As promised: #mexicancocacola #slowcooked #shreddedbeef #streettacos
Step 1: season your meat. I’m using 1lb of top loin steak, but you can use different beef cuts or pork loin for this recipe.
Seasonings: Tony cachere’s cayenne pepper, kosher salt, roasted ground cumin, white pepper, smoked black pepper.
pic shows one pound of seasoned meat on white butcher pepper, next pic shows listed seasonings.
Step 2: in deep pan, heat pan for meat searing and add a little oil. I use grapeseed oil as it has a higher smoke point than olive oil.
pic shows grapeseed oil heating in deep silver pan.
Step 3: sear meat. make sure to sear all sides.
pics show meat being seared on different sides, color of meat changes from red to brown.
Step 4: while meat is searing, prepare Coca Cola and peppers. For 1lb of meat I use 1 chopped dried ancho, and a small handful of dried árbol peppers whole.
pic shows two bottles of Mexican Coca Cola, a package of dried ancho peppers, a package of dried árbol peppers, and a silver bowl with chopped dried peppers.
After meat is seared, lower temperature to lowest setting, add both bottles of Coca Cola and peppers, cover, and set to simmer for 5-6 hours. Stir occasionally, and turn meat every 30 mins or so.
pic shows browned meat partially submerged in Mexican Coca Cola (a brown liquid) with dark red and bright red chopped dried peppers floating on top of liquid.
Once 80% of liquid has reduced in meat, lower temp back down and cover, then prepare for salsa time. I use 2 vine ripe tomatoes, 3 shallots, cilantro, salt, lime juice.
I am not a salsa purist. don’t @ me.
By this time your meat should have absorbed about 95% of remaining liquid.
Now it’s tortilla time.
@hannahshouse2 if you wish, get crazy. I find the peppers in the meat provide plenty of spice.
at least for me.
@meltedcheese Mexican coke has a high natural sugar content (not high fructose corn syrup), so it definitely changes the flavor. Between the coke and the peppers it becomes a sweet (slightly Coca Cola) spicy flavor. I suggest trying it.
beer wouldn’t taste the same.
@PhotonMike nothing delights the lizard brain of simple primates more than food.
well, maybe sex, but I’d get in trouble if I posted that.
I know it delights mine 😍
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