Beef Cheeks/Barbacoa Tradicional

Ingredients

• Rumba Meats® Beef Cheek Meat (5 pounds)
• 1 White Onion chopped
• 3 Garlic Cloves
• 2 Bay Leafs
• Kosher salt, to taste
• 2 qts Beef Stock (can substitute water or chicken stock)
• ½ White Onion Finely Chopped
• 2 Cups Chopped Cilantro
• ½ Head White Cabbage
• 20 Corn/Flour Tortilla, warm

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350ºF.
2. In a blender, add onion, garlic and beef stock and blend until smooth.
3. Combine beef cheekmeat, onion blend, kosher salt to taste and bay leaves in a Dutch oven. Cover and braise for 4 hours until tender and cheekmeat reaches an internal temperature of 160ºF.
4. Remove beef cheeks and shred with two forks.
5. Serve on tortillas topped with onion, cilantro and cabbage.