Barbacoa Meat

Barbacoa Meat
  • 3 pounds beef cheek meat
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1/4 cup salt
  • 2 teaspoons ground cumin
  • ground black pepper to taste
  • 2 cups water, or more as needed
  • 1/2 yellow onion, halved and thickly sliced
  • 3 cloves garlic, chopped


  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.
  2. Pour water into a slow cooker.
  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.
  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.

04/10/2018
Barbacoa Meat, recipe PT15M PT1H 5 455 calories

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