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Birria-Style Beef Tacos with Dipping Broth

437calories
36 gprotein
33 gnet carbs
235 mgsodium
45 mintotal

≈ £4.27 per servingestimated from UK store prices

Tender beef in a smoky paprika broth, tucked into crisp corn tortillas, with the rich broth on the side for dipping.

Keeps well

The beef keeps 4 days chilled.

Numbers you can cook to

36 g of protein and 235 mg of sodium per serving — the figures printed in the book.

15 minutes of prep

Then 30 minutes of cooking, 45 minutes in all.

The recipe

Birria-Style Beef Tacos with Dipping Broth

Prep 15 minCook 30 minTotal 45 minServes 4
Servingsmakes 4
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Ingredients

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Method

  1. Brown the beef hard in the oil in a wide pot over high heat, in two batches, and lift it out, then soften the onion, adding the garlic and paprika for the last minute.
  2. Return the beef with the passata and the boiling broth, cover and simmer 20 minutes, until the meat pulls apart with two forks.
  3. Shred the beef in the pot and let the fat rise to the top of the broth.
  4. Dip each tortilla in that fat, lay it in a hot dry pan, fill one half with beef and mozzarella, fold and fry 2 minutes a side until crisp.
  5. Serve with the broth in a cup for dipping, the coriander and the lime wedges.
Chef’s tipDip each tortilla in the fat that rises on the broth. That red film fries the shell crisp; a dry one goes leathery.
KeepThe beef keeps 4 days chilled. Crisp the tacos to order. Freeze the beef in its broth, 3 months.
SwapNo corn tortillas? Small whole wheat tortillas, dipped and fried the same way.

Nutrition per serving

The figures printed in the book, worked out from the ingredient list. How we count.

437Calories
36 gProtein
39 gCarbs
33 gNet carbs
6 gFibre
15 gFat
5 gSaturated fat
6 gSugars
235 mgSodium
1000 mgPotassium

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