My Birria Tacos recipe will blow your mind with flavor. The birria stew is deeply flavorful, while the quesatacos are crisp, cheesy, and totally mouthwatering. Sweet, mildly spicy, and filled with fall-apart tender chuck roast and Mexican cheese, you will savor every bite and want to share them with everyone!
Birria Taco Recipe
Whether you call them birria tacos, quesabirria tacos, or quesatacos, this recipe is amazing. One bite into the crispy shell dipped in delicious beef birria sauce, and you will be completely hooked on these tacos. It all begins with my homemade birria. Beef consomme is one of my favorite dishes to make, and I promise, it’s easier to make than it might seem. Even if you’ve never made a dish like this before, I promise you will be able to make the most amazing birria on the first try following this recipe!
Birria Recipe Ingredients
boneless chuck roast cut into large chunksolive oilguajillo chilesancho chilestomatoes quarteredonion halvedgarliccinnamon stick up to 2-inchbay leafdried oreganocumin seeds dried thymesalt black peppercornsbeef broth
Ingredients notes:
Birria Tacos Ingredients
corn tortillasdiced onionchopped cilantroMexican melting cheese such as oaxacalime cut into wedges
Mexican melting cheese: Look for Oaxaca cheese to use in your quesabirria tacos. If you can’t find oaxaca, try mozzarella or Monterey Jack. The best part about using corn tortillas for quesatacos is that they are gluten-free! The trick to making these incredible birria tacos is dipping your tortillas in the consome fat, then frying them in a pan! Crisp fried taco shells are a life-changer.
How to Make Birria
How to Make Birria Tacos
If you have yet to try these famous tacos, you’ve probably heard about them or seen them on a menu. They’re all the rage right now on social media and are popping up in food trucks and restaurants everywhere. Quesabirria tacos are especially popular in North America, and if you’ve ever had them, you know why. You’ll never want tacos any other way!
Tacos de Birria Tips
You can also make these with chicken. Chicken Birria Tacos are equally just as amazing. Also, you are definitely going to love my beef empanadas!For more heat, try adding dried chiles de árbol. These hot peppers add a sharp flavor to the stew that’s just perfect for matching the earthy flavors of the rest of the dish.Use your largest pot to make this dish.Prep all your ingredients, like the peppers and stew base, ahead of time the day before you make the dish to make it even easier to get started.Use a nice melting cheese for quesabirria tacos.Fry the tacos in the leftover grease that rises to the top of the stew for the most amazing flavor.
What are Birria Tacos?
Birria is an amazingly sweet, spicy, and savory Mexican stew. It is simmered to tender, fall-apart juicy beef, that melts in your mouth. This saucy goodness is then stuffed into a tortilla and then dipped into the stew and pan-fried until crispy. This results in the most amazing taco you will ever taste!
Tacos Birria Recipes for a Party
Birria tacos are amazing at a taco bar for a party! You can prepare the beef birria consomme ahead of time, fry up the tortilla shells, and give guests their choice of toppings to serve with the quesabirria tacos. Follow my guide on how many tacos to prepare per person!
How Many Beef Birria Tacos Per Person
If you’re allowing your guests to fill their own tacos, account for 2 tacos per person - people tend to over-fill their own tacos! Tip: Use the slide bar next to the recipe yield in the recipe card to automatically calculate how much of each ingredient you will need.
Best Tacos Recipes
Taco CasseroleCarne Picada TacosCarne Asada Tacos Taco SoupTaco BowlsCrockpot Taco MeatTry my Ground Beef Enchiladas, too!I also love making tacos with leftover smoked brisket. They are the perfect use for leftover brisket!
Make more of my favorite Mexican Beef Recipes! Did you try this recipe? Leave a comment and a rating below to let us know what you think! We love to hear from you!
📋 Recipe
