Barbacoa Beef Bowl

Serves: 6-8 (estimated)
Prep Time: 2 hour
Cook Time: 6 hours

Ingredients

  • 2lb Pot Roast
  • 32 Oz Unsalted Beef Broth
  • 6-7 Garlic Cloves
  • 2 White Onions
  • 3 Tomatoes on the vine
  • 1 Red Onion
  • 1-2 Jalapeños
  • 4oz Can of Diced Green Chiles (hot or mild)
  • 7oz Can or smaller of Chipotles in Adobo Sauce (only need 3 chipotles)
  • Cummin
  • Mexican Oregano
  • 4 Bay Leaves
  • 2 Tbsp of Apple Cider Vinegar
  • 2-3 Limes (1/4 cup of Lime Juice)
  • 1/2 tsp Garlic Powder
  • 4 Cups of Water
  • 1lb of Black Beans
  • 1/4 cup of White Onion Roughly Chopped
  • 4 cups of Unsalted Chicken Broth
  • 1 can of Corn (Optional) [White, Yellow, or Mixed]
  • 2 Cups of Jasmine Rice
  • Kosher Salt
  • Cracked Pepper
  • Cotija Cheese (Optional)

Prep

Barbacoa Beef (View Individual Recipe)
  1. Cut pot roast into 1-2″ cubes and season with kosher salt and pepper to desired seasoning, and place in crockpot.
  2. Mince 4-5 cloves of garlic and add to crockpot.
  3. Finely chop one white onion. Add to crockpot.
  4. Pour green chiles into crockpot.
  5. Add 3 chipotles to the crockpot.
  6. Lightly season with cumin (about 1/2 tsp).
  7. Add 1 Tbsp of the Mexican Oregano.
  8. Add 3 bay leaves.
    barbacoa beef ingredients
    Barbacoa Beef Ingredients
  9. Add 2 Tbsp of Apple Cider Vinegar
  10. Squeeze limes into pot.
    barbacoa beef mixed ingredients
    Barbacoa Beef Mixed Ingredients
  11. Add enough beef broth into pot to cover all of the ingredients.
    barbacoa beef broth
    Barbacoa Beef with Broth
  12. Stir.
Pico (View Individual Recipe)
  1. Dice 3 tomatoes.
  2. Finely dice 1/2 – 3/4 cup of red onion.  (Start with less & add more as desired.)
  3. Finely dice 1-2 jalapeños.  (Add to desired heat.)
  4. Add ingredients to bowl & mix.
    pico ingredients
    Pico Ingredients
  5. Add 1/2 tsp of garlic powder. (Add more if desired.)
  6. Add kosher salt & pepper to desired amount.
  7. (Optional) Squeeze lime juice from 1/2 lime.
Black Beans (& Corn) (View Individual Recipe)
  1. Start about 95-100 minutes before dinner. (Reduce time by about 15 minutes if you are using separate pressure cookers for the beans & rice.)
  2. Rinse black beans and pick out any stems.
  3. Roughly chop 1/4 cup of white onion.
  4. Chop up 2 garlic cloves.
  5. (Optional) If adding corn, drain and rinse it.
  6. Add everything to pressure cooker.
Rice
  1. Start about 15-20 minutes before dinner.
  2. Put 2 cups of jasmine rice, in pressure cooker.
  3. Add 1/2 to 1 tsp of Kosher salt.
  4. Add 2 cups of water.

Cooking

Barbacoa Beef (View Individual Recipe)
  1. Heat on low 6-8 hours, stirring occasionally.
  2. At 6 hour use a fork to shred the beef and put back in the juice.
    barbacoa beef shredded
    Shed Barbacoa Beef
  3. Remove the bay leaves.
Black Beans (& Corn) (View Individual Recipe)
  1. Use bean setting on pressure cooker & cook for 25-30 minutes.
  2. Natural release for 20 minutes.
  3. Remove bay leaf.
Rice
  1. Manual cook for 4 minutes in pressure cooker.
  2. Do a natural release for 10 minutes on the pressure cooker.
How to Serve
  1. Put rice in bowl.
  2. Add black beans (& corn).
  3. Add barbacoa beef.
  4. Top with pico.
  5. (Optional) Crumble Cotija cheese on top. (A little goes a long ways, so don’t over do it!)
    barbacoa beef bowl
    Barbacoa Beef Bowl with black beans, corn, and pico.
  6. Overeat. :)

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