Leftover Barbecue · Serves 2 to 3

Brisket & Turkey
Tacos.

Hurtado Leftovers · ~15 min · Flat-Top
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Mise en Place

What You Need.

The hard part is already done. Hurtado smoked the brisket and turkey, you chopped it, and now it just gets a second life as tacos. This is assembly, not a cook. The meat warms back up on the steel and crisps a little at the edges, the tortillas char, and a quick pickled onion and lime crema cut the richness. Fifteen minutes, mostly hands-off. Make the pickled onion and the crema first so they're ready when the meat is hot.

The Meat

2 cupsHurtado brisket + turkey, chopped
splashbeef broth or water
optpat of butter, for the steel

Quick Pickled Onion

1/2red onion, thin-sliced
1/3 cuplime juice or vinegar
1/2 tspsalt
1 tspsugar

Lime Crema

1/2 cupsour cream or crema
1lime, juiced
pinchsalt

To Build

8corn tortillas, street size
handfulcilantro, chopped
1lime, in wedges
optcotija or queso fresco
optHurtado bbq sauce or salsa
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Pickle & Crema · First
1/2onion in lime
rest10 min minimum
01
Step One · The Toppings

Pickle the onion, mix the crema.

Both of these are better with a few minutes to sit, so they go first. The acid from the pickle and crema is what balances all that rich smoked fat.

Quick Pickle
Toss the sliced onion with the lime juice, salt, and sugar in a bowl. Scrunch it with your hands and let it sit at least 10 minutes. It'll turn bright pink and soften.
Lime Crema
Stir the sour cream with the lime juice and salt until pourable. Into the fridge until you build.
♪ Press playMr. Blue Sky · Electric Light Orchestra
🍺 Crack it nowOpen the Hoppenheimer IPA · Manhattan Project's West Coast IPA out of Dallas. Piney and resinous with a hard hop bitterness that scrubs the smoked brisket fat right off your palate. The hops do what the lime does, from the other direction.
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Warm the Meat
2 cupsbrisket + turkey
splashbroth to steam
Crisp
02
Step Two · The Meat

Back to life on the steel.

Smoked meat reheats best with a little moisture and a hot surface. The flat-top warms it through and crisps the edges at the same time, which is better than a microwave ever does.

Warm & Crisp
Spread the chopped brisket and turkey on a medium-hot zone with a pat of butter. Add a splash of broth and let it steam and sizzle, tossing now and then, about 5 minutes until hot through with crispy edges. Keep the turkey from drying out, it needs less time than the brisket.
♪ Cook toTightrope · Janelle Monáe
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Char & Build
8tortillas, charred
Char
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Step Three · Build

Char, stack, build.

Tortillas go right on the steel next to the meat, about 20 seconds a side, until they spot and go soft. Double them up so the tacos hold together under all that meat.

Build the Tacos
Meat down first, then the pickled onion, a drizzle of lime crema, cilantro, and cotija if you've got it. Squeeze of lime over the top. Hit it with Hurtado sauce or salsa if you want it saucy.
♪ Sit down toCould You Be Loved · Bob Marley & The Wailers
Playlist · Easy Night

No work, all reward.

01
Mr. Blue Sky
Electric Light Orchestra
02
Tightrope
Janelle Monáe
03
Could You Be Loved
Bob Marley & The Wailers
04
Valerie
Amy Winehouse
05
Lovely Day
Bill Withers

Somebody else already did the twelve-hour smoke. Tonight is the easy half, so the music matches it. Bright, warm, nothing that asks anything of you. Pour the IPA and let the leftovers turn into something better than they were the first time.

For the Tracker

Macros.

Per Serving

Three tacos, meat and toppings · 1 of 2
Cal
~520
Protein
38g
Carbs
30g
Fat
26g

Rough estimate, three tacos split two ways. Brisket carries most of the fat, turkey keeps the protein high. Hard to pin exactly since the smoked meat fat varies by cut and how much bark you chopped in. Treat it as a ballpark.

Brisket & Turkey
Tacos.

Eat them hot