Easy Instant Pot Chipotle Beef Barbacoa Recipe done in 1 1/2 hours! Made with chipotle peppers, cilantro, cumin, citrus juice and bone broth for hands down the BEST barbacoa you’ll ever eat!

Healthy & Delicious Instant Pot Beef Barbacoa Recipe
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Last week I asked a couple questions on my instagram stories to see what kind of things you were looking for this new year. One of the topics that came up was healthy instant pot recipes!

 

chiptole sauce for instant pot beef barbacoa

So here’s the first of many healthy instant pot recipes that will make your hips dance like Shakira! 🙂

 

Oh my gosh. I’m so funny today.

It’s ok that I laugh at myself right?

Alright. Moving on.

photo of healthy instant pot chipotle beef barbacoa on a plate

So, What is Beef Barbacoa?
Barbacoa is a way of cooking meat, usually meaning barbecued or slow cooked until tender and shredded. Beef Barbacoa is beef that is barbecued or slow cooked until is is pull apart tender.

 

How Do You Bake Beef Barbacoa?
There are a couple ways to make beef barbacoa. You can make it in the oven, on the grill, in the slow cooker or instant pot.

Season your beef with salt and pepper.
Make a chipotle sauce/marinade for the beef to slow cook in using onions, cilantro, cumin, oregano, chipotle peppers and citrus juice.
Turn Instant Pot onto Saute setting.
Sear the beef on both sides to lock in the juices and flavors.
Pour the chipotle sauce over the browned beef, cover with beef bone broth.
Turn the Saute setting off. Turn the Instant Pot on to Meat/Stew setting or Pressure Cooker setting.
Cover and set timer for 1 hour.
Once the meat is cooked. Use the natural release process.
Remove meat and shred. Serve with cilantro and onions.

chipotle sauce being poured of beef barbacoa in an instant pot

What Type of Beef Cut Do You Use for Barbacoa?
Beef Brisket
Beef Chuck Roast
Beef Shoulder
Top or Bottom Roast

What to Serve with Beef Barbacoa:
Serve barbacoa on a lettuce cup with cilantro, onions, and avocado.
Pile the tender barbacoa over quinoa or rice.
Roast a sweet potato and top it with shredded barbacoa and pickled onions.
Toast up some tortillas and make the best barbacoa tacos you’ll ever eat!

close up of healthy instant pot chipotle beef barbacoa

Hands down this will be the BEST Beef Barbacoa you’ll ever have and it’s made in less than an hour and a half. That’s unheard of! Brisket itself needs to slow cook for like 6 hours to get tender.

 

Using this fool proof Instant Pot method you’ll have barbacoa on the table in no time. The best part is, it’s still extremely juicy, loaded with chipotle flavor from the sauce we made and pull apart fork tender!

I cannot wait for you guys to make this one! Because this Chipotle Beef Barbacoa Recipe is going to blow your mind. Guaranteed!

 

Bon Appetit friends and happy weekending!