Birria bombs

Here is my take away. Flavor is great and it is probably my favorite way to do antelope shoulders. 3 ingredients and in the oven at 250 for the day. About 3 hours in it smelled really good and I turned it down to 200. The shoulder blade took one shake and the meat just fell off.

Now the bad. Dipping a tortilla and then putting it into a frypan is difficult. The juice acted as a glue. You absolutely have to have a good nonstick pan. The blackstone was an exercise in futility. I ditched it after the first two attempts.

It became sort of a production line in the kitchen. I was frying tortillas and the wife was frying them into tacos.

Traditional American taco toppings are unnecessary and frankly a waste of time.

Just think of eating this like a French dip sandwich with the juice as the au jus.
 
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Bet a cheap roast would if you had no shoulders or shanks. mtmuley
Good suggestion on the roast- I'll give it a try.

I also have a deer sirloin tip (football) that might work ok. I usually crock pot them with vegetables. I just ordered the birria bombs, so I'll try a roast and the deer sirloin tip with the birria bombs.
 
Good suggestion on the roast- I'll give it a try.

I also have a deer sirloin tip (football) that might work ok. I usually crock pot them with vegetables. I just ordered the birria bombs, so I'll try a roast and the deer sirloin tip with the birria bombs.
That or an arm roast if youre going beef would probably be good.
 
I still have a whole antelope shoulder I’ve been hoarding, I might have to try this. Would it work with high class beer (Coors banquets) or do I need to get some Pacifico?
 
Good suggestion on the roast- I'll give it a try.

I also have a deer sirloin tip (football) that might work ok. I usually crock pot them with vegetables. I just ordered the birria bombs, so I'll try a roast and the deer sirloin tip with the birria bombs.
That would be a great cut for this. It I would think with the amount of liquid it would take two roasts. Both those shoulders were small and it was a lot of liquid. My family of 4 ate and then I froze enough for a whole extra meal.
 
Here is my take away. Flavor is great and it is probably my favorite way to do antelope shoulders. 3 ingredients and in the oven at 250 for the day. About 3 hours in it smelled really good and I turned it down to 200. The shoulder blade took one shake and the meat just fell off.

Now the bad. Dipping a tortilla and then putting it into a frypan is difficult. The juice acted as a glue. You absolutely have to have a good nonstick pan. The blackstone was an exercise in futility. I ditched it after the first two attempts.

It became sort of a production line in the kitchen. I was frying tortillas and the wife was frying them into tacos.

Traditional American taco toppings are unnecessary and frankly a waste of time.

Just think of eating this like a French dip sandwich with the juice as the au jus.
A little bit of shredded cheese between the tortilla and the pan helps out with that too. Oaxaca, queso frier, etc. We usually sprinkle on both sides of the tortilla while frying (after dipping) and then more inside the taco before frying again.
 
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Here is my take away. Flavor is great and it is probably my favorite way to do antelope shoulders. 3 ingredients and in the oven at 250 for the day. About 3 hours in it smelled really good and I turned it down to 200. The shoulder blade took one shake and the meat just fell off.
When you say 250 for the day, you talking 8 hrs? 12 hrs? 24hrs?
 

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