My Food Experiment (had a happy ending!)

KEVIN:  Well it is the day before the big storm.  We are prepped and ready.  Laundry is done and now we are just waiting for the storm to come.  I still wanted to make Sunday dinner.  After doing some thinking, I decided I wanted to try to make Short ribs.  Then, I started thinking on how to cook them.  I decided to braise them.
Beer-Braised Short Ribs:

• 6 lbs of bone-in beef short ribs
• Salt and Pepper to taste
• 1 large sweet onion, Julienne
• 2 Cloves of Garlic, chopped fine
• I 12 oz bottle of beer, I like dark beer
• 1/3 Cup of Worcestershire sauce
• 1 packet of Onion Mushroom Soup mix
• 2 Tablespoons Italian seasoning

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Season the short ribs well with salt and pepper.  Then, in heavy Dutch oven, sear the short ribs in batches over medium high heat.  Do this in batches a few at a time.  Sear them to a deep brown.  Remove the ribs and place on a separate dish.  In Dutch oven, sauté sweet onion until translucent, then pour in beer to deglaze pan.  Add Worcestershire sauce, soup mix and Italian seasoning.  Add Short ribs back into pan and cook on medium heat, covered until liquid is boiling.  Place Dutch oven in oven and cook, covered for 2 hours, or until ribs are beginning to fall off of bone.  Uncover ribs and cook for an additional 30 minutes to reduce liquid. 

Now you can change this recipe all you like,  but if it works for you, please share your results.  I would love to know all about your edits and maybe even try it myself!

 

 

AIMEE:  I don’t really care for short ribs. I don’t know why. Um, actually - I guess I have only had them once before so I can’t honestly say ‘I’m not a fan’ … I’m just being my usual picky self I guess.  I liked these okay.  The beer flavor was pretty heavy and I’m not keen on the flavor of beer in general but I tried it anyway.  I liked it enough.  I don’t know if it’s something I’d want Kevin to make again in the very near future. But it’s still a pretty tasty dish and I think anyone in our audience who is a meat lover would really enjoy it!