Braised Beef Short Ribs in Red Wine Sauce

Braised Beef Short Ribs in Red Wine Sauce is a delicious short ribs seared and slow cooked in chopped vegetables known as mirepoix, herbs, broth and red wine.

Course Main Course

Cuisine French

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 3

Total Time 3 5

Servings

Calories 796kcal

Ingredients

2 ½ pounds bone-in beef short ribs
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
3 tablespoons olive oil or bacon fat
2 medium red or yellow onion chopped
6 cloves garlic minced
1 large carrots peeled and chopped
2 celery stalks chopped
1 tablespoon tomato paste
1 ½ tablespoons flour
1 ½ cups dry red wine
2 cups beef stock or water
4 sprigs flat leaf parsley
2 teaspoons dried thyme
2 teaspoons dried oregano
1 ½ tablespoons dried rosemary
2 dried bay leaves

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Instructions

Season short ribs with salt and pepper. In a pan, heat olive oil or bacon fat over medium heat. Use a Dutch oven if you own one.
Brown short ribs on all sides for about 6 to7 minutes. Set aside.
Leave 3 tablespoons of oil or dripping in pan.
Saute onion until soft and garlic until golden.
Stir-in carrots, celery and tomato paste. Cook for 2 minutes.
Add flour, stirring constantly.
Pour red wine and add short ribs.
Bring to a boil then reduce heat. Simmer until wine is reduced by half.
Stir-in thyme, oregano, rosemary, bay leaves, parsley and beef stock. Bring to a boil.
Preheat oven at 350 degrees F.
Transfer to oven. If not using a Dutch oven, transfer to a casserole pan with cover.
Bake for about 2 ½ to 3 hours or until tender.
When done transfer to a serving plate with vegetables and sauce. If you prefer just the sauce, pour mixture in a strainer, pressing gently to extract the delicious liquid or sauce.
Remove visible fat in sauce or refrigerate so fat can harden.
Season with salt and pepper, if needed. Enjoy!

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Notes

1. Short ribs will turn dark when cooked in red wine but it is succulent and delicious.
2. I could have cooked in my slow cooker (crock pot), instant pot or stove but they were all in used. My Euro Pro Toaster Oven was the only thing available. I needed a small pan so I used an aluminum foil pan lined with a heavy duty foil that was sealed well. It worked great!
3. Let this dish seat for a day and it's even tastier.

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