# Barbacoa de res

A delicious and easy-to-follow recipe for Barbacoa de res, a Mexican beef dish.

- Total time: 150 min
- Cuisine: Mexican
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- oil
- 2 tomatoes
- 1 piece onion
- 5 garlic cloves
- 12 chile guajillos
- 2 chile ancho
- 1 spoon full chicken bouillon
- pepper
- cumin
- salt
- 6 cloves
- 3 cups water
- 4.93 lbs chuck roast
- 8 bay leaves

## Instructions

1. Add oil to a pan.
2. Add 2 tomatoes to the pan.
3. Add a piece of onion to the pan.
4. Add 5 garlic cloves to the pan.
5. Cook the vegetables in the pan, turning them with tongs.
6. Add 12 chile guajillos and 2 chile ancho to the pan.
7. Cook until the chiles are soft, turning them with tongs.
8. Transfer the softened chiles, tomatoes, onion, and garlic to a blender.
9. Add 1 spoon full of chicken bouillon to the blender.
10. Add about 6 cloves to the blender.
11. Add pepper to the blender.
12. Add cumin to the blender.
13. Add salt to the blender.
14. Add 3 cups of water to the blender.
15. Blend all ingredients until smooth.
16. Cut the chuck roast into large cubes.
17. Add the cut meat to a pot.
18. Pour the blended sauce over the meat, straining it as you pour.
19. Stir the meat and sauce to combine.
20. Add 8 bay leaves to the pot.
21. Cover the pot and cook for 2 and a half hours on low to medium heat.
22. Remove the cooked meat from the pot.
23. Shred the cooked meat using two forks.
24. Return the shredded meat to the pot with the sauce.

## Equipment

- pan
- blender
- cutting board
- knife
- strainer
- pot
- lid
- tongs
- forks

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTkdckCYa/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/1b458c67-b4c0-430e-875a-8a91c6d342a3
- Extracted: 2026-03-24

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