican beef or goat stew that’s slow cooked until the meat is tender and fall-apart juicy and delicious. Someone had the amazing idea to stuff this meaty goodness into a taco shell, and then dip the whole thing into the stew and fry it up. These birria tacos blew up after that, and the rest is history.

Ingredients:

• 1.5 lb beef shank
• 1 lb sirloin or other roast/steak
• Marinade
• 3 dried guajillo peppers see notes
• 1 can chipotle peppers in adobo
• 1/4 cup vinegar
• 1/2 cup crushed tomatoes
• 5 cloves garlic
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
• 1 tsp cumin
• Stew
• 1 medium onion chopped
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 2 bay leaves
• 6 whole cloves
• chicken stock to cover sodium free, about 1 quart
• Tacos
• 4" corn or flour tortillas as needed, 12-16
• 1 medium onion chopped, optional
• 1 bunch cilantro chopped, optional
• 1 cup mexican cheese blend grated, optional