Barbacoa Meat

Directions

Ingredients :

3 pounds beef cheek meat

1 tablespoon olive oil

¼ cup salt

2 teaspoons ground cumin

ground black pepper to taste

2 cups water

or more as needed

½ yellow onion

halved and thickly sliced

3 cloves garlic

chopped

Methods :

Coat beef cheek meat with olive oil. Rub salt, cumin, and pepper into meat. Wrap meat in aluminum foil and refrigerate, 4 hours to overnight.

Pour water into a slow cooker.

Arrange onion and garlic around beef cheek meat in the aluminum foil. Wrap foil tightly around meat and vegetables. Add a second sheet of aluminum foil around meat mixture, sealing tightly; place in the slow cooker.

Cook on Low, adding more water if it has evaporated, until meat is very tender, 7 to 8 hours. Remove foil packet from slow cooker and shred meat using 2 forks.