Not BBQ But Good Anway

[ecowper]

It’s rainy and nasty here in the Pacific Northwest. I can’t even get outside and smoke a cigar for Veteran’s Day, let alone do I feel like smoking or grilling. So, decided to make braised short ribs in the house.

Short ribs
Red Wine
Beef stock
Fresh thyme, rosemary, oregano and parsley
Chopped onion, carrot, celery and minced garlic
tomato paste and flour

Preheat oven to 350F
Kosher salt and pepper on the ribs
Brown the short ribs in hot olive oil, reserve to a plate
cook the onion, carrot, celery until onion is translucent
Add garlic, cook until aromatic
add tomato paste and flour, stir rapidly until veggies/oil are bright red
Return short ribs to pot
Add 1/2 to 3/4 bottle of red wine
bring to simmer and reduce wine by 1/2
Add fresh herbs and stock until ribs are nearly covered
Bring to boil
Cover and put in oven
Cook until ribs are fork twist tender .... about 2 1/2 hours
Reserve ribs to plate, keep hot in oven
Strain sauce into measuring cup, then skim oil/fat off the top
Place a short rib on a bed of mashed potatoes and then spoon sauce over the rib

Serve with red wine

[Jerod Broussard]

taco soup here

[ecowper]

My wife makes a killer taco soup. But not today

[lonnie mac]

Looks DELISH to me!

3lb Cowboy just placed under the hood of the WSCGC for Vet's day.

[6th Borough BBQ]

Now that sounds perfect!

[ecowper]

lonnie mac I love braised short ribs just as much as I love ‘em smoked. And they are perfect for a cold, nasty, rainy day in the Northwest.

[lonnie mac]

They are indeed brother! I probably use my Instant Pot cooking inside as much as outdoors.

[DWCowles]

Beautiful!

[kmhfive]

Wonderful!

[Steve B]

Dang. For a rainy dreary day you sure didn’t get lazy.

Looking good brother. Looking good.

[Pirate Scott]

Looks awesome, my wife made a Chuck Roast in a Cast-iron Skillet with Gravy, Taters, and Carrots in the Oven last night. It was delicious.

[Jerod Broussard]

We do that monthly. The lid for the skillet is dependent upon what is actually clean at the time.

[ecowper]

The final result!

[JCBBQ]

Aie-yie-yie-yie-YIE! That looks good.

[6th Borough BBQ]

that looks spectacular. I'll have to add that to my list of "things to try" as I've never had them braised.

[ecowper]

6th Borough BBQ you definitely want to do this! It’s fantastic. French peasant food for the win.

[Psinderson]

That looks like a really delicious recipe. Thanks for sharing.

[ecowper]

Happy to share ... give it a shot ... it works out great.

[HouseHomey]

Nice! Is that the Costco Pit that I have? Or the real one?

[ecowper]

It’s the costco version. Love it and it’s about 1/4 the cost of the Le Creuset

[HouseHomey]

ecowper. I love mine too. I've had it for about 3 or four years I think. I picked that one over the lodge based on the reviews where some were similar in their commentary. The price was a killer bonus too! Darn that was good looking food.

[MBMorgan]

Well played sir!

[Mr. Bones]

Great Lookin' cook, brother!
Thanks fer th' tutorial, an' nice pics, as well!

[fzxdoc]

Oh man, do I ever want to bite that short rib. Excellent cook, ecowper . It doesn't have to be BBQ all the time. Taking a break from BBQ helps us appreciate it even more.

Kathryn

[ecowper]

I love all sorts of cooking. And when it’s nasty/cold/rainy outside, I will cook a lot of things like that. So does my wife. The freezer, right now, is fully stocked with potato soup and taco soup :-)

[Livermoron]

Must be the weather...we did something very similar to that in the pressure cooker. We used chuck...probably should go with short ribs next time.

Neighbors cleaned the pot out before I got back from Napa... >:[

[ecowper]

Not all bad, you were in Napa ;-) .... yeah, try short ribs. One of my favorites in the Dutch oven.

[EdF]

Yeah, we did the PC chuck the night before last. Came out good. But last night we did the local BBQ place, and it was very good.