Beef Cheek Tacos
Hola! Enjoy this Beef Cheek Tacos and indulge in its meaty and beefy goodness! After you’ve tasted one, I’m sure you’ll be wanting more!
Beef Cheek Tacos
Ingredients
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- 4 beef cheeks
- your favourite beef rub
- 1 bottle of Bundaberg ginger beer
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
Salsa
- coriander
- pack of small tomatoes
- 1 tsp minced garlic
- 1 red onion
- half tsp cumin seeds
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp coarse black pepper
- dash of lime and lemon juice
- sprinkle of white sugar
Method
Prep
- Trim cheeks by removing thick fat and silver skin.
- Season cheeks with the rub.
- Set your smoker/bbq to 135-160c (whichever wood you would prefer).
Cooking
- Place the cheeks in your bbq/smoker.
- Smoke until happy with bark/colour.
- Place the cheeks in a tray with approx 10mm ginger beer and sprinkle with brown sugar.
- Cook cheeks for another hour/ hour and a half then flip.
- Wrap tray in foil.
- Cook until they fall apart and are like jelly.
Salsa
- Finely dice tomatoes and add to bowl.
- Coarsly chop corriander and add to bowl.
- Combine spices and lime juice and add to bowl and stir.
Serving
- Rest cheeks for a half-hour before pulling apart.
- Warm tortillas, place beef cheek on tortillas, top with salsa and some cheek sauce.
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