The verb 'deshebrar' in Spanish means to unravel, or to separate into filaments, neither of which completely explains what we did to a brisket of beef yesterday. We trimmed it of all of the fat, then put it in the crock pot all day with onions, garlic and a chile chipotle sauce before removing it to a cutting board and then tearing it apart with two forks. It was like pulled pork, but the verb for pull in Spanish - jalar - just doesn't fit. I guess we did kind of unravel a beef brisket...
After separating the beef into filaments, we served it with warm corn tortillas and all of the usual suspects - guacamole, lechuga, queso fresco y salsa. It was a delicious filling for tacos despite the fact that we had eaten ground beef tacos earlier in the week. They are two totally different meals, and as I said before, with a large package of fresh tortillas sitting in the kitchen, you will continue to hear about tortilla-based main dishes in the next week.
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