Barbacoa Meat

Name: Barbacoa Meat
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 420 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 3 pounds beef cheek meat; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1/4 cup salt; 2 teaspoons ground cumin; ground black pepper to taste; 2 cups water, or more as needed; 1/2 yellow onion, halved and thickly sliced; 3 cloves garlic, chopped

⏱️ Ready in 7h 10m 🥄 Prep 10 min 🔥 Cook 7h 👥 12 servings

Traditionally a Sunday morning treat, but barbacoa is great any morning. Barbacoa can be for the more adventurous, but a real treat none-the-less. I do not recommend substituting the cheek meat with roast, it won't taste right. Barbacoa has a certain gelatinous slide and tack that is the hallmark of the genre. Serve on tortillas with hot sauce and chopped cilantro.

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🔗 Recipe adapted from AllRecipes

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📊 At a Glance

Prep 10 min

Cook 7h

Serves 12

Difficulty Hard

🛒 Ingredients

3 pounds beef cheek meat

1 tablespoon olive oil

1/4 cup salt

2 teaspoons ground cumin

ground black pepper to taste

2 cups water, or more as needed

1/2 yellow onion, halved and thickly sliced

3 cloves garlic, chopped

Nutrition Facts

Servings per recipe 12

Serving size 1 serving

Amount per serving

Calories 316

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 26.2g 34%

Saturated Fat 0g 0%

Trans Fat 0g

Cholesterol 0mg 0%

Sodium 77mg 3%

Total Carbohydrate 1.3g 0%

Dietary Fiber 0.2g 1%

Total Sugars 0.4g

Protein 18.2g 36%

Vitamin D 0mcg 0%

Calcium 0mg 0%

Iron 0mg 0%

Potassium 0mg 0%

* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

👨‍🍳 Instructions

Coat beef cheek meat with olive oil.

Rub salt, cumin, and pepper into meat.

Wrap meat in aluminum foil and refrigerate, 4 hours to overnight.

Pour water into a slow cooker.

Arrange onion and garlic around beef cheek meat in the aluminum foil.

Wrap foil tightly around meat and vegetables.

Add a second sheet of aluminum foil around meat mixture, sealing tightly; place in the slow cooker.

Cook on Low, adding more water if it has evaporated, until meat is very tender, 7 to 8 hours.

Remove foil packet from slow cooker and shred meat using 2 forks.