Birria from L.A. Son: My Life, My City, My Food by Roy Choi and Tien Nguyen and Natasha Phan

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    Can substitute lamb for goat.

  • chezlarios on October 16, 2022

    I used lamb instead of goat and only half the amount of meat (while keeping all other ingredient amounts the same). I also used normal whole canned tomatoes instead of fire-roasted as I cannot find that here. I cooked it in a pressure cooker to speed it up (20 min vs 1.5 hours) - once it was done I added two cans of drained kidney beans and shredded the meat chunks before putting back in. As birria is my favorite dish ever and I live somewhere now where it's not available, this recipe and its flavors really made me so happy. Next time I would add less water to make the flavors more intense - I ended up adding more than the recipe stated because I knew I'd be adding beans, which diluted the flavors a bit. Also, you'll need to add salt as the recipe hardly calls for any!

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