Smokey
Our Beef Barbacoa is slow-cooked with traditional Mexican spices to deliver bold, authentic taste in every bite.
Juicy
Deep, smoky flavor meets melt-in-your-mouth tenderness. Perfect for tacos, burritos, or rice bowls, this fully cooked dish brings restaurant-quality flavor to your kitchen, just heat, serve, and enjoy the rich, savory goodness.
COOKING INSTRUCTIONS

Fully cooked, keep refrigerated.

Remove pouch from outer packaging.
Appliances vary; these are guidelines only.
Heat to a minimum internal temperature of 165°F.
- Place sealed pouch into a pot and cover with water.
- Bring the water to a boil and turn down to a gentle simmer for 15 minutes.
- Remove pouch from water and open package. Transfer Beef Barbacoa to a serving dish.
- Stir well with fork*. CAUTION: pouch contents will be hot
- Serve.
* Pull your own: Place two forks into the beef and pull in opposite directions to create thin shreds and to combine sauce.
- Heat Beef Barbacoa in the pouch on HIGH for 1 minute. MASSAGE the pouch for 10 seconds.
- Empty pouch contents into a microwaveable dish.
- Cover and heat on HIGH for 5 minutes or until thoroughly heated.
- Stir well with fork*. CAUTION: dish contents will be hot.
- Let stand for 1-2 minutes. Serve.
* Pull your own: Place two forks into the beef and pull in opposite directions to create thin shreds and to combine sauce.
ingredients
INGREDIENTS
Seasoned beef (beef, water, seasoning [spice, sugars, salt, caramel color, dehydrated garlic, dehydrated onion, xanthan gum, lemon juice powder], seasoning [corn syrup solids, salt, modified potato starch, modified corn starch, sodium phosphate, hydrloysed corn protein, yeast extract, spices extracts, smoke flavor, garlic oil, onion oil, contains less than 2% of mono and diglyceride, canola oil, soybean oil, polysorbate 80, silicon dioxide, safflower oil, propylene glycol, rapeseed and/or sunflower oil]), Sauce (water, distilled vinegar, tomato paste, chipotle peppers, spices, modified corn starch, less than 2% of canola oil, salt, chili powder [spices, paprika, salt, dextrose, caramel color, garlic powder], brown sugar, garlic powder, sugar, yeast extract, chicken fat, chicken broth, natural flavor, xanthan and guar gum, sodium alginate. To maintain freshness: potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, calcium disodium edta).
Chef Tips
For a French-inspired eating experience, heat in a casserole dish with Lou’s Harvest Veggies and half a glass of your favorite red wine.
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