Birria Recipe

This birria recipe is a delicious Mexican dish of braised beef in a chile pepper sauce. Serve in warm corn tortillas with cilantro, lime, and onion.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 3 hr 15 mins
• Total Time: 3 hr 35 mins
• Calories: 159 Calories

Ingredients

• water to cover
• 3 pounds cubed beef stew meat
• 1 tablespoon salt, or to taste
• 6 bay leaves
• 5 guajillo chile peppers, stemmed and seeded
• 5 dried Anaheim chile peppers, stemmed and seeded
• 1 tablespoon mixed spices, or more to taste
• 0.25 onion

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Place Anaheim and guajillo peppers in a saucepan; cover with water and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tender, about 15 minutes. Set aside to cool for 5 minutes.

Step 2

Transfer chiles and water into a blender; add onion, mixed spices, and salt. Blend until smooth.

Step 3

Place stew meat in a large pot; stir in pureed chile mixture and add bay leaves. Cook over medium-low heat until meat is very tender, 3 to 5 hours.