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Barbacoa de Borrego

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Ingredients

  • For the chile puree:
  • 7-8 pound square-cut lamb shoulder roast
  • 2 tablespoons grill rub (or salt, pepper and chili powder)
  • 2 ancho chiles, stemmed and seeded
  • 2 guajillo chiles, stemmed and seeded
  • 2 chipotle chiles, stemmed and seeded
  • For the soup:
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 celery stalks, cleaned and chopped
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 14.5 ounce can stewed tomatoes
  • 2 carrots, peeled and chopped
  • Leaves from 3 sprigs fresh rosemary, cleaned and chopped
  • Leaves from 3 sprigs fresh thyme, cleaned and chopped
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • For Serving:
  • 24 warm flour tortillas
  • 1 cup chopped onions
  • 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro
  • 2 cups refried beans

Details

Adapted from robbwalsh.com

Preparation

Step 1

Rub the lamb roast with seasonings and allow to marinate for a few hours. Light about 25 charcoal briquettes in a chimney and prepare a grill with the coals on one side only. Brown the lamb roast over the hot fire for a few minutes, turning often. Move it to the cool side of the grill or to the smoking chamber of an offset barbecue smoker. Put some hardwood on the coals and close the lid. Allow the roast to smoke for an hour and a half to two hours at around 250 degrees turning to cook evenly.
Meanwhile, in a saucepan over low heat, simmer the chiles in water to cover. Allow them to sit in the hot water for ten to twenty minutes until soft. Puree the chiles in a blender adding the soaking water a little at a time until the puree is smooth.
In a soup pot, heat the oil over medium heat and add the onions and celery. Stir and cook for five minutes or until softened. Add the garlic and cook another few minutes. Add the chile puree and cook for a three minutes stirring well. Add the remaining vegetables and herbs and 8 cups of water and bring the mixture to a boil. Turn down the heat and allow to simmer while the lamb smokes.
Add more charcoal and wood to the fire. Place a metal roasting pan on the grill directly


over the coals. Carefully pour the chile broth into the roasting pan. Place the lamb roast in the roasting pan with the soup, rib bones down.
Allow the lamb to simmer and smoke for an hour to an hour and half, replenishing the liquid level if needed.
With the aid of fire gloves or pot holders, cover the roast and the roasting pan with aluminum foil and seal tightly. Simmer over the coals or in a 300 oven for another hour or 2 until the lamb meat is extremely tender. You want the roast to be intact, but the meat to be very soft.
Allow the roast to cool slightly. Clean the meat away from the bones and chop lightly. Serve the cleaned meat in some chile broth. You can also serve some of the broth in a cup as a first course. Warm the flour tortillas. Warm the refried beans. Combine the chopped cilantro with the chopped onions and place in a bowl on the table. Everybody get to make their own tacos.
Yields around 4 pounds of meat.

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