Carne En Su Jugo, Estilo Tapatio

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/2 lb good-quality bacon, cut into small sticks
• 1 lb beef sirloin tip, thinly sliced on the diagonal and then coarsely chopped
• 4 cups homemade rich beef broth or 4 cups homemade beef stock
• 2 chipotle chiles in adobo
• 2 small bay leaves
• 2 teaspoons sea salt
• 1 teaspoon ground pepper
• 1/2 lb dried beans, soaked, cooked and drained (red beans, or black beans or beans) or 2 cups beans, canned & drained (red beans, or black beans or beans)
• 1/2 cup chopped cilantro
• 8 large spring onions, sliced horizontally
• 4 serrano chilies or 2 jalapeno chiles, minced
• 2 limes, quartered
• avocado, slices

Recipe

• 1 in a frying pan, slowly fry the chopped bacon over medium-low heat until crisp, then remove with slotted spoon and drain on paper towels.
• 2 raise the heat to med-high and cook the beef in the bacon drippings for about 2 minutes.
• 3 remove the beef with a slotted spoon, and place in a large, heavy pot.
• 4 put chipotles in a blender with about 1 cup of the beef broth, and blend until smooth.
• 5 add the chile-beef liquid to the large pot, along with the remaining beef broth, the bay leaves, salt and pepper.
• 6 bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low.
• 7 cover and simmer until the meat is tender, approximately 20 minutes.
• 8 warm the beans over med-low heat.
• 9 when meat is cooked, divide the beans among 4 bowls, then ladle the meat and the broth over the beans.
• 10 garnish with the bacon and cilantro, and lay 2 onions along the rim of each bow, as well as the avocado slices.
• 11 pass the diced serranos and limes at the table, and enjoy with good-quality tortilla chips.