Salsa Birria

Name: Salsa Birria
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: about 3¾ cups (900 ml)
Cuisine: Latin
Ingredients: 2 Tbsp (30 ml) Olive Oil; 30 g Guajillo; 15 g Pasilla; 6 g Morita; about 10 leaves (2 g) Bay Leaf; 1 g Clove; about 4 tomatoes (600 g) Tomato; about 2 onions (200 g) White Onion; about 4 cloves (20 g) Garlic; 1/2 Tbsp black pepper (7.5 ml) Pepper; ¼ tsp (1 ml) Salt

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Enrique Olvera recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Enrique Olvera.

TABLE SALSA · BIRRIA TACOS OR BRAISED MEATS

In the published recipe, this is the table salsa for Tijuana-style birria tacos.

Olvera's Tijuana-style birria salsa for tacos.

On the jar

SALSA

Method: blend
Yield: about 3¾ cups
Ingredients: 11

Blender sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Olive Oil 30 mlPepper 8 mlSalt 1 ml

Ingredients

Olive Oil2 Tbsp (30 ml)
Guajillo30 g
Pasilla15 g
Morita6 g
Bay Leafabout 10 leaves (2 g)
Clove1 g
Tomatoabout 4 tomatoes (600 g)
White Onionabout 2 onions (200 g)
Garlicabout 4 cloves (20 g)
Pepper1/2 Tbsp black pepper (7.5 ml)
Salt¼ tsp (1 ml)

Method

This sauce needs a blender. The jar is for storing it, not making it.
Combine measured ingredients and blend until smooth.
Taste and adjust salt and acid.

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Provenance

Mexican chef of Pujol in Mexico City (Michelin / World's 50 Best) and Cosme in New York. Mole Madre and contemporary Mexican tasting menus define his kitchens.

Originally published as Salsa Birria (Estilo Tijuana).

Adapted from a Enrique Olvera recipe (Enrique Olvera / El Periódico (Días de sol, noches taqueras)).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

No. This one needs a blender or stove, so make it from this page. Jars only carry pour-and-shake sauces. Its companion jar is below.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, the printed lines, counts, and QR guide carry the jar-batch amounts. Follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Enrique Olvera / El Periódico (Días de sol, noches taqueras) (published as “Salsa Birria (Estilo Tijuana)”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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