This recipe for a kind of shredded chile-sauced meat — beef, pork, chicken or lamb — is a perfect filling for tamales or tacos.

Makes: About 3 cups
Time: 2 hours or more

Ingredients

• 2 pounds boneless beef chuck, pork shoulder, lamb shoulder, or chicken thigh meat, cut into 1-inch cubes

• 5 garlic cloves, lightly crushed

• 1 large onion, quartered

• 2 dried guajillo …