Birria Tacos with Smoked Chuck Roast
Birria Tacos with Smoked Chuck Roast
INGREDIENTS
3-4 lb chuck roast
24 oz beef broth
8 oz hot tomato sauce
6 oz chipotles in adobo
1 lime
¼ red onion
4-5 cloves of garlic
Cattleman’s Grill Mexicano Seasoning
mozzarella cheese
corn tortillas
chopped cilantro
diced red onion
salsa
DIRECTIONS
1-cube up the chuck roast into 3-4” cubes and remove hard fat
2-season cubed up chuck roast with Cattleman’s Grill Mexicano Seasoning or your favorite taco style seasoning
3-smoke cubed chuck roast at 225° for 2.5 hours
4-make braising sauce by adding the following ingredients to a blender and puree until smooth:
24 oz beef broth
8 oz hot tomato sauce
6 oz chipotles in adobo
juice of 1 lime
¼ red onion
4-5 cloves of garlic
1 tbsp Cattleman’s Grill Mexicano Seasoning
after smoking roast for 2.5 hours, add to a tin pan with the braising sauce
cover the pan with foil and add back to the smoker. Raise the smoker temperature to 275° and allow it to braise for 3 hours
after braising for 3 hours, pull the roast and shred.
place the shredded roast back in the braising sauce to absorb more juice
dip corn tortillas in braising sauce and add to flat-top
top tortillas with mozzarella, then shredded birria, salsa, and chopped cilantro & diced onions.
after cheese has melted and tortillas are warmed, pull from griddle and serve tacos with a bowl of the braising sauce for dipping