Description
Delicious crunchy/gooey birria lamb sliders with a citrusy-spiced consome mayo.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2.5 lbs lamb (not something super lean preferably shoulder)
- 12 Hawaiian rolls
- 4–5 slices smoked provolone cheese
- 3–4 chiles de guajillo
- 2 chipotles (canned or dried is fine)
- 1TB paprika (mostly for color)
- 1 white onion
- 2 medium shallots
- Handful fresh cilantro
- 7 cloves of garlic
- Mix of whole spices: black peppercorn, cumin seed, clove, coriander, cinnamon stick, 2 bay leaves
- 3TB chicken Maggie
For mayo:
- 2–3 TB consomé (lamb broth)
- Zest of 1 lime
- 2 cloves of garlic
- Salt to taste
- 2TB kewpie Mayo
- 1/4 cup sour cream
Instructions
- Toast guajillo chiles, and all whole spices in oil on sautee setting. Add garlic and onions and keep stirring until you can smell the spices and veggies.
- Wash and pat dry lamb shoulder and season with salt and garlic powder. Add on top whole spices and onions and slightly brown. Add chicken maggie and cover the lamb with hot water. Cover and pressure cook for 2 hours.
- After 2-hours remove lamb from broth and set aside. Once lamb cools remove all the bones and shred with two forms. Strain whole spices from consomé but return guajillos and chipotles to broth and blend with an immersion blender. (Can use a regular blender, too)
- Make mayo by blending together mayo, sour cream, 2-3 TB consomé, lime zest, and garlic. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
- Chop cilantro and shallots. Heat oil in a pan to medium high and add shallots. Add salt and stir until the shallots are golden brown. Reduce heat to low and keep simmering for another 7-8 mins.
- Cut hawaiin rolls and separate top from bottom leaving the middle of both sides exposed. Spoon consomé on the bread, sprinkle some garlic powder and put in oven on low broil for 3-4 mins. Keep an eye on the bread. You want it to crisp and brown up some but it can burn quickly.
- Add mayo to bread tops and shredded lamb to the bottom. Add cheese, cilantro, and carmelized shallots on top of lamb. Place the bread tops back, brush more consomé on top of the buns, and cook in a 400 degree oven for another 5-6 minutes.
- Garnish with more cilantro, extra lime, and serve additional consume mayo and broth on the side.
Notes
I used an instant pot to speed up the process of cooking the lamb. You can cook on a regular stovetop buy double cooking time.
- Prep Time: 45
- Cook Time: 2.5 hours
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Instant Pot
- Cuisine: Fusion
Keywords: birria, sliders