Braised Short Ribs

In this easy recipe for Braised Short Ribs, the ribs are cooked super simple in your slow cooker!

This is one of those no-brainer dinner recipes where everything gets dumped into your slow cooker, and you don’t even have to think about it for 8 hours! I love my slow cooker because when the cooking time is done, it just switches to a warm setting. This means I don’t have to be home when the end buzzer goes off. These braised short ribs turn out a meat that is pull-apart tender with a delicious sauce too.

About Short Ribs:

You should be able to buy bone-in short ribs at your regular market. If you cannot locate short ribs at your market, ask your butcher. Often times, he will have some in the back that he can cut for you- and he can trim off a lot of the fat too!

Ingredients needed:

• short ribs
• kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
• dry red wine
• canned diced tomatoes
• sliced mushrooms
• onion
• garlic
• Italian parsley
• bay leaves

How to make Braised Short Ribs:

The full, printable recipe is at the end of this post.

Using a slotted spoon, transfer the ribs to serving platter. Discard the parsley and bay leaves. Spoon the fat off the top of the sauce in the slow cooker insert and discard.

Spoon the sauce over the ribs. Be sure to serve these braised short ribs with plenty of crusty bread so you can use it to soak up all of the delicious juices. Enjoy!

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Braised Short Ribs

By RecipeGirl.com (via Bon Appetit)

Using a slow cooker makes these short ribs both simple and delicious.

Prep: 15 minutes mins

Cook: 8 hours hrs

Total: 8 hours hrs 15 minutes mins

Servings: 6 servings

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Ingredients

• ▢ 4½ pounds 3-inch-long beef short ribs
• ▢ 1½ teaspoons kosher salt, to taste
• ▢ ½ teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
• ▢ 2 cups dry red wine
• ▢ One 14.5-ounce can diced tomatoes in juice
• ▢ One 6-ounce package sliced button mushrooms
• ▢ ½ cup finely chopped onion
• ▢ 6 medium garlic cloves, peeled
• ▢ 6 sprigs fresh Italian parsley
• ▢ 2 medium bay leaves

Instructions 

• Sprinkle the ribs with salt and pepper. Place the ribs in an even layer in the slow cooker insert. Add the remaining ingredients, cover, and cook on low heat until the meat is tender, about 8 hours.
• Using a slotted spoon, transfer the ribs to serving platter. Discard the parsley and bay leaves. Spoