Birria melt

Servings

4

Prep Time

30 minutes

Cook Time

5 hours

Cuisine

Mexican

Not so simple. Very tasty! Want to impress a friend with one of the best sandwiches you can make? Then start buying the ingredients to make this bad boy of a sandwich! Rich, flavorful and very very tasty!

Birria melt

Ingredients

  • 1.5 kg Chuck roast
  • 3 bay leaves
  • 1 tsp oregano
  • ½ tsp cinnamon
  • 1 ½ tsp onion powder
  • 1 ½ garlic powder
  • 1 ½ tsp salt
  • 1 tbsp peppercorns
  • 2 rosemary sprigs
  • 2 thyme sprigs
  • 4 cubes beef stock
  • 3 cups water

Sauce

  • 2 tbsp tomato paste
  • 1 tomato
  • 5 garlic cloves
  • 1 onion
  • 1  tsp onion powder
  • 1  garlic powder
  • ½ tsp oregano
  • pinch salt
  • pepper
  • 6 Guajillo peppers
  • 3 ancho peppers
  • arbol peppers
  • 350 ml water

Sandwich

  • 8 big slices of bread 
  • Cilantro
  • 16 slices of cheese 
  • Red onion
  • Avocado

Directions

  1. Deseed the peppers and chop the garlic, onion and tomato
  2. In a pan with some oil, sear the beef, set aside and saute the onion, garlic and tomato. Add the tomato paste, spices, the peppers and water. Simmer for 30 minutes
  3. Blend the sauce
  4. To a pan add the meat and all meat ingredients and strain the sauce into it, let cook for 3-4 hours
  5. Break down the meat
  6. Slice the avocado and onion in half rings
  7. Build the melt by slicing the bread in thick slices, adding some cheese, beef, avocado, red onion, cilantro, more cheese and toast it in a pan with some butter until golden brown. Cover until the cheese is melted
  8. Serve with some of the birria sauce