Braised Beef Short Ribs 🥩🍷
Ingredients:
5 – 6 beef short ribs, 300-400g/10-14oz each 🥩
1.5 tsp each salt and pepper 🧂🌶️
2 tbsp olive oil 🫒
3 garlic cloves, crushed 🧄
1 large onion, chopped 🧅
2 celery ribs, chopped 🌿
2 carrots, chopped 🥕
2 tbsp tomato paste 🍅
2 cups (500ml) dry red wine 🍷
2 cups (500ml) beef stock/broth, low sodium 🍲
2 sprigs thyme (optional) 🌿
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 160C/325F. 🔥
Sprinkle beef all over with salt and pepper. 🧂🌶️
Heat oil in a large ovenproof pot over high heat. Add half the ribs and brown aggressively all over (~5 – 7 min in total). Remove and repeat with remaining ribs, then remove. 🥩
Turn heat down to medium. Add onion and garlic into the same pot and cook for 2 minutes. 🧅🧄
Add carrot and celery, cook for 5 minutes until carrot is softened and sweet. 🥕🌿
Add tomato paste and cook for 1 minute. 🍅
Add wine, broth, thyme, and bay leaves. Stir until tomato paste is dissolved. 🍷🍲
Return beef into liquid, arranging them so they are submerged. 🥩
Cover with lid and transfer to oven for 3 hours, or until the meat can easily be pried apart with forks. 🍽️
Remove beef carefully, keeping the meat on the bone. Cover to keep warm. 🥩
Strain all liquid in the pot, pressing juices out of the onion, carrot, etc. Return sauce into pot, bring to simmer and stir. Adjust as necessary – simmer to reduce/thicken, add water to thin, season with salt and pepper if needed. 🥄
Place beef on serving plate, spoon over sauce. Serve! 🍽️
Other Cook Methods:
Stove: 2.5 hours on low simmer, lid on. 🍲
Slow Cooker: 8 hours on low, 5 hours on high. Sear beef and sauté vegetables in a skillet, add the liquid, bring to simmer, then tip it all into a slow cooker. When beef is fork-tender, strain liquid into a large skillet and simmer liquid rapidly for 10 minutes or until it reduces to a syrup consistency. Optional: spray beef lightly with oil and grill/broil on high for 5 minutes to brown. 🍲
Pressure Cooker: 1 hour on high, follow slow cooker directions above. Depressurize naturally for 10 minutes, then release valve. ⏲️
Instant Pot: Follow slow cooker directions above but do the searing in your Instant Pot. Cook using slow cooker or pressure cooker function using the above times. 🍲
Enjoy!! 😋
