How to Prepare Yummy Wagyu Beef Cheeks Tacos

Wagyu Beef Cheeks Tacos. Have you ever heard abour or cooked beef cheeks? I hadn't tried nor cooked them before, but KOW Cattle Company sent me the most amazing pieces of Wagyu Beef. Last summer I had the opportunity to teach a weekend class with Matt Pittman at his Meat Church headquarters.

Kobe beef cheeks are muscles on the cow's face made very dense due to a lifetime of chewing. While they're too tough for any quick cooking applications, that dense tissue becomes tender and incredibly flavorful (Kobe/wagyu beef cheeks even more so) when slow cooked. Beef barbacoa cooked in a dried pepper sauce can either be made with one type of meat or with a combination of several cuts of meat. You can cook Wagyu Beef Cheeks Tacos using 11 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Wagyu Beef Cheeks Tacos

1. Prepare 2 of wagyu beef cheeks about 1.1 lbs.
2. Prepare 1/2 of sweet onion sliced.
3. Prepare 1 of diced jalapeno seeded.
4. It's 1/2 can of beef broth.
5. Prepare of Juice of 1 lime.
6. Prepare to taste of Tabasco sauce.
7. Prepare of Your favorite bbq rub mixed with extra Mexican spices.
8. Prepare of Tortillas.
9. You need of Mexican cheese.
10. Prepare of Tomatoes.
11. You need of Avocados.

Grill the beef until medium and slice as thin as possible. Place the meat in the taco shell and top with the spicy cilantro sauce and the chili mayo. Or if you are the adventurous sort, and love tacos and Mexican food, the following is a traditional Mexican recipe for tacos de lengua, taught to me by my Acapulco friend Arturo. This is the way his mother made it for him growing up.

Wagyu Beef Cheeks Tacos instructions

1. Heat the smoker up to 275°. I used a lump charcoal and post oak combo. Let the cheeks come to room temp and cover with the spices while the smoker is coming up to temp. I used a Spiceology Chile Margarita and Killer Hogs Hot BBQ Rub blend..
2. Smoke uncovered for about 2 hours to set a light bark..
3. Place them in a foil pan with the beef broth, onion, jalapeno, lime juice and hot sauce. Cover and cook until they hit 210° or shreds easily..
4. Shred the cheeks and place back into the foil pan with the juices. Use tongs to load onto a warm tortilla and cover with your favorite toppings..

Barbacoa Beef Cheek Tacos. by: aargersi. The beef cheeks, marbled and melting after over three hours in the oven, absorb the various marinade components (spices, coffee, chili, peanut butter) and sing with freshness of the lime juice in which they're braised. Incredibly juicy Mexican Shredded Beef in a rich, flavour loaded sauce. Slow cooker, pressure cooker, oven or stove. Use for tacos, burritos, enchiladas and To make tacos, serve the beef with warmed small tortillas, avocado slices, Pico de Gallo, shredded cheese, sour cream, lime wedges and extra.