Barbacoa de Res (Beef Barbacoa)

This easy and delicious barbacoa de res recipe is made from chuck roast, chilies, and a variety of seasonings to give it it’s amazing flavor. Barbacoa de res is great for special occasions but its also simple enough to make on any day!

If you liked my birria recipe then you’ll definitely like this beef barbacoa. It’s kind of similar but barbacoa is a lot simpler to make.

Ingredients needed:

• Chuck roast
• Guajillo chilies
• Chipotles in adobo plus some of the sauce
• Whole cloves
• Ground cumin
• Ground black pepper
• Salt
• Oregano
• Garlic cloves
• White onion
• Corn tortillas
• Chopped cilantro
• Diced onion
• limes

So as you can see it doesn’t have a whole lot of ingredients but let me tell you, it sure has a lot of flavor!

This is a simple recipe and I’m going to show you step by step how you can make it yourself!

More easy recipes you may like:

• Easy beef stew
• Chile colorado
• Picadillo

How to make barbacoa de res

The first thing you need to do is rehydrate the dried chilies. First take the stems off and clean them with a damp paper towel. Then put them in a pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil over medium high heat and let boil for a few minutes. Then remove from heat and let them soak for about 5 minutes.

Here are the rest of the ingredients we will be needing minus the chipotle peppers. I like to have them measured out and ready to go.

Transfer the rehydrated chilies to a blender along with 1/2 cup of the soaking water, the chipotles in adobo plus some of the sauce, whole cloves, cumin, black pepper, salt, oregano, garlic cloves and white onion.

Blend until smooth. Then strain into a large bowl.

Cut the chuck roast into chunks and lightly season with salt.

Transfer the chunks to the bowl with the sauce. Mix well to make sure the meat is covered. Cover and let marinate in the refrigerator for a couple of hours.

Marinating is not necessary but it does maximize the flavor therefore I recommend it.

Preheat the oven to 325.

Transfer the chuck roast and sauce to a baking dish along with 1/3 cup of water.

Cover the baking dish with aluminum foil and bake for 3 hours.

This is what it will look like when it’s done.

Shred the barbacoa de res with two forks. Discard any pieces of fat.

See how easy that was? It really is such an easy uncomplicated meal.

Tacos de barbacoa de res

Now to complete this meal all we need are warm corn tortillas, chopped cilantro and diced onion.

Just spoon some of the shredded meat onto the corn tortillas and top with cilantro and onion. And don’t forget fresh limes to squeeze the juice over the tacos!

How yummy do these tacos look? They’re making me hungry just looking at them!

I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as my family does.

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