• prep: 10 min
• cook: 1 hr
• total: 1 hr 10 min

servings:

Instant Pot or Slow Cooker Barbacoa Beef – Learn how to make authentic-tasting barbacoa beef in your Instant Pot or slow cooker!! EASY, tastes BETTER than a restaurant, and is a dinnertime WINNER!!

• 3/4 cup beef stock, Mexican beer (Sol, Pacifico, Negro Modelo, etc.), or water
• 1 small/medium white onion, peeled and roughly chopped
• 4 to 5 cloves garlic
• one 4-ounce can diced green chiles
• 4 chipotles in adobo sauce (or reduce/increase to taste based on preferred heat level)
• 1 to 2 tablespoons adobo sauce (or reduce/increase to taste based on preferred heat level)
• 1/4 cup fresh lime juice
• 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
• 1 heaping tablespoon ground cumin
• 1 heaping tablespoon dried Mexican oregano (regular oregano may be substituted)
• 2 teaspoons kosher salt, or to taste
• 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, or to taste
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 pounds boneless beef chuck roast, fat trimmed, and diced into 2-inch chunks
• 3 or 4 bay leaves
• corn tortillas, lime juice, cilantro, red onions, avocado, cotija cheese, etc.; for serving

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