Barbacoa Meat

Name: Barbacoa Meat
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 7 min
Total time: 11 min
Ingredients: 3 pounds beef cheek meat; 1 tablespoon olive oil; ¼ cup salt; 2 teaspoons ground cumin; ground black pepper to taste; 2 cups water, or more as needed; ½ yellow onion, halved and thickly sliced; 3 cloves garlic, chopped

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Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 7 hours

Total: 11 hours, 10 minutes

Servings: 12

Author : streetgang

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Step 1

Coat beef cheek meat with olive oil. Rub salt, cumin, and pepper into meat. Wrap meat in aluminum foil and refrigerate, 4 hours to overnight.

Step 2

Pour water into a slow cooker.

Step 3

Arrange onion and garlic around beef cheek meat in the aluminum foil. Wrap foil tightly around meat and vegetables. Add a second sheet of aluminum foil around meat mixture, sealing tightly; place in the slow cooker.

Step 4

Cook on Low, adding more water if it has evaporated, until meat is very tender, 7 to 8 hours. Remove foil packet from slow cooker and shred meat using 2 forks.