Southwest Shredded Beef Brisket

Total Time: 5 hrs Preparation Time: 5 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb beef brisket
• 2 large onions, peeled and sliced
• 1 quart canned beef broth
• 4 poblano peppers or 6 long green chilies, cut into 1/4 inch wide strips
• 4 ounces chipotle chiles in adobo, pureed or 4 ounces dried chipotle powder
• 2/3 cup olive oil
• 1/2 cup fresh lime juice
• 8 ounces monterey jack cheese, cut into 1/4 inch cubes
• 1/2 cup wine vinegar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 2 cloves crushed garlic
• 1 cup coarsely chopped red onion
• 3/4 cup minced cilantro
• 1 head romaine lettuce, separated
• 3 medium tomatoes, wedged
• 2 ripe avocados, peeld,pitted,and sliced
• 5 radishes, sliced paper thin
• 12 -18 small flour tortillas

Recipe

• 1 lay the brisket, fat side up in a large dutch oven.
• 2 scatter the onion over it.
• 3 pour in broth and add cold water to cover the meat by 3 inches.
• 4 set over medium heat and bring to a boil.
• 5 cover, lower the heat and simmer, adding additional boiling water as necessary.
• 6 total cooking time is approx.
• 7 4 hours.
• 8 (turn brisket halfway through cooking) remove from heat, uncover, and let stand until broth is cool enough to handle.
• 9 pour off and strain broth, reserving 1 1/2 cups.
• 10 trim fat from brisket and throw away.
• 11 shred the brisket with a large, 2 pronged fork, until it almost seems fluffy.
• 12 in a bowl, combine the beef and broth, let stand covered at room temperature.
• 13 meanwhile, whisk together chipotles, olive oil, lime juice, vinegar, salt, and garlic.
• 14 drain the meat, pressing hard with the back of a large spoon to squeeze out any broth that may be hiding!
• 15 in a large bowl toss together beef, diced cheese, and chipotle mixture.
• 16 add red onion, cilantro, chile strips, and toss.
• 17 line a large serving platter with the outer leaves of romaine lettuce.
• 18 pile the meat onto the lettuce.
• 19 garnish around the meat with the tomato wedges and avocado.
• 20 scatter the radish slices all over.
• 21 serve with warm tortillas.