Recipe: Beef Short Rib ‘Barbacoa’ Tacos

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Alright. I have been doing BBQ for years, and this is something I played around with and was amazing, so I wanted to share. Recently I went to Costco and picked up 4lb of both USDA Choice Beef Ribs (boneless) and Beef Cheeks. Originally the beef cheeks were going to be for a traditional 'barbacoa' taco, but they smelled awful, so I decided to use the boneless chuck beef ribs.

The result: delicious!

Tools

• Smoker

• Crock Pot

Ingredients List:

• Italian Seasoning (random shit in my pantry, I didn't have oregano for some reason)

• Ground Cumin

• Paprika

• Lime Juice

• Chipotle in Abodo

• Avocado Oil

• Minced Garlic

• Cayenne Pepper

• Beef Bone Broth

• Obie-Cue's Celebration rub (honestly, mixture of semi-coarse salt with celery salt may work)

• Meat Church Honey Hog BBQ rub

• ~3-4lb of USDA Choice Boneless Beef Ribs (chuck ribs). Not baby back.

Instructions:

Prep – Meat

• Take your Beef Chuck Ribs (boneless) and put a generous layer of the Obie-Cue's Celebration dry rub on them. My ribs were thick, so season to taste. Afterwards, put a lighter layer of the Meat Church Honey Hog BBQ on top of that.

• Pat it on, put on a tray and in the fridge for ~12-24 hours.

Prep – Sauce

In a blender / blender cup / food processor, something that will get this all blend up nicely (on my Ninja I used "puree" setting) add in the following ingredients:

• 1/2 tsp of Italian seasoning

• 1 1/2 tbsp ground cumin

• 1 tbsp paprika

• 1/3 cup of lime juice

• 2 chipotle peppers from chipotle in adobo

• 2 tbsp of avocado oil

• 2.5 tsp minced garlic

• 4 "dashes" of cayenne pepper (do it to taste)

• 4 oz of H20

Just blend until smooth.

Actual Cook Instructions

• Start your smoker at 275F, on my Yoder YS640s I was using a blend of Apple/Cherry wood to help infuse a little sweetness. You choose what you like.

• Put the beef chuck ribs on the smoker until they hit the stall (~165F). Pull them and put them into the crock pot.

• Throw the blended sauce made above into the crock pot, and place that on high for 6 hours.

• At the sixth hour, shred the meat.

Throw some meat into the plate, taco shells, whatever, and enjoy!