How To Make Spicy Shredded Beef
This shredded beef recipe is a great recipe for Tex-Mex foods, burritos, and enchiladas. It is best served when not but can freeze well in freezer bags.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 2tbspvegetable oil
- 1lblean beef chuck,trimmed and cut into 1-inch cubes
- 1garlic clove,minced
- ½tspsalt
- ½tspcumin,ground
- 16oztomatoes,diced, 1 can
Instructions
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Heat the oil in a large skillet. Brown beef cubes for 10 to 12 minutes. Reduce the heat, add the garlic, salt, and cumin. Cook for another 15 minutes.
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Add the can of tomatoes and heat to a boil. Reduce heat to simmer, cover, and cook for 1½ to 2 hours. Add water to the skillet as needed to keep the mixture from boiling dry.
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When cooked very tender, cool, then shred the meat using 2 forks. Place back on the heat and stir until most of the liquid has evaporated.
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If planning to freeze, cool before packing in freezer bags and placing them in the freezer.
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For soft burritos, top a warm flour tortilla with the meat mixture, salsa, and grated cheese.
Nutrition
- Calories: 154.54kcal
- Fat: 8.50g
- Saturated Fat: 1.83g
- Trans Fat: 0.22g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 5.31g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.10g
- Carbohydrates: 3.27g
- Fiber: 0.94g
- Sugar: 2.00g
- Protein: 17.09g
- Cholesterol: 47.63mg
- Sodium: 257.67mg
- Calcium: 20.04mg
- Potassium: 466.33mg
- Iron: 1.91mg
- Vitamin A: 33.38µg
- Vitamin C: 10.53mg
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