Explore the origins of barbacoa and how to make it at home. You probably love barbacoa and can order it with confidence, but you may not understand what it actually is other than an exceptionally ...

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The Tex-Mexplainer series explores the ingredients, techniques, history, and culture of Mexican food in Texas. Two hours north of Mexico City, in the state of Hidalgo, is Actopan, commonly considered ...

The slow cooker is the pal who has dinner ready by the time you’re done with work and makes it possible to entertain without a lot of time and stress. This Barbacoa beef recipe sets you up for a fresh ...

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Instructions: Heat oven to 200 degrees. Place the beef in a Dutch oven and fill it halfway with water. Add the crushed garlic, onion, black peppercorns and oregano, and bring to a boil. Turn off the ...

Barbacoa beef, or pork or lamb or goat, is by definition slowly cooked meat. The word is Mexican, and originally referred to a cooking method by which parts of an animal were wrapped in leaves, and ...

SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Labatt Food Service has just opened its new, 65,000-square-foot, $28 million meat cooking facility and the barbacoa, brisket and tamales are already heading to customers ...