# Birria in a Instant Pot

A super easy and delicious recipe to make birria in a instant pot, seriously the best, homemade is always better and now you can make it within an hour.

- Cuisine: Mexican
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2.5 lbs chuck tender roast
- 4 cups beef broth
- 7 guajillos or New Mexico chile pods
- 2 pasilla
- chile de arbol
- 5 garlic cloves
- 4 bay leaves
- 0.5 inch cinnamon stick
- 2 tbsp vinegar
- 8 cloves
- 1 tbsp salt
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp oregano
- 1 tsp whole pepper
- 0.5 tsp whole cumin
- 0.5 tsp thyme
- 0.25 tsp ground ginger
- corn tortillas
- Oaxaca or Monterey Jack cheese
- fresh chopped onion and cilantro
- drops fresh lime
- 1 serving love

## Instructions

1. Cut the meat into big chunks.
2. Season it with salt.
3. Remove the stem and the seeds from the chiles.
4. Rinse the chiles.
5. Place them in a saucepan and cover with water.
6. Bring the chiles to a boil and drain.
7. Crush all the spices in your blender.
8. Add the chiles, garlic, 3 cups of broth and vinegar.
9. Blend everything until you have a smooth sauce.
10. Add one tablespoon of olive oil to the instant pot.
11. Press the saute setting.
12. Brown the meat for a couple minutes on each side.
13. Cancel the instant pot and throw in your sauce.
14. Add the bay leaf and close the instant pot.
15. Press pressure cook and set for 55 minutes.
16. Make sure that your valve is set on sealing.
17. Release the steam from our instant pot.
18. Remove the meat and shred it with two forks.
19. Get our oil ready for the tortillas.
20. Dip a tortilla into the oil and set it on your comal on medium heat.
21. Flip it over once it begins to blister.
22. Add quesillo, meat, onion and cilantro.
23. Close your taco and is ready to serve.

## Equipment

- Instant Pot
- blender

## Tips

- Make sure to sear your meat.

## Source

- Original video: https://youtu.be/M1YfIiFO_PE?si=OEJazGegMMgba6OE
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/71d88c15-affc-4fa0-ad67-628514f31942
- Extracted: 2025-05-25

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