Mexican Beef Rib Taco Boats

Mexican food is real favourite in our family.  This recipe is simple to make and provides a good beef meal packed with flavour.  The use of the tortilla/taco boat also provides a versatile variation.

The Beef Ribs are first browned then cooked in an Enchilada sauce with Taco seasoning.  Once done, the rib bones are removed and the meat shredded.  It is served in the tortilla/taco boat on a bed of refried beans.  Topped with cabbage, paneer and coriander for a extremely tasty variation to the more typical Mexican taco or tortilla meal.

This recipe cooks the beef ribs using a pressure cooker.  You can alternately use a slow cooker set to typically time ranges of 4 hours on high or 8 hours on low.  For me, I tend to use the pressure cooker as it is quicker as well as generally providing a more consistent result.

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Mexican Beef Rib Taco Boats

Prep Time

15 minutes

Cook Time

55 minutes

Servings

people

Ingredients

• 1.4 kg Beef Ribs use more of less to your preference
• 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil
• 375 g Enchilada Sauce I use 1 jar of Old El Paso
• 30 g Taco Seasoning I use 1 packet Old El Paso
• 1/2 tbsp Ground Cumin
• 8 Tortilla Boats warmed - I use 1 packet Old El Paso Stand 'N' Stuff Tortillas
• 435 g Refried Beans warmed - I use 1 can Old El Paso
• 2 cups Cabbage Green cabbage - shredded
• 100 g Paneer Cheese crumbled
• Coriander Leaves chopped to garnish

Prep Time 15 minutes Cook Time 55 minutes Servings people Ingredients 1.4 kg Beef Ribs use more of less to your preference 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil 375 g Enchilada Sauce I use 1 jar of Old El Paso 30 g Taco Seasoning I use 1 packet Old El Paso 1/2 tbsp Ground Cumin 8 Tortilla Boats warmed - I use 1 packet Old El Paso Stand 'N' Stuff Tortillas 435 g Refried Beans warmed - I use 1 can Old El Paso 2 cups Cabbage Green cabbage - shredded 100 g Paneer Cheese crumbled Coriander Leaves chopped to garnish

Instructions

1. Heat vegetable oil in a large frying pan on medium high heat.
2. Add ribs to frying pan, meat side down first, and cook for 2 -3 minutes until browned.
3. Turn ribs and cook a further 2 minutes or so. Remove from heat and set aside.
4. In a pressure cooker, add enchilada sauce, taco seasoning and ground cumin. Stir to mix through..
5. Add ribs to mixture in pressure cooker and coat with the enchilada sauce. Note: depending how your ribs are packaged you may need to cut them up into 3 or 4 slabs to easily fit into your pressure cooker.
6. Cook in pressure cooker for about 45 minutes.
7. Once cooking is complete, remove ribs from pressure cooker and shred meat from the bones. Note: discard bones and any cartilage so you are only left with the shredded rib meat.
8. Place meat in a bowl and add about 1/2 cup of the enchilada sauce, from the pressure cooker, to the bowl. Stir the sauce through to coat the shredded meat.
9. Heat the refried beans and tortillas (tortilla boats) per package directions.
10. Spread refried beans along the base of each taco boat.
11. Divide rib meat and place on top of refried beans in each tortilla boat.
12. Top each boat with shredded cabbage, crumbled paneer and garnish with coriander and serve. Note: serve with lime wedges if that is your preference.