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Got Goat? Sous Vide Birria (Mexican Goat)

Across Mexico (and through the South and Southwest) feasts and fiestas involve barbecued meats, with the star of the show in many locales’ being young goat.  Done right, the meat is succulent and rich, not a bit ‘goaty’, but to become mouthwateringly tender, goat needs to be cooked long, low, and slow, which to us, as it did to our friend Sally MacColl of SVKitchen.com, immediately screams: sous vide! Never one to sit long on a really good culinary idea, she busied herself devising a scrumptious sous vide take on the traditional Mexican Birria.  Here’s the full recipe and you … Read More

Birria (Mexican Goat)

Courtesy of Sally MacColl (svkitchen.com) Serves 6 as a stew or 8 as tacos, with enough for some seconds INGREDIENTS 6 pounds (2.7 kg) goat shoulder, bone in, trimmed of excess fat 1 tablespoon (15 ml) each sea salt and freshly ground black pepper 4 dried ancho chiles 4 dried guajillo chiles 4 dried chiles negro (dried Pasilla) or cascabel chiles 1 dried chipotle chile 12 garlic cloves, skin left on 3 dried smoked tomatoes, optional (if you don’t have them, just omit) 2/3 cup (180 ml) cider vinegar 1/2 medium yellow onion, finely chopped 2 bay leaves 1 teaspoon … Read More