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🥩 A Mexican dish 🔥 Slow-roasting meat 🪵 Cooking framework
barbacoa

barbacoa

6.3
A way of slow-cooking meat, often in a covered pit over coals
  • noun
  • /ˌbɑːrbəˈkoʊə/
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  • Can you make barbacoa for the party?

Examples

  • They learned how to make traditional barbacoa during their trip to Mexico.

  • We had delicious barbacoa for dinner last night.

  • The chef prepared the beef as barbacoa, slow-cooking it until it was tender and flavorful.

  • Authentic barbacoa is often served with tortillas, onions, and fresh cilantro.

  • The chef prepared barbacoa by slow-roasting the meat in a covered pit, infusing it with rich flavors.

  • In Mexican cuisine, barbacoa often features tender, shredded meat served with tortillas and salsa.

  • During the festival, we enjoyed delicious barbacoa made from beef cooked overnight in a pit filled with coals.

Synonyms

barbecuing
vsbarbacoa
3 2.0

Cooking food, especially meat, on a grill outdoors over a fire

roasts meat slowly in a covered pit or over coals in Mexican tradition

How Slow-Cooked

barbacoa
6.3
roasting
21 1.4
barbecuing
3 2.0
grilling
21 1.9

Surface Forms

barbacoa singular
barbacoas plural

Etymology

Barbacoa comes from a Taíno word barbakoa that meant 'a wooden frame' used to cook meat over a fire. So, barbacoa now often means the slow-roasting method that makes meat tender and smoky.