Chipotles Copycat Barbacoa

By Booper-2

Ingredients

• SERVES 12 | ACTIVE TIME 15 Min | TOTAL TIME 6 Hours 15 Min
• 2 teaspoons kosher salt, divided
• 3-4 pound chuck roast, fat trimmed
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 2 bay leaves
• Sauce
• 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
• 6 cloves garlic
• 4 teaspoons ground cumin
• 1 tablespoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoons ground black pepper
• 1/8 teaspoon ground clove
• 4 chipotle peppers (from a can, packed in adobo sauce)
• 1 tablespoon adobo sauce (from the chipotle pepper can)
• 1 cup chicken broth (or 1 cup water and 1 teaspoon chicken base)
• 1/4 cup fresh lime juice.

Details

Servings 12
Adapted from theslowroasteditalian-printablerecipe.blogspot.ca

Preparation

Step 1

Prepare
roast. Make sure all visible fat is trimmed. Cut into 8 chunks.
Sprinkle all sides of cut beef with ½ of the salt (1 teaspoon),
reserving the remaining 1 teaspoon. Set aside.

In a blender or
food processor combine the sauce ingredients. Blend until smooth. Set
aside. If you do not have a food processor or blender, see cook’s note.

Warm
a heavy bottom pot over medium high heat, until water dripped over top
sizzles. Add oil. Sear all sides of cut beef. Once all sides are
seared, place seared beef into slow cooker. Set slow cooker temperature
to high. Pour sauce over top. Add bay leaves. Cook for 5-6 hours on
high (or 8 hours on low) covered.

After about 5 hours (or 7 hours
on low) shred beef using 2 forks to pull it apart. Stir to completely
coat in sauce, cover and cook for 1 more hour. After this time you can
serve and enjoy or turn slow cooker to warm until ready to serve.


*Cook’s
note: to prepare the sauce without a blender, mince the garlic and
chipotle peppers. Combine sauce ingredients in a bowl and mix until
well combined.