Beef birria quesa tacos have always been a favorite of mine so I wanted to create of recipe of my own. As you know, Mexican food is high up there on my list of favorite foods. These slow cooked beef birria quesa tacos are where it’s at! The stock mixture- Consome, that the beef cooks in is loaded with all the flavors! Serve these crispy tacos with a little bowl of the Consome for dipping & take a bite into the crispiest, most flavorful taco!

Birria is a Mexican stew that is traditionally made with goat meat but can also be made with beef – I chose to use beef. It takes a total of about 4.5 hours to make everything. You start by basically throwing all the ingredients into a big soup pot & simmering for an hour. This brings out all the flavors of everything. Once you’ve done that, you take all the big pieces of the onion, garlic & peppers, blend them until relatively smooth & add it back into the pot. You’ll cook this for another 3 hours & this makes the Consome. Consome is the clear soup made when boiling meat & vegetable to extract all their flavors. This creates the most flavorful dipping sauce for the beef birria quesa tacos!

The Ingredients Needed For These Beef Birria Quesa Tacos

For my beef birria quesa tacos, I used a chuck roast for the meat. You could also use goat meat, as traditionally done. As far as vegetables go, I used a sweet onion, garlic & crushed tomatoes. For peppers, I used chipotle peppers in adobo sauce & adobo pepper seasoning. Most times, people use dried ancho chiles and guajillo chiles. If you do use these peppers, make sure to take the seeds out before adding them into the mix. I used what I was able to find. I’m sure you could use jalapeño pepper too. For seasonings, I kept in minimal. I used bay leaves, oregano, salt & pepper. I know sometimes, Mexican oregano, cumin & marjoram are used too.

Tips

Obviously if you don’t eat red meat, you could do this with chicken. Follow the same recipe but instead of beef stock, use chicken stock.

I used a shredded Mexican cheese for my beef birria quesa tacos. Pepper jack cheese would be good. Something with a little spice to it.

I made a pico de gallo to add to the tacos. You could do an onion & cilantro mixture, onion & jalapeños or combine them all & do onion, jalapeño & cilantro.

Next time I may add black beans to my tacos. I love me some beans!