Easy Beef Birria Tacos

5 from 1 vote

Love tacos? Love birria? Then you are going to LOVE these Easy Beef Birria Tacos! Meltingly tender, slow-cooked beef served in soft corn tortillas, with a bowl of the most delicious birria consomé on the side!

Course Main Course, Tacos

Cuisine Mexican, Tex-Mex

Prep Time 30

Cook Time 3 15

Total Time 3 45

Servings people

Calories 663kcal

Author Eb Gargano

Ingredients

Birria Tacos:

1 quantity Easy Mexican Beef Birria (See Note 1)
32 taco size (12cm/5inch) soft corn tortillas either homemade or shop-bought (See Note 2)

Toppings - any or all of the following:

Finely diced white onion
Finely chopped fresh coriander (AKA cilantro)
Lime quarters
Grated cheese (See Note 3)
Homemade salsa e.g. THIS ONE
Homemade guacamole e.g. THIS ONE

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

Make the birria as per this recipe: Easy Mexican Beef Birria (this will take approximately 3.5h, but most of this will be ‘in the oven’ time, leaving you plenty of time to prepare the tortillas and all the toppings / side dishes etc.)
Make your homemade salsa and guacamole while the Birria is in the oven – store them in the fridge until needed.
Start making your homemade corn tortillas about 1h before your birria is ready. Store in a tortillada to keep them warm. (Alternatively, start warming through your shop bought tortillas about 20 minutes before your birria is ready.)
Prep your other toppings (coriander, onions, grated cheese) about 10 minutes before your birria is ready to come out of the oven. (You can prep these earlier if you prefer, but they will be fresher if prepared just before your birria is ready.)
When your birria is ready, shred the beef as per the recipe, but don’t put it back in the broth. Instead place the shredded beef on a serving plate, then drizzle a very small amount of the broth over the meat so it is not too dry.
Serve the shredded beef, corn tortillas (in the tortillada), and all the toppings in the centre of the table, so everyone can help themselves.
Serve the broth (AKA consomé) in little bowls – 1 per person, so everyone can dunk their birria tacos into their own little bowl of consomé.

Notes

One quantity of beef birria is 2kg of meat. Depending on your appetite, this may too much for 1 meal – even for 8 people. However, given that birria is hard to make with less than 2kg of meat AND it’s quite time-consuming, I recommend you make the full quantity… but prepare for leftovers!
You can either make your own homemade corn tacos OR buy them. If buying them, I recommend these corn tortillas from MexTrade as they are made just like homemade corn tortillas. If you buy them I still recommend warming them up in a frying pan and putting them in a tortillada to stay warm. Alternatively you can buy regular-size or taco-size tortillas from the supermarket – but just be warned, they won’t be nearly as good as fresh corn tortillas! I have suggested 32 tortillas for 8 people, but obviously this will depend on appetite and other accompaniments – do make/buy more if you think you will need more than 4 tortillas per person!
In an ideal world you would use Oaxaca cheese – however I have NEVER seen Oaxaca cheese for sale in the UK, so I recommend you sub with grated mozzarella, which is quite similar in flavour and texture. Alternatively you could use crumbled feta… or good old cheddar!
Suitable for freezing.
Nutrition information is approximate and meant as a guideline only.

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