Name: Barbacoa Meat
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: Beef cheek meat - 3 pounds; Olive oil - 1 tablespoon; Salt - ¼ cup; Ground cumin - 2 teaspoons; Ground black pepper to taste - 2 teaspoons; Water, or more as needed - 2 cups; Yellow onion, halved and thickly sliced - ½; Garlic, chopped - 3 cloves

Ingredients for - Barbacoa Meat

1. Beef cheek meat 3 pounds

2. Olive oil 1 tablespoon

3. Salt ¼ cup

4. Ground cumin 2 teaspoons

5. Ground black pepper to taste 2 teaspoons

6. Water, or more as needed 2 cups

7. Yellow onion, halved and thickly sliced ½

8. Garlic, chopped 3 cloves

How to cook deliciously - Barbacoa Meat

1 . Stage

Coat beef cheek meat with olive oil. Rub salt, cumin, and pepper into meat. Wrap meat in aluminum foil and refrigerate, 4 hours to overnight.

2 . Stage

Pour water into a slow cooker.

3 . Stage

Arrange onion and garlic around beef cheek meat in the aluminum foil. Wrap foil tightly around meat and vegetables. Add a second sheet of aluminum foil around meat mixture, sealing tightly; place in the slow cooker.

4 . Stage

Cook on Low, adding more water if it has evaporated, until meat is very tender, 7 to 8 hours. Remove foil packet from slow cooker and shred meat using 2 forks.