mexican dishes - shredded or ground

[fldhkybnva]

random question : do you prefer shredded or ground meat (chicken, beef, turkey, etc) for Tex-Mex/Mexican style dishes?

[sbp]

Shredded. My chili has the consistency of saucy ropa vieja. I smoke chuck or boneless short ribs, then shred. I know the competition chili people seem to be all about cubes, but it just doesn't seem like the right treatment for the cuts of meat used.

[rasputina]

We will on rare occasions make American style tacos with ground meat. The rest of the time it's chopped brisket tacos, carnitas taco's, carne asada, machaca...

[sandylc]

Same here. They are two different things; one is American and has its place and the other (actual Mexican) is a whole 'nother animal.

[Cheese Boy]

Shredded meats. There's less spillage that way (depending on how it's used of course).

[fldhkybnva]

Also a great point, I hate when all of the fillings fall out of the opposite side of whatever you just bit into

[Cherylptw]

I prefer shredded meat, it has more texture

[fldhkybnva]

Yea, I agree. Also do you feel like it has more volume, thus feels like you're eating more :)

[todao]

ditto ...