# Birria Grilled Cheese

Today I'm making a birria grilled cheese because I keep seeing it pop up on my feed and I'm genuinely jealous.

- Total time: 240 min
- Cuisine: Mexican
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- beef oxtails
- beef short ribs
- beef chuck roast
- onion
- garlic
- tomato paste
- beef stock
- dried chiles
- sourdough bread
- American cheese
- mozzarella cheese

## Instructions

1. Cut the beef chuck roast into pieces.
2. Sear the beef oxtails, beef short ribs, and beef chuck roast in a large pot.
3. Remove the seared meat from the pot.
4. Dice an onion.
5. Add the diced onion to the pot.
6. Smash and peel garlic cloves.
7. Open a can of tomato paste.
8. Add the garlic and tomato paste to the pot with the onions.
9. Open a carton of beef stock.
10. Add the beef stock to the pot.
11. Add the seared meat back into the pot.
12. Remove the stems and seeds from dried chiles.
13. Add the dried chiles to the pot.
14. Cover the pot and let it simmer for three hours.
15. Transfer some of the broth, onions, garlic, and chiles to a blender.
16. Blend until smooth.
17. Pour the blended sauce back into the pot and stir.
18. Remove the cooked meat from the pot and shred it in a metal bowl.
19. Add some of the birria broth to the shredded meat.
20. Mix the birria meat and sauce.
21. Place a slice of sourdough bread on a cutting board.
22. Add American cheese, birria meat, and mozzarella cheese on top of the bread.
23. Top with another slice of sourdough bread.
24. Grill the sandwich in a pan.
25. Flip the sandwich to grill the other side.
26. Cut the grilled cheese in half.
27. Dip the grilled cheese into a small bowl of birria consommé.
28. Enjoy your birria grilled cheese.

## Equipment

- large pot
- knife
- tongs
- can opener
- blender
- metal bowl
- pan

## Source

- Original video: https://youtube.com/shorts/m3WNTn_0gcs?si=j4BfgCn-MEIuVDdK
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/316d9f33-be30-45b5-a956-6512f6dff854
- Extracted: 2025-09-28

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