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Easy Instant Pot Barbacoa

Yields1 ServingPrep Time20 minsCook Time50 minsTotal Time1 hr 10 mins

This is an extremely easy recipe made using your Instant Pot. In under two hours you will be biting into the juiciest taco you've ever had!

Instant Pot Ingredients
 2 ½ lbs beef cheek meat
 ¼ medium onion
 3 garlic cloves
 2 bay leaves
 1 tbsp beef bouillon
 1 cup water
Garnish
 ½ medium onion, diced
 1 small cilantro head, chopped
 tortillas - flour, corn, or both
 salsa - green, red, or both
 3 limes, cut in 4 each
1

In the Instant Pot, add your meat, the 1/4 onion, the garlic cloves and the bay leaves. Mix the tablespoon of beef bouillon with the cup of water and pour over the beef.

2

Close the lid on your pressure cooker. Set it on High for 50 minutes. Slow release for 15 minutes, and then quick release.

3

During the cooking of the barbacoa, use that time to dice your onion, chop your cilantro, cut your limes, make your salsa (or use store-bought) and heat up your tortillas.

4

Remove the barbacoa meat from the Instant Pot with a large slotted spoon, leaving the broth and veggies in the pot which you can later discard. Set your table by placing the meat in the middle with all the garnishes, including salt. It is common to have under-salted barbacoa, which you then salt at the time of preparing your taco.

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