Pulled beef'n'beer tacos

Fabulous slow cooked beef taco recipe

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Serves

4 - 6

Prep Time

30 mins

Cook Time

4 hrs 30 mins

This taco recipe is sure to get your taste buds dancing. The beef is slow cooked in aromatic spices and beer so you end up with pull-apart beef that’s incredibly moist and bursting with flavour. Not commonly known, cinnamon, cloves and star anise are used to add a unique flavour to Mexican style dishes. Add all your favourite toppings and enjoy.

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Kathy Paterson
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Ingredients

Beef
  • 1kg Quality Mark beef shin

  • 1/4 cup seasoned flouri

  • 2.5cm cinnamon sticks

  • 2 cloves

  • 1 star-anise

  • 2 strips orange rind

  • 1 onion

    sliced
  • 1 cup beer

  • 1 cup beef stock

To serve
  • 12 taco shells

  • 1/4 red cabbage

    finely shredded
  • 1 avocado

    mashed
  • a small handful of fresh coriander leaves

  • 1/2 Tbsp lime juice

  • 1 red chilli

    deseeded and thinly sliced
  • sour cream

  • jalapeño

  • Chipotle hot sauce

  • 1 lime

    cut into wedges

Method

To Make Beef
1

Preheat the oven to 160°C.

2

Dust the beef with the seasoned flour and drizzle with a little oil.

3

Heat a large frying pan over medium heat, place in the beef and brown on both sides.

4

Transfer beef to the casserole dish and sprinkle over any leftover seasoned flour.

5

Add the spices and orange rind to the casserole dish.

6

Place the frying pan back over a low heat, add a dash of oil then the onion.

7

Cook onion for about 5 minutes, then add the beer and allow to bubble up.

8

Add the stock and bring up to the boil.

9

Pour over the beef, cover casserole dish with a piece of baking paper and place in the oven for 3½ - 4 hours until the meat is falling apart.

To Slow Cook
1

Preheat the slow cooker for 20 minutes.

2

Following the method above, place all beef ingredients in the slow cooker and cook on high for 4 hours - 4 1/2 hours.

To Serve
1

Remove beef from the casserole dish / slow cooker and pull meat into shreds. It should be falling off the bone.

2

Moisten meat with a little of the sauce (thickened, in a small saucepan with a butter and flour paste).

3

Serve with warmed taco shells, shredded cabbage, smashed avocado, coriander, chilli, sour cream, pickled jalapeños, chipotle sauce and lime wedges.

Nutrition Information per Serving (367g)

This nutrition analysis is based on 6 serves and doesn't include the sour cream, jalapeño, chipotle or lime.

Energy
1905kJ (455 kcal)
Protein
38.6g
Total Fat
20.2g
Saturated Fat
5.5g
Carbohydrate
24.4g
Dietary Fibre
5.1g
Sodium
290mg
Iron
5.2mg
Zinc
9.1mg
Vitamin B12
2.3µg