This traditional Mexican goat stew is easy to make at home and works equally well with lamb or beef if you can’t find fresh goat meat.


How to Make Homemade Birria: Authentic Birria de Res Recipe

Birria is a goat-based soup that hails from the state of Jalisco in Mexico, though surrounding states like Michoacán, parts of Durango, and Zacatecas also make versions, including beef birria (birria de res). It’s typically served with tortillas, toppings, and salsas. Birria is often used to sweat out a *cruda*, or hangover. You’ll also find birria around holidays like Christmas and Easter and at baptisms.

Guadalajara, the capital of Jalisco, is full of birrierias, or shops specializing in birria, but if you can’t get there, it’s not hard to make your own delicious birria at home. The goat meat is typically marinated in a paste made from dried chile peppers, then braised until tender. The stewed meat can then be served in tacos or quesadillas, or floating in broth (“[con comsommé](https://www.masterclass.com/articles/how-to-make-consomme)”). 
Traditionally birria takes hours on the stovetop, but cooking the meat in a low oven, slow cooker, or pressure cooker can make birria a fairly hands-off dish.

This traditional Mexican goat stew is easy to make at home and works equally well with lamb or beef if you can’t find fresh goat meat.


Birria is a goat-based soup that hails from the state of Jalisco in Mexico, though surrounding states like Michoacán, parts of Durango, and Zacatecas also make versions, including beef birria (birria de res). It’s typically served with tortillas, toppings, and salsas. Birria is often used to sweat out a cruda, or hangover. You’ll also find birria around holidays like Christmas and Easter and at baptisms.Guadalajara, the capital of Jalisco, is full of birrierias, or shops specializing in birria, but if you can’t get there, it’s not hard to make your own delicious birria at home. The goat meat is typically marinated in a paste made from dried chile peppers, then braised until tender. The stewed meat can then be served in tacos or quesadillas, or floating in broth (“<a href='https://www.masterclass.com/articles/how-to-make-consomme' target='_self' class='mc-text--link' data-mc-segment-trigger='true' data-mc-segment-event-type='Article Page Click' data-event-obj='{"textTag":"p","href":"https://www.masterclass.com/articles/how-to-make-consomme","linkCopy":"con comsommé","category":null}'>con comsommé</a>”). Traditionally birria takes hours on the stovetop, but cooking the meat in a low oven, slow cooker, or pressure cooker can make birria a fairly hands-off dish.

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Birria Recipe

This traditional Mexican goat stew is easy to make at home and works equally well with lamb or beef if you can’t find fresh goat meat.