Definitions

1. noun

A traditional Mexican dish made by slow-cooking meat (usually beef or goat) in a pit or a hole in the ground, often wrapped in maguey leaves.

“The aroma of sizzling barbacoa filled the entire neighborhood during the festival.”

2. noun

A style of outdoor cooking, typically using wood or charcoal, in which meat is slow-cooked in a covered pit.

“The family spent the weekend perfecting their barbacoa recipe over an open flame.”

3. verb

To cook meat using the barbacoa method.

“The chef decided to barbacoa the ribs for the upcoming barbecue.”