Lazy Birria Quesa Tacos

Note 1: Birria soup or consomme was adapted from this recipe <https://houseofyumm.com/beef-birria-and-birria-tacos/>. Homemade flour tortilla was adapted from this recipe <https://growagoodlife.com/flour-tortilla-recipe/>

Note 2: I cheated. I used technology because I have too much work. Hehe I used bread maker and pressure cooker.

Ingredients

Part A - Beef Birria

500gm beef (mix of lean and fatty)

1/2 holland onion, diced

1/2 garlic bulb, halved

1/2 carrot, roughly chopped stew size

1 cinnamon stick

2 pc bay leaf

7-8 pc dried chili pepper

1 tsp coarse salt

1 tsp cayenne pepper

1 tsp cumin

1 tsp ground oregano

Water

Part B - Flour Tortilla

Yield: 6 small tortilla

1 cup all purpose flour

2 tbsp cooking oil

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 cup water + extra if needed

Part C - Assembly and Garnish

Mozzarella

Birria red oil or carotino oil (since my birria did not produce enough oil)

Diced red onion

Lime wedges

Birria consomme

Steps

1. Cook all of Part A in a pressure cooker for around 50 - 60 minutes or until meat is tender. Usually 50-60 minutes are enough to tenderise even a silverside. Set aside to cool a little.

2. Shred the tender meat. You can leave it in the soup.

3. Pick out all the chili pepper and blend until it form a fine paste. Pour it back into the soup and mix well.

1. Mix flour, oil, and salt first in a bread maker. Once incorporated, slowly pour in water. Mix for around 15 minutes and rest for one hour.

2. After one hour, knead dough again for 30 minutes and rest until cooking time.

3. Divide into 6 small balls. Flour the surface and flatten it with tortilla press and rolling pin. Grill dry on a hot non stick or cast iron pan under medium to high fire. Save cooked tortilla under a moist cloth.

4. Set aside for assembly.

1. In a hot pan under small to medium fire, melt all the mozzarella. Stick tortilla on top of mozzarella bed. Pour in the birria red oil or any red oil really.

2. Once mozzarella bed is quite crispy, flip the mozzarella and tortilla. Take it out of heat.

3. Assemble shredded beef on top of it. Scatter the diced red onion. Fold the tortilla in half.

4. Serve hot with a side of lime wedges and birria consomme for dipping. Enjoy!