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Chipotle Mexican Grill Barbacoa Burrito

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Chipotle Mexican Grill Barbacoa Burrito - CDKitchen.com

serves/makes:
  
ready in:
  over 5 hrs

ingredients

4 guijillo chiles
2 teaspoons cumin seeds
1 teaspoon ground cloves
10 allspice berries
1/3 cup Mexican oregano
12 sprigs fresh thyme
6 cloves garlic
1 Spanish onion, roughly chopped
1/3 cup cider vinegar
7 pounds goat or beef roast
salt and pepper
2 pounds dried avocado leaves
2 packages large flour tortillas
2 cans refried beans
rice
vegetables of your choice

directions

Toast chiles, cover with boiling water in a deep bowl, and set aside for 20 minutes.

Grind cumin, cloves, allspice, and oregano in coffee grinder. Drain soaked chiles, puree in blender the chiles, ground spices, thyme, garlic, onion, vinegar, and 1/2 cup of water. Process until smooth.

Push mixture through a sieve, season goat with salt and pepper. Rub paste all over the meat. Arrange in a bowl and allow to marinate for 4 hours, refrigerated.

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.

In a deep roaster pan scatter half of the avocado leaves on the bottom, place meat on top of the avocado leaves and scatter the remaining leaves over the meat. Cover the pan tightly with aluminum foil.

Cook the goat 6 to 7 hours until meat is falling off the bone. If using lamb shoulder cook for 4 hours.

Heat tortilla until it's warm and soft. Place barbacoa, beans, rice and vegetables of choice on tortilla. Wrap tortilla in long circular manner to create burrito.

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nutrition data

774 calories, 31 grams fat, 85 grams carbohydrates, 35 grams protein per serving.
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reviews & comments

  1. Guest Foodie

    I really would like to try this recipe but dried avocado leaves? goat? Where does one get these ingredients and what else could I use for the avocado leaves?

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