Recipe: Yummy Shredded Beef for Tacos/Burritos

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Recipe: Yummy Shredded Beef for Tacos/Burritos Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Shredded Beef for Tacos/Burritos. We love tacos around here, so this is a favorite. I have used the meat to make burritos and enchiladas too. This recipe also works well with pork.

Quesadillas - switch out one of the fillings for this beef.

Beef Enchiladas - skip the ground beef/mince filling and spices, just use this beef instead.

Beef simmers in a slow cooker with onion and taco seasoning for a meat filling you can serve in tacos, burritos, taquitos, or whatever other use you can imagine for it.

You can have Shredded Beef for Tacos/Burritos using 13 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Shredded Beef for Tacos/Burritos

  1. You need 1/2 kg of beef (I used beef forequarter).

  2. Prepare 2 tbsp of cooking oil.

  3. It’s To taste of salt and pepper.

  4. You need 6 cloves of garlic, crushed.

  5. Prepare 1 tbsp of chilli powder.

  6. It’s 1 tbsp of ground coriander seed.

  7. Prepare 1 tbsp of ground cumin seed.

  8. Prepare 2 of bay leaves.

  9. You need 2 of cinnamon sticks.

  10. You need 1 tsp of paprika.

  11. You need 4 tbsp of lime juice.

  12. You need 1 cup of white wine.

  13. You need 1 cup of water.

Serve this meat in tacos, burritos, taquitos, or get creative.

Garnish with all your favorite toppings.

Depending on how tender the roast is, either shred with a fork or it may be necessary to cut the roast into strips and then shred by hand.

Place the beef in a lightly oiled non-stick pan and add chilies, garlic and onion.

Shredded Beef for Tacos/Burritos instructions

  1. Season beef generously with salt and pepper..

  2. In a medium pot, heat oil on medium heat and brown the beef on all sides, about eight minutes..

  3. Add all the dry spices, wine, water, and lime juice. Bring to a boil. Lower the heat to low and let simmer for 2–3 hours or until the meat is tender enough to shred..

  4. Shred the beef with two forks..

  5. Serve wrapped in a tortilla along with favourite taco/burrito fillings..

Sauté until onions and garlic are soft.

This Shredded Beef Filling is great for tacos, burritos, and taquitos.

It makes a mean sandwich, too.

Best of all, it cooks up easily in the slow cooker.

Shredded Beef is one of our favorite fillings for all sorts for sandwiches as well as Mexican dishes.