Made Kenji’s Better Than Chipotle Beef Barbacoa recipe for my annual family campout last weekend. It was a hit! Only thing I regret is not making more, and perhaps incorporating less of the sauce into the final dish. The sauce is incredible, but for street tacos I don’t think you want the meat completely drenched in it.
by climbingthro
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My favorite part about this recipe was that when it was posted 12 years ago, “Better than Chipotle” meant something!
Wonderful recipe.
I always end up with 2x the liquid he says at the end, and stopped trying to get down to the liquid volume he states. I’m not even certain how the volume he lists is possible given you’ll have that volume in blended veg by itself.
It’s like barbacoa birria and I’m okay with that.
This recipe is AMAZING, but buying oxtails just for extra browned flavor was a lot. This recipe fell out of our normal rotation.
Then Sohla wrote the recipe for [“Braised Lamb with Dried Chilis and Dates”](https://www.seriouseats.com/braised-lamb-shoulder-with-dried-chiles-and-dates) and this is my go-to “Barbacoa” dish. I do it with lamb leg and chuck roast and it comes out nearly as good as Kenji’s recipe with much fewer steps. The simplicity means we can make this recipe regularly.
Better than chipotle? That’s the barometer we are using these days??
I love this kitchen space you’re working out of. This looks like a great recipe for meal planning tbh. Put most of it in the freezer and you’ve got meals for weeks.