Beer double braised short ribs

[daacosta]

Oh well... Another recipe...

This one takes long so book around 5 hours to prepare this. I did it today for the first time and it turned fantastic!

A)

10 short ribs (I used veal)

B) The dry rub

2 tbsps Sea Salt
40 grinds of fresh pepper
2 tbsps of chili powder
2 tbsps of ground coriander
1 tbsp of garlic powder
2 tsps of dry mustard

Mix everything together in a separate dish and keep it available.

C) The wet rub

3 bottles of a dark beer
4 cloves of garlic finely minced

D)

3 bottles of a dark beer

E) The sauce

1/2 cup of ketchup
2 tbsps of Dijon mustard
3 tbsps of Worchesterhire sauce
1/3 cup of brown sugar
Juice and peel of one orange

Blend everything in a blender a set aside.

Instructions:

1) Rub the ribs from A) with the dry rub on B) and let it marinate for 1 hour or over night.

2) Brown the ribs on the stove lightly with 2 tbsps of vegetable oil and set your oven to 400 F. Once the ribs are brown place them inside the oven without a lid and let them cook for 45 minutes.

3) Add the ingredients from C) to the ribs and cover the pot with aluminum foil. Open a hole on the aluminum foil. Put everything back in the oven and lower temperature to 325 F and cook for 2 1/2 hours... Clean a little in the kitchen, do laundry, etc.

4) Remove ribs from pot and set aside. Strain the sauce in the pot and set aside. Clean the pot... Remove the fat from the drippings (buy a skimmer, is cheap and very simple to use...) and keep the rest. Put back the defattened drippings on the clean pot and add the ingredients from E) Simmer until it is reduced by half...

5) Meanwhile in a separate pot recook the ribs with the remaining beer from D) for about 30 minutes (Test with a fork to see how tender is the meat: If it wants to separate from the bone you are cool...) Remove ribs from pot and mix the newly formed drippings with the sauce from 4) Taste and reseason with salt and pepper... It should be perfect...

6) Pour sauce from 5) on the ribs and cook for another 30 minutes. Clean pots, etc.

Done... Serve it hot with beer, or red wine...

Use mashed potatoes or a light salad as a side...

Hmmmm!

[oz]

Stop it!

You are making me hungry...

That sounds really good, will have to try it.

[cayalee]

its a bit beyond my student cooking time budget but wouldnt whinge if someone cooked me it, sounds lovely!

[daacosta]

its a bit beyond my student cooking time budget but wouldnt whinge if someone cooked me it, sounds lovely!

I am a student too A graduate student! This recipe was perfect for today when I had to clean my bathroom, do the laundry and, yes... clean the kitchen. I had a light breakfast with coffee and peanut butter sandwiches then I started the ribs. During the first 45 minutes of brasing of the ribs with the dry rub (I did it the night before ) at 400F I placed my clothes in the laundry machine and then proceeded to clean my restroom (not the tub just yet...) Took a bath and cleaned the tub in the meantime...

Now, with my restroom clean, I proceeded to check on the ribs and after 10 more minutes when the timer alarm went off I placed the three beers and the mashed garlic, lowered the temperature of the oven, and resetted the timer to 2 1/2 hours. Meanwhile, I cleaned the kitchen, vaccummed my apartment, and placed my clothes in the drier... All that was filthy was what I was wearing at the time and one single kitchen pot... Even more, I had time to exercise a little, post the recipe on the forums, read a little, it was actually quite boring... By the time my ribs were ready it was lunch time and, having already cleaned my apartment, I could only feel happy... Boy were those ribs worth my time!

Anyway... I guess that was TMI Sorry!

Do try the ribs, they are delicious, nutritious, and most definitely a cheap dish to fix at home. I froze the leftovers and stored the resulting sauce in the fridge... I wont's have to cook for a whole week and I can fix sandwiches with the meat that literally falls from the bones. I also stored the bones to make veal stock for other dishes I intend to prepare...

Tomorrow I will fix chocolate souffle