Easy Beer Braised Short Ribs With Delectable Gravy Food

STOUT BEER BRAISED SHORT RIBS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
• Pat the short ribs dry with a paper towel and season generously with salt and pepper. Heat the oil in a large Dutch oven, over medium high heat. Brown the short ribs on all sides, about 2-3 minutes per side, working in batches if necessary. Remove browned short ribs to a plate and discard most of the fat, leaving about 2 tablespoons in the pot.
• Lower the heat to medium and add the onions, garlic, carrots, celery and leek. Cook for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until softened and fragrant. Add the flour and cook, stirring constantly, until well combined.
• Add the beer and beef broth and, using a wooden spoon, scrape all the brown bits from the bottom of the pot. Then, stir in the brown sugar, bay leaves and thyme sprigs. Add the short ribs and bring to a boil. Once boiling, cover and transfer to the oven.
• Cook until the short ribs are very tender, about 3 hours.
• Option #1 - Serve same day. Remove pot from the oven and carefully scoop out the ribs from the pot. Remove the bones and tendons, being careful not to shred the meat. Reserve. Strain the liquid through a fine-meshed sieve into a clean saucepan. Stir in the mustard and cook the sauce until it's reduced to a consistency thick enough to coat the back of a spoon, removing the excess fat as it rises to the surface. Season sauce to taste with salt and pepper. If the short ribs have cooled, you can add them to the sauce to reheat them.
• Option #2 - Make one day ahead. Remove pot from the oven and let it cool to room temperature. Carefully remove ribs from the liquid and remove bones and tendons, being careful not to shred the meat. Strain the liquid through a fine-meshed sieve, getting rid of the veggies. Return the short ribs to the sauce and refrigerate overnight. The next day, the fat will have solidified on the surface. Remove it and discard. Remove the ribs and heat the sauce. Then, run the sauce through a fine-meshed sieve again, into a clean saucepan. Stir in the mustard and cook the sauce until it's reduced to a thick consistency. Season sauce to taste with salt and pepper. Add the short ribs to the pan to reheat.
• Serve, garnished with chopped parsley or thyme sprigs.

EASY BEER BRAISED SHORT RIBS WITH DELECTABLE GRAVY

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 275 F.
• Clean and rough chop all the veggies and set aside. Pat dry the ribs and liberally season with salt and pepper on all sides.
• Over medium-high heat the cooking oil in a braiser/Dutch oven or large heavy skillet and sear the short ribs for about 1-2 mins on each side. Work in batches so that you do not overcrowd the pan. When nicely browned, remove the short ribs and set aside.
• Lower the heat to medium, add the veggies, stir them and let them soften for a few minutes. Add the flour and tomato paste (if using) stir and cook for about a minute.
• Deglaze by adding the beer and be sure to scrape all brown bits from the bottom of the pan. Add the beef stock, the bay leaves, sage, thyme and stir in the brown sugar. Add the short ribs, distribute evenly and increase heat to bring to boil.
• Once boiling cover and place in the oven for about 3 hours. The ribs should be very tender before you take them out of the oven.
• When the short ribs are done, remove them from the braising liquid (carefully, the meat will be very tender) and let them rest for a few minutes. You can then remove the tendons and bones before you serve them.**
• Use a large, heavy skillet and complete steps #2 thru #5 from the Braiser/Dutch oven method above.
• Very carefully transfer the braising mixture and the ribs to your slow cooker and cook on low until they reach your desired tenderness.
• If you want to make a gravy from the braising liquid first scoop out the vegetables and discard them. Using a large spoon skim off and remove as much of the fat floating on top of the liquid. Then strain the braising liquid using a sieve.
• Heat a pan***over medium heat, add the strained braising liquid and the Dijon mustard and bring to simmer, mix to incorporate, add slurry and stir to thicken.

