Birria Fries
Birria Fries for tender, flavorful short rib beef served on top s of melty cheese and crispy fries.
Servings: 6 People
Ingredients
Beef:
- 5-6 Beef Short Ribs
- 1.5 tbsp Kosher Salt
- 1.5 tbsp Black Pepper
- 1.5 tbsp Garlic Powder
- FYR RED Hot Sauce
Chiles:
- 3 ancho chiles stemmed & seeded
- 3 guajillo chiles stemmed & seeded
- 2 tbsp Chipotle in Adobo
- 1/2 white onion sliced
- 8-10 garlic cloves
- 2 cups of Water
Braising + Seasonings:
- 2-3 cups beef broth
- 1.5 tablespoons mexican oregano
- 2 tablespoons black pepper
- 1 tablespoons sea salt
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 2 bay leaves
Fries:
- Cooked French Fries
- 2 cups Liquid Queso
- ½ cup red onions chopped
- ½ cup cilantro chopped
- Sour Cream
Instructions
Birria:
- Preheat your fire to medium high temperature (around 375F). Add a dutch oven over the fire to preheat for 3-4 minutes.
- Add your ancho chile, guajillo chile and garlic cloves to your dutch oven and let char for 30-45 seconds per side.
- Once charred, add your water to the skillet and let simmer over the fire for 7-8 minutes.
- Once simmered, pull the dutch oven off of the heat.
- Add your chiles & garlic in the water plus your chopped onion and chipotle in adobo to a food processor. Blend until completely smooth. Pour your paste into a bowl.
- Slather your beef ribs with FYR Red Sauce and liberally season with salt, pepper and garlic powder.
- Place your cleaned dutch oven over the fire and sear off each side of the beef until browned. Do this in batches if needed.
- Finally, add all your short ribs to the dutch oven along with the chile paste, beef broth and all of the braising seasonings.
- Cover the dutch oven and let simmer over medium high heat until the beef is fork tender (about 3.5-4.5 hours).
- Make sure to skim the top of the sauce of fat as needed.
- Once the beef is tender, pull it off, dispose of the bones, bay leaves and cinnamon sticks.
- Strain your braising sauce from the meat until it is a clean consomme. Add the consomme to a new bowl.
- Begin to shred your beef.
Fries:
- Cook up your favorite fries, then place on a large tray.
- Drizzle your queso over the top of the fries, then add some of your birria beef.
- Garnish with chopped cilantro, diced red onions, sour cream and some of the consume.
- Serve the fries up and enjoy!
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Nutrition
Serving: 6g | Calories: 263kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 13g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 38mg | Sodium: 3477mg | Potassium: 583mg | Fiber: 9g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 5613IU | Vitamin C: 9mg | Calcium: 346mg | Iron: 3mg