# Crispy Birria Tacos

A recipe for making incredible crispy birria tacos.

- Total time: 35 min
- Cuisine: Mexican
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- Ancho chilies
- Arbol chilies
- Wahia chilies
- Boiling water
- Olive oil
- 1 Onion
- Garlic cloves
- Tomato paste
- Cumin
- Coriander
- Oregano
- Bay leaves
- Salt
- Pepper
- Chili water
- Vegetable stock
- Beef short rib
- Beef shank
- Corn tortillas
- Oaxaca cheese
- Onion
- Cilantro

## Instructions

1. Remove the stems and deseed ancho, arbol, and wahia chilies.
2. Submerge the deseeded chilies in boiling water to rehydrate them.
3. Oil a hot sauté pan.
4. Toast onion and garlic in the oiled pan.
5. Add tomato paste to the pan with the onions and garlic, and cook until it starts to crackle and pop.
6. Transfer the cooked onion, garlic, and tomato paste to a blender.
7. Add the soaked chilies to the blender.
8. Season with cumin, coriander, oregano, bay leaves, salt, and pepper.
9. Splash in some chili water and vegetable stock.
10. Blend all ingredients until smooth.
11. Sear beef short ribs and shank in a hot pan until a nice hard sear is achieved.
12. Place the seared beef into a slow or pressure cooker.
13. Pour the blended pepper broth over the beef.
14. Pressure cook for 35 minutes until the meat is falling apart.
15. Shred the cooked beef and keep it hydrated with some consommé from the cooking liquid.
16. Heat corn tortillas on a hot and oiled flat top.
17. Once tortillas are malleable, add Oaxaca cheese to each tortilla.
18. Layer the shredded birria meat on top of the cheese.
19. Fold the tortillas in half and crisp them up on the flat top.
20. Fill the crispy tacos with onion and cilantro.
21. Dip the tacos in the consommé before eating.

## Equipment

- Plate
- Kettle
- Sauté pan
- Spatula
- Blender
- Tongs
- Slow cooker
- Pressure cooker
- Spoon
- Flat top

## Tips

- Deseed the chilies before soaking them.
- Sear the meat for a nice hard sear before pressure cooking.
- Keep the shredded meat hydrated with consommé.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/@thegoldenbalance/video/7476822373870685482
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/cfba4de5-47ab-4005-9ea0-f835372785c2
- Extracted: 2025-10-11

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