Braised Beef Short Ribs

Looking for an easy, warm, delicious dinner option this upcoming winter? Try your hand at this beef short rib recipe! Dress them up with some mashed potatoes and you have a complete meal.

Once you get passed the initial prep work and searing of the meat, all you have to do it put it in the oven and let it do its thing! This meal could easily be turned into a crockpot meal if you don’t want to leave your oven on for 3+ hours.

Braised Beef Short Ribs

Serves 2

Ingredients:

1.5 lbs beef short ribs

1 tablespoon olive oil

Salt and pepper to taste

1 large onion diced

1 stock of celery diced

2 carrots diced

16oz red wine

3oz tomato paste

8oz canned whole peeled tomatoes

1 tablespoon dried oregano

28oz beef broth

1 tablespoon sugar

2 bay leaf

1 bunch of thyme

6 peppercorns

6 cloves of garlic

Method:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

In a large skillet on medium high heat warm up 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Heavily season ribs on all sides with salt and pepper. Heavily sear ribs on all sides and set aside. Sautee onion, carrots garlic season with salt and pepper. Deglaze pan with red wine. Once the alcohol has cooked off add canned tomato, tomato paste, sugar, dried oregano, salt, pepper and chili flakes as well as beef broth. Bring to a boil and pour braising liquid over ribs. Using a coffee filter and butcher twine, make a sachet. Place bay leaf, thyme and peppercorns in sachet and tie up, and add to braising liquid.   Cover  ribs and liquid with foil and bake in the oven for 3 hours or until tender.