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Mama's Mexican Meat Mix

List of Ingredients

2 tbls. cooking oil
1 lb. lean meat, beef or pork recommended. Trim and cut into 1 inch cubes
1 clove garlic, pressed
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. ground cumin
1 (14.5) can diced tomatoes


Recipe

1 Heat the oil in a large skillet. Brown meat cubes for 10 to 12 minutes. Reduce the heat, add the garlic, salt and cumin. Cook another 15 minutes.
2 Add the can of tomatoes and heat to a boil. Reduce heat to simmer, cover and cook for 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Add water to the skillet as needed to keep the mixture from boiling dry.
3 When cooked very tender, cool, then shred the meat using 2 forks. Place back on heat and stir until most of the liquid has evaporated.
4 To freeze, cool, pack in freezer bags and place in freezer.
5 For burritos, put meat mix, salsa and grated cheese on a warm flour tortilla.
I like to smother my burritos with a green chile*, and then add sour cream and/or guacamole.

*Check out my Chile Verde (Green Chile) recipe under Crockpot Recipes