BRAISED SHORT RIBS WITH GRAVY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. Sprinkle short ribs with 1/2 teaspoon pepper and salt. In an ovenproof Dutch oven over medium-high heat, brown ribs in oil in batches. Remove meat and set aside. Add next five ingredients to drippings; cook until tender. Add wine, stirring to loosen browned bits from pan. Bring to a boil; cook until liquid is reduced by half. , Return ribs to pan. Add 4 cups broth, rosemary, oregano, bay leaf and remaining pepper; bring to a boil. Bake, covered, until meat is tender, 1-1/2 to 2 hours. Remove ribs to a serving platter and tent with foil. Discard herbs., Pour drippings and loosened browned bits from roasting pan into a measuring cup. Skim fat. Add enough remaining broth to drippings to measure 1 cup. In a small saucepan, melt butter; stir in flour until smooth. Gradually whisk in broth mixture. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly; cook and stir until thickened, 1-2 minutes. Serve with ribs.

DELICIOUS BRAISED SHORT RIBS WITH RED WINE GRAVY AND VEGETABLES

Steps:

• In a bowl mix together the flour with allspice, seasoning salt and black pepper.
• Coat the short ribs in the flour mixture to coat on all sides.
• Heat oil in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat.
• Add in the ribs and brown on all sides (this should take about 6-7 minutes).
• Transfer the ribs to a plate or bowl and reserve 2 tablespoons of the flour mix.
• Add in more oil to the pot if needed.
• Add in onions, carrots, celery and thyme; sauté for about 20-25 minutes, or until veggies begin to brown scraping the pot for any browned bits.
• Add in the fresh garlic the last 5 minutes of cooking.
• Return the ribs to the pot with any juices from the plate, arranging in a single layer if possible.
• Add in tomatoes and bay leaves.
• Add in broth, Worcestershire sauce and wine; bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to medium-low, cover pot and simmer for about 1 hour.
• Uncover the pot, then simmer uncovered for about another 30 minutes, or until the meat is tender, skimming the accumulated fat from top occasionally.
• If desired, mix the reserved 2 tablespoons of flour with a small amount of cold water to make a paste, and add to the simmering sauce the last 10 minutes of cooking to thicken.
• Season with salt and pepper.

CREAMY GRAVY-COVERED, BEER-BRAISED COUNTRY-STYLE PORK RIBS

Steps:

• Mix salt, pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder in small bowl or Ziploc bag and then sprinkle liberally over ribs. Allow the seasoned ribs to sit for about 20 minutes at room temperature.
• Heat oil in large heavy-bottomed, oven-proof Dutch oven (love my enameled cast iron Dutch oven for this). Brown the ribs on all sides. Do NOT crowd them while browning, if it takes two batches, let it take two batches (otherwise they just steam and won't develop a nice sear).
• Once ribs have browned well, remove them to a plate.
• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• There should be ample rendered fat, but if there is more than about 4 tablespoons, remove the excess. Place all sliced onions in the bottom of the pan and allow them to start to take on just a bit of color.
• Pour in about 1/4 can of beer to deglaze the bottom of the pan while the onions continue to cook.
• Once the bottom of the pan is deglazed, return ribs to the pan (with any of juices on the plate). Pour in the rest of the beer. This should just barely cover all of the ribs and onions.
• Cover and bake at 375°F for 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
• When you remove the Dutch oven from the oven, be prepared for the onions to have cooked down into gooey lusciousness, and the sides of the pan to look like a disaster. Don't worry - it will taste great.
• Remove the ribs (which will be falling apart tender) and the onions from the pan.
• Turn oven down to 325°F.
• Use the water that you will be using to make the pork gravy mix with to "deglaze" the bottom on the pan, then add the mix according to the instructions on the packet. (I originally did try using canned gravy but it tasted "canned.") Once the gravy has thickened, mix in cream of mushroom soup, the dry onion soup mix and the mushrooms.
• Place ribs and onions back in the Dutch oven and stir so that the gravy is covering the ribs.
• Cover the Dutch oven again, and return to the oven heated to 325°F.
• Cook for about 1 hour.
• Serve with mashed potatoes, noodles or rice.