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Yesterday Costco had them side by side. Picked up a shank package. Shank cheaper than oxtail, with a higher ratio of meat to bone.
It depends. I like them both. I also cook both slowly in a braise. For meat to bone ratio the cross-cut shanks are definitely a better deal. However, the unctuousness that comes from the oxtails is a nice touch for something like oxtails served over polenta. That said, now that Costco is carrying those shanks I will be buying them more often than the oxtails simply for the cost factor and amount of meat.
This is timely. We had two guys from Hawaii come into the store yesterday to get a rub for oxtail. I've never had it but it sounds interesting. They left with our prime rib rub and said they were going to smoke it. But I see how braising it would be a good method OC Sandy ...I've never braised anything before either. Actually had to go watch a YT video to get it.
Allready slow cooked a corned beef for dinner, but now that braising is on my mind, gonna go braise some leeks. 🤤
I typically smoke, then braise or pressure cook oxtail. Prime rib style rub would work, but I'm generally doing something ethnic when I use it so more island or curry flavors with the seasoning.
Oxtail soup. Fantastic comfort food for the cold season. My mom made it all through the winter each year when I was a kid. But that was when oxtails were super cheap. They were almost considered as throw away cuts back 50-60 years ago. Now? Unbelievably expensive for the amount of meat on them.
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Cross cut shank is almost always a classic Italian osso buco Milanese here. But if it’s oxtails…. A southern US style dish or Jamaican inspired dish.
I have never made, but it always has been inviting. I guess it has always seemed expensive for what I think was at one time an inexpensive cut of meat. What I cook is more often the result of what is least expensive. Currently in my part of the country the bargain is boneless skinless chicken breast or thighs at 1.75-1.99 a pound.
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