Hearty Oxtail Soup Food

OXTAIL SOUP I

Steps:

• Rehydrate dried mushrooms in hot water for 30 to 45 minutes. Drain, and slice.
• Trim all fat off oxtails. Spread on a shallow roasting pan. Roast at 450 degrees F (230 degrees C) for 45 minutes. Drain off fat, reserving about 2 tablespoons.
• Add 1 cup of water to roasting pan in which oxtails were browned. Heat, stirring constantly, to dissolve browned bit. Reserve.
• In a large stock pot, saute onion, carrots, parsnip, mushrooms and turnip in reserved fat until soft, about 10 minutes. Add browned oxtails. Drizzle brandy over the saute. Ignite.
• Pour reserved water and browning over the oxtails and vegetables. Add remaining 5 cups of water. Add savory, bay leaf, barley, salt, and pepper. Bring to boil, and then reduce heat. Cover, and simmer slowly for 2 hours. Adjust seasonings.

LINDA'S OXTAIL AND BARLEY SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a heavy frying pan over medium-high heat. Saute oxtails in the hot oil, turning until browned on all sides, about 3 minutes per side. Drain on paper towels.
• Transfer oxtails to a large Dutch oven or soup pot. Add water, bouillon, sazon, parsley, garlic, and pepper. Bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, until tender, about 1 hour. Add more water if necessary.
• Remove oxtails to a plate to cool. Skim the grease off the surface of the soup, using a gravy separator if desired. Add potatoes, tomatoes, parsnip, mushrooms, onion, barley, celery, carrot, and bay leaves to the soup. Bring to a boil; lower heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, about 20 minutes.
• While the vegetables are cooking, cut as much meat as possible off the oxtail bones. Add the chopped meat and the bones back to the soup. Simmer for another 20 minutes. Remove bones and bay leaves from the soup before serving.

HEARTY OXTAIL SOUP RECIPE

Steps:

• Season oxtail well on all sides with salt and pepper.
• In a dutch oven (or large pot), drizzle olive oil all over the bottom and brown all sides of each ox tail. Once they are all brown, remove and place them in a bowl. Add the onion and garlic to the pot, sautee until soft and translucent.
• Return the oxtail, plus all the juices that have collected in the bowl, into your dutch oven. Add the spinach and kale and pour in the beef broth. Cover, bring it to a boil and then reduce heat. Let it simmer for 3 hours. Once the meat is tender and falling off the bone, toss in the carrots and cook until they are soft.
• This dish is thicker than most broth-based soups but not as thick as stew. I love this stew just like it is on a cold day. But it's also delicious over rice or with egg noodles.

RICH BEEF BARLEY SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large pot or Dutch oven, such as Le Creuset. Add the oxtails, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper and cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes until browned all over. Remove the oxtails with a slotted spoon and reserve.
• Add the leeks, carrots, onion, celery, and garlic to the fat in the pot and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes, until the vegetables start to brown. Tie the thyme sprigs together with kitchen string and add to the pot along with the bay leaves. Return the oxtails to the pot and add the broth, 1 teaspoon of salt, and 1 teaspoon of pepper. Raise the heat and bring to a boil. Lower the heat, cover, and simmer for 1 hour. Discard the thyme bundle and the bay leaves, and skim off the fat.
• Meanwhile, bring 4 cups of water to a boil and add the barley. Simmer uncovered for 30 minutes, drain, and set aside.
• When the soup is ready, add the barley and cook the soup for another 15 or 20 minutes, until the barley is tender. Depending on the saltiness of the stock, the soup might need another teaspoon of salt and some pepper. Serve hot, with or without the oxtails.

