Nº 46 · World Dishes · serves 4

Mexican Pulled Beef

Name: Mexican Pulled Beef
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 480 min
Total time: 495 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 700 g beef shoulder / braising beef; 1 onion, cut into strips; 1 red pepper, cut into strips; 2 cloves garlic, crushed; 200 g passata; 100 ml beef stock; 2 tsp ground cumin; 2 tsp sweet smoked paprika; 1 tsp dried oregano; ½ lime (juice); 1 tbsp oil + salt and pepper; 8–12 tortillas

Beef that falls into shreds after a day of simmering, with cumin, oregano and a fresh squeeze of lime.

€10–12approx. €2.50–3.00 ppMedium15 min prepLOW 8–9 hrs · HIGH 5–6 hrsFreezes well

Budget version · from €10–12Just the essentials, with money-saving tips

Method

1
Cut the meat into 4 pieces, season with salt and pepper and brown well all over in oil, 6–8 minutes. That crust is pure flavour.
2
Put the onion and pepper in the bottom of the slow cooker and the meat on top.
3
Mix the passata, stock, garlic, cumin, paprika and oregano and pour over the meat.
4
Cook with the lid on for 8–9 hours on LOW or 5–6 hours on HIGH, until the meat falls apart with a fork.
5
Shred the meat in the pot, stir it through the sauce and squeeze over the lime juice. Serve in warm tortillas.

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Mexican Pulled Beef

Ingredients serves 4

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