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Diet Coke Twisted Mango Shredded Beef Tacos and Mango Salsa

This recipe is sure to spice up Taco Tuesday in your house! It's perfectly paired with a Diet Coke Twisted Mango while you're braising your beef.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 3 hours 30 minutes
Total Time 3 hours 50 minutes
Servings: 2 servings
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

Shredded Beef Tacos
  • 2 lb boneless chuck roast
  • 1/2 can chiles in adobo
  • 2 cans Diet Coke Twisted Mango
  • 3 cloves of garlic
  • zest from 1 lime
  • juice from 1 lime
  • 2 Tablespoons brown sugar
  • 2 Tablespoons oil
  • salt and pepper
Fresh Mango Salsa
  • 1 large mango
  • 1 shallot
  • 1 jalapeno
  • 1 lime zest and juice
  • 1 teaspoon salt

Method
 

Shredded Beef Tacos
  1. Bring beef to room temperature and season with salt and pepper while you are prepping your other ingredients.
  2. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
  3. Prepare braising liquid by adding 1/2 can chiles in adobo, garlic, lime zest and juice, brown sugar and 1/2 can-full can of Diet Coke Twisted Mango, careful not to overfill, to a food processor. Blend until combined.
  4. Pour braising liquid into a deep bowl and add remaining Diet Coke Twisted Mango. Set aside.
  5. Heat dutch oven for a few minutes til warm then add oil. Then, add beef and sear all sides, 1-2 minutes per side. Remove beef and set aside on a plate.
  6. Carefully remove pot from heat and gently add braising liquid while scraping bottom of dutch oven to get all the yummy bits from sticking.
  7. Gently return beef to dutch oven, cover with lid and place in oven for 3 hours.
  8. After 3 hours, remove beef to a plate and shred with forks. Once shredded, ladle some braising liquid over the beef for added flavor.
  9. Assemble tacos with beef and mango salsa and serve alongside Diet Coke Twisted Mango!
Fresh Mango Salsa
  1. Add all ingredients to food processor and puree until desired consistency.
  2. Eat on tacos or serve with chips and a Diet Coke Twisted Mango!