HEARTY OXTAIL SOUP

Steps:

• In a stockpot, saute the oxtails, carrots, onion, celery, leeks and green pepper in butter until vegetables are crisp-tender. Add the tomatoes, bouillon, seasonings and water. Bring to a boil. Skim off any foam. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 2-3 hours or until the meat is tender. , Stir in barley; cover and continue to simmer until tender, about 1 hour. Add additional water if necessary. , Remove oxtails; set aside until cool enough to handle. Remove meat from bones; discard bones and cut meat into cubes. Return meat to soup. Garnish with parsley.

OXTAIL SOUP (MALAYSIAN STYLE)

Steps:

• Heat up the vegetable oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add the oxtail and sear it until both sides turn slightly brown.
• Add the onion, ginger, garlic and saute together for a minute.
• Add sufficient water to over all the ingredients.
• Put the coriander seeds, cloves, cardamoms, and star anise in a piece of cloth and tie it to form a bouquet garni.
• Add the coriander leaves, ground cumin, cinnamon stick, the bouquet garni and bird's eye chilies.
• Start boiling over high heat until it boils and then continue over medium heat for 2 hours until the oxtail is tender. Skim off any impurity, scum, and fat that accumulates at the top occasionally.
• Add the tomato, potato, and carrot. Simmer for 20 minutes.
• Season with salt, pepper, and sugar.
• When it is ready to serve, squeeze the lime juice into the soup.
• Ladle the oxtail soup into a bowl, garnish with crispy deep fried shallots and coriander leaves. Serve.

OXTAIL SOUP

Steps:

• Pat the oxtail pieces dry with paper towels then season them with salt and pepper. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a 6-quart Dutch oven or soup pot set over medium-high heat. Working in batches, add a portion of the oxtails and brown them on all sides, transfer to a plate and continue until all the oxtails have browned, about 20 minutes.
• Add the beef broth, wine, garlic, herb bundle and bay leaves to the Dutch oven and bring to a boil. Return the browned oxtail to the pot, then reduce the heat to low, cover and simmer for 3 hours.
• Using tongs, transfer the cooked oxtails to a plate and reserve, remove and discard rosemary/thyme sprig bundle. Transfer the cooking liquid into a smaller container and place in the freezer until the fat comes to the top and solidifies, about 1 hour.
• Remove the container of liquid from the freezer and scoop off the solidified fat and discard. Transfer the oxtails to a cutting board and remove the meat, discard the bones and any grizzle. Reserve the oxtail meat on a plate.
• Heat the remaining 3 tablespoons oil in the empty Dutch oven or soup pot and heat over medium-high. Add onions, leeks and celery. Sauté until onions are translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the carrots, parsnips and potatoes, cooking liquid and the meat, Bring the soup to a boil then reduce the heat to low, cover and simmer until the vegetables are tender, stirring occasionally, about 30 minutes.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper. Ladle into bowls, garnish with chopped parsley and serve. This oxtail soup will be even tastier the next day after all those yummy flavors mingle together overnight.

HEARTY OXTAIL STEW

Steps:

• Roll oxtails in flour, lightly and evenly brown them in butter in a large stew pot.
• Add water, salt and pepper, onions, canned tomatoes (be sure to include all the liquid as well), tomato paste, Worcestershire, sugar, celery salt, cloves, bay leaves and carrots to the pot.
• Bring ingredients to a boil; cover, and simmer for 2 hours, stirring occasionally.
• Add green beans, potatoes and barley to the stew. Simmer for 1 more hour, stirring occasionally.
• Let cool and skim grease if desired. Serve and enjoy! :).
• If you can't eat all of it, don't worry, it's even more delicious & flavorful the next day! It also freezes quite well.

OXTAIL SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter, add pieces of tail in a large stockpot.
• When the meat begins to brown, add onion.
• When onion is a deep gold, add stock, carrot, celery, tomatoes, wine and herbs tied securely in a cheesecloth bag.
• Season with remaining ingredients and simmer until meat is very tender, about 3 hours.
• Remove herbs.
• Separate meat of the oxtail from the bones; discard bones.
• Reheat soup and serve with a little of the meat in each bowl.