Melt in Your Mouth Short Ribs
This is legit one of the top 3 recipes my family loves that I make. I always serve them over a side of creamy mash potatoes and a large Green Salad. That”s it. There is NOTHING more we need for the best of meal of life.
Ok maybe a good dessert. But that’s just bonus.
Tip: I usually buy 2 short ribs per person at my table. Depending on how big they are. This recipe will feed 8 people.
Ingredients
3 tbsp. Oil (plus more if needed)
12-16 Short ribs
1 cup flour
Salt & pepper
1 XL onion, diced
3 carrots, diced
5 stalks celery, diced
1 large parsnip, diced
6-8 garlic cloves
2 tsp. Onion powder
2 tsp. Sweet paprika
2 tsp. Dried parsley
2 tsp. Cumin
3 tbsp. Brown sugar or silan or honey
2 tbsp. Tomato paste
1/4 cup favorite BBQ sauce (or can use ketchup)
1 bottle beer
Instructions
Pre – heat oven to 300F or you can do this on slow simmer on top of your stove
You will need a REAL TIN 9×13 or a cast Iron/Dutch Oven Pan and a frying pan.
Heat your frying pan with oil.
Place your flour on a paper plate.
Season your short ribs with salt and pepper
Coat your short ribs all over with the flour
And place bone side up in your very hot frying pan.
Let your ribs pan fry for about 2-3 minutes on all sides.
Best way to flip them is with tongs.
You might have to work in batches and add a little more oil in between the rib batches.
Remove the crusty ribs and Set aside.
In the same dirty pot as the ribs, add a little more oil, the onions, carrots, parsnip and celery.
Using the flat end of a wooden spoon, scrape all the good parts from the bottom of the pan, and mix in all the spices (add salt and pepper to taste) with the veggies. Lower your flame to medium and let your veggies simmer for about 10 minutes.
Then pour the beer bottle over the entire mixture
And using your wooden spoon continue to scrape your pot and mix with your veggies.
Add your ribs back into the pan.
Then add the tomato paste, brown sugar and ketchup. Mix well.
Add a little water if you need (make sure your ribs are 3/4 way covered with the liquid)
Cover pan with foil and a cover if you have and place in 300F oven for 4 hours minimum.
Mid way, rotate pan and check on cooking.
Meat will be almost fall off the bone soft.
Notes
Tip: over shabbas after cooking this method, right before shabbas i transfer to a crockpot and keep on warm
You can also actually make this recipe in a crockpot – follow all the steps just place it ribs after pan frying into the crock pot, cover with cooked veggies, sauce and beer and then set on 6-10 hours.