Mexican Shredded Beef
"I have absolutely no idea where this recipe came from. But I've been using it for a long, long time to make shredded beef for tacos or nachos. I've also used the spice and water mixture to make shredded chicken breasts. This recipe is very, very flexible and amounts can easily be doubled or tripled if needed."
photo by MamaDonna
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 1 lb beef stew meat, trimmed of all fat
- 3⁄4 cup water
- 1 teaspoon garlic salt
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 2 teaspoons white vinegar
- 1 teaspoon oregano, crushed
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cumin
- 1 dash pepper
directions
- Combine all ingredients in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer about 2 hours or until beef is tender.
- Uncover and boil for 15 minutes until water has almost totally evaporated.
- Remove from heat and shred using 2 forks.
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Reviews
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This is delicious and melt in your mouth tender! Added some tomatoes with green chilis and some black beans and cheese to the beef for filling my enchiladas. Family raved! Wonderful recipe!
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Kendra*
Redmond, WA
<p>Although I currently live just outside St. Louis, this was the 20th move my husband and I made in the 28 years (at the time of our move) of our marriage. Most of those moves occurred in my husband's 25 year career as a pilot in the Air Force. When he retired 7 years ago, he went to work for Boeing and we both thought we'd go back to Seattle and never move again. Boy were we wrong! But our eventual goal is to end up back in the northwest. I love to read, quilt, and collect cookbooks and recipes. Have I found the right website or what? Pet peeves include people who give low ratings but don't say why and people who rate recipes they haven't tried. <br />EDITED TO ADD ON Jan. 27, 2007: Well we're here! We made it back to Seattle after what I call The Move From H---! We had major problems on both ends of the move, but the worst things happened here. Less than two weeks after we moved into our new house in Bellevue, a storm blew through and sent two tree limbs through the roof! Our power was off for almost a week, so we ended up moving back into the hotel we thought we had left behind. But we're back in our house now and slowly but surely, it's beginning to feel like home. And on the sunny, warm days, we remember exactly why we've always loved Seattle so much! Our favorite restaurant (Jake O'Shaunesey's) is gone, so we'll have to spend lots of time eating out in search of a new one!</p>
