Slow Cooker Beef Cheek Tacos (Barbacoa de Cachete)

🧂 Ingredients

• 3 lbs beef cheeks

  (sliced into chunks)
• 1 cup yellow onion

  (sliced, or use white onion)
• 3 teaspoon garlic

  (minced)
• 2 whole bay leaves
• 3-4 whole cloves
• 2½ teaspoon salt

Instructions

• 1 Cut 3 lbs beef cheeks into 1-2 inch chunks.
• 2 In the bottom of your slow cooker, add 1 cup yellow onion, 3 teaspoon garlic, 2
  whole bay leaves, and 3-4 whole cloves. Top with the sliced beef and sprinkle 2½
  teaspoon salt over the top. Mix to combine.
• 3 Cook on low heat for 6-8 hours or high heat for 3-4 hours, or until the meat is
  tender and pulls apart easily.
• 4 Use two forks to shred the meat and return it to the juices in the slow cooker.
  Stir to coat the meat, then allow it to continue cooking for an additional 15-20
  minutes on low.
• 5 Remove and discard the bay leaves then serve warm on corn tortillas.

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