Shredded Beef Tacos with Avocado and Lime
- 2 pounds Flat-cut Beef Brisket, Trimmed
- 1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
- 1 cup Onion, Diced
- 12 ounces, fluid Mexican Beer (used: Negra Model)
- 2 cloves Garlic, Minced And Smashed
- 2 Tablespoons Chopped Canned Chipotle Chiles En Adobo
- 1/4 cups Fresh Lime Juice
- 1/4 cups Finely Chopped Cilantro
- 4 Scallions, Chopped
- 1 Tablespoon Seasoning Salt (used: Original Jane's Krazy Mixed Up Salt)
- Salt To Taste
- 24 Warmed Corn Tortillas
- 2 Avocados, Peeled, Pitted And Diced
- Premade Pico De Gallo (used: Local Produce Department Brand H-E-B)
- In a large Dutch oven, brown beef in 1 tablespoon olive oil over medium high heat.
- Once all of the sides are browned, remove brisket to a plate.
- Add onions to pan and saute until lighly browned.
- Then add beer and deglaze pan.
- Meanwhile, rub brisket on both sides with minced garlic and salt, then chipotles.
- Remove beer and onion mixture from heat and carefully lower meat into pot and cover tightly with lid.
- Place in a 350 degree F oven for 3 hours.
- Remove brisket from oven, pull it out of the pot and place brisket on a cutting board to cool.
- When its cool enough to touch, shred meat with a fork and your fingers and transfer back to remaining cooking liquid in pot (there wont be much, maybe a cup if there is more than one cup in the pot, pour some off).
- Mix in lime juice, cilantro and scallions.
- Stir the meat with the other ingredients until well combined.
- Add salt to taste.
- Serve the meat mixture in warm corn tortillas topped with pico de gallo and cubed avocado.
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Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/main-courses/shredded-beef-tacos-with-avocado-and-lime/ (may not work)