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- Heavy pot with lid
- Blender
- Colander
- Frying pan
Birria comes from Jalisco and was originally made with goat; the beef version you see everywhere now is newer but just as authentic. The meat is stewed for hours in a paste of dried chiles until it falls apart, and what remains is the consommé you dip your taco in.
Strain the chile paste before it goes into the pan. The skins of dried peppers never fully dissolve and remain in the sauce as fibers, and that feels in your mouth like strands that shouldn't be there.
You don't throw away the fat that rises to the top of the broth, because that is what you dip the tortilla in before it goes into the pan. That is what gives a quesabirria its red, crispy exterior.
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