A practical dinner recipe with ingredients, method, timing, storage notes, and quick answers before you cook.
Lila Park
Prep: 20 min. Cook: 3 hr. Serves: 6.
Beef barbacoa style tacos is built for practical home cooking: clear ingredients, a straightforward method, and enough flexibility to fit a normal weeknight or weekend meal.
shredded beef, chipotle, cumin, garlic, and lime
8 small tortillas
1 tbsp oil
1 tsp chili powder
1 tsp cumin
1/2 tsp garlic powder
lime juice
salt and pepper
shredded lettuce or cabbage
salsa
sour cream or avocado
Season shredded beef, chipotle, cumin, garlic, and lime with oil, chili powder, cumin, garlic powder, salt, pepper, and lime. Cook in a hot skillet until browned and cooked through.
Warm the tortillas, slice or shred the filling, and build tacos with lettuce or cabbage, salsa, sour cream, avocado, and extra lime.
Serve beef barbacoa style tacos right away while the tortillas are warm and the filling is juicy.
Warm tortillas in a dry pan so they bend without cracking.
Keep wet toppings light so the tacos do not turn soggy.
Taste before serving and adjust with salt, pepper, citrus, herbs, or sauce depending on the dish.
Store filling separately from tortillas and toppings for up to 4 days.
Reheat the filling in a skillet with a splash of water.
Yes. Cook the filling ahead and keep toppings separate until serving.
Either works. Corn tastes more classic; flour is softer and easier to fold.
Add cayenne, chipotle powder, hot sauce, or sliced jalapeno.
Beef barbacoa style tacos takes about 20 min prep + 3 hr cook, not counting optional resting or chilling time.
