Awesome Ribs For Pork Or Beef Food

AMAZING RIBS

Steps:

• Cut ribs into small portions of 2 or 3 bones each. Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Season water a pinch each of salt, black pepper, and crushed red pepper to the water. Boil ribs in seasoned water for 20 minutes. Drain, and let the ribs sit for about a half an hour.
• Meanwhile, preheat an outdoor grill for high heat.
• Lightly coat the ribs with barbecue sauce. Cook the ribs over high heat for a 5 to 10 minutes on each side to get a nice grilled look to them.
• Place grilled ribs in a slow cooker. Pour remaining barbecue sauce and one bottle of beer over the ribs; this should cover at least half of the ribs. Cover, and cook on High for 3 hours. Check ribs every hour or so, and add more beer if needed to dilute sauce. Stir to get the ribs on top into the sauce. The ribs are done when the meat is falling off the bone. The ribs were cooked completely in the first process, the rest is about flavor and texture.

SLOW-BRAISED BEEF SHORT RIBS RECIPE (VIDEO)

Steps:

• Pat the short ribs dry with a paper towel, if needed, and season generously all over with sea salt and black pepper. Use your hands to work in the salt. Place the flour into a large bowl and coat each short rib all over with flour; tap off any excess.
• Preheat a large stainless-steel or cast iron frying pan over medium-high heat and add a drizzle of cooking oil. Once the pan is extra hot, add in 4 to 5 short ribs and brown them all over for 8 to 10 minutes, ensuring that all sides are well browned. Remove them onto a tray, clean the frying pan and then fry the second batch. Watch my video recipe to see how it's done!
• Next, preheat a braising pan over medium heat and add the butter. To the melted butter, add the mushrooms and onion and sauté them for 4 to 6 minutes, until tender. Next, add in the minced garlic and cook for an additional minute. Season the mixture with salt, pepper and fresh herbs. Add in the wine and tomato paste and whisk everything together. Cook this mixture for a few minutes before adding the beef broth.
• Bring the sauce up to a simmer over medium-high heat and then return the short ribs to the pan, placing the ribs with the meat side facing down. Allow the sauce to come up to a simmer again, then cover the braising pan with a tight-fitting lid and reduce the temperature to low.
• Braise the beef short ribs for 3 to 3 ½ or even 4 hours, until the meat is extra tender and falls of the bone naturally. If the braising sauce reduces too much, add an additional ½ cup to 1 cup beef broth, as needed. Once the ribs are done, remove the pan from the heat and gently place the short ribs to one side of the pan. Tilt the pan slightly and use a large spoon to skim off the fat that has risen to the surface into a measuring cup. Allow this fat to cool, then dispose of it in a waste container.
• When the short ribs have approximately 30 minutes of cooking time left, prepare my Creamy Butter Mashed Potatoes recipe.
• For serving, place 1 large or 2 small ribs onto each plate, over a bed of mashed potatoes. Pour extra sauce over each rib and garnish with fresh thyme leaves.
• Alternative cooking methods: a. Pressure Cooker: brown the short ribs first, then prepare the sauce in the pressure cooker and add the ribs. Cook on the 'High' Pressure setting for 60 to 70 minutes with Natural Release 15 minutes, or use the machine setting for 'short ribs'.b. Slow Cooker: prepare the recipe as written and place the sauce and ribs into the cooker. Cover and cook on the 'high' setting for 10 to 12 hours. Add an additional ½ cup to 1 cup beef broth halfway through, if needed.

AWESOME RIBS FOR PORK OR BEEF

Steps:

• Cut ribs into individual ribs, and place all the pieces in large roasting pan.
• Scatter the thickly sliced onions over the ribs.
• Sprinkle lemon juice over the ribs.
• Bake for one hour in an oven that has been pre-heated to 350 degrees.
• Pour off ALL the fat and juice that has accumulated.
• In the meantime, make the sauce.
• To make the sauce, combine the last five ingredients in a saucepan, and cook (boil) for 20-25 minutes. Stir frequently. You want the sauce to cook down and thicken up.
• Dip cooked ribs into the sauce, and place in roasting pan. It's best if you make a single layer of ribs at this stage so, if necessary, use more than one pan.
• Dip cooked onions into sauce, and scatter over ribs.
• At this stage, you can refrigerate the concoction (covered with cling wrap) for a day or two -- so the flavours can really meld.
• Cook ribs a second time-for 30-60 minutes-in an oven that has been pre-heated to 325°F If you have refrigerated the concoction, take out of the fridge at least two hours before the second cooking. Thanks to Heystopthatnow for alerting me to the fact that I had omitted a cooking time for this step.
• Before the second cooking, baste the ribs. Then baste them again every 10 minutes. You want the ribs to be saucy.
• Serve with corn cobs, baked potatoes and salad. Garlic bread is nice, too.