Mark Barton
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Hi Everyone!
Drove by a really good hole-in-the-wall taco shop, and it got me to thinking about shredded beef tacos! I used the instructions found at TVWB for Shredded Barbecued Beef to cook the meat.
I bought a 6 lb. package of choice beef chuck roast at Costco. Since this was for Tacos, the meat needed a spicy Mexican rub. After spending too much time researching different rub recipes and not finding anything that grabbed me, I gave up and decided to experiment. I created a Mexican Black Mole-style rub (recipe is posted here, if anyone is interested). Luckily it's easy to find all the different kinds of chiles here in Arizona.
Here are some of the dried chiles getting ready to be run through the spice grinder. From left to right: Chile Negro, Guajillo, and Ancho. I also used dried New Mexico Chiles and one brown Chipotle, but I had already ground them up before thinking about a photo.
The chuck roasts, each cut in half and with a good amount of rub. Has an interesting ruddy look because of the cocoa powder in the rub. The pan is scrunched to fit in my 18.5.
The meat is done! Shredding has commenced...
All pulled and shredded.
Mmm. Shredded beef Tacos!
Drove by a really good hole-in-the-wall taco shop, and it got me to thinking about shredded beef tacos! I used the instructions found at TVWB for Shredded Barbecued Beef to cook the meat.
I bought a 6 lb. package of choice beef chuck roast at Costco. Since this was for Tacos, the meat needed a spicy Mexican rub. After spending too much time researching different rub recipes and not finding anything that grabbed me, I gave up and decided to experiment. I created a Mexican Black Mole-style rub (recipe is posted here, if anyone is interested). Luckily it's easy to find all the different kinds of chiles here in Arizona.
Here are some of the dried chiles getting ready to be run through the spice grinder. From left to right: Chile Negro, Guajillo, and Ancho. I also used dried New Mexico Chiles and one brown Chipotle, but I had already ground them up before thinking about a photo.
The chuck roasts, each cut in half and with a good amount of rub. Has an interesting ruddy look because of the cocoa powder in the rub. The pan is scrunched to fit in my 18.5.
The meat is done! Shredding has commenced...
All pulled and shredded.
Mmm. Shredded beef Tacos!
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