Beef Birria

What is it?

A 16-ounce frozen meal, this braised beef comes packed in a chile and tomato broth with garlic, onion, and warm spices. The meat is slow-cooked until it can be pulled apart, with enough broth left in the package to serve as a dipping consommé or spoon over rice. Trader Joe’s keeps the format close to a traditional birria setup, just frozen and portioned for home use. Compared with other items in the brand’s frozen lineup, it leans more toward a saucy braise than a complete composed meal, so how you serve it does most of the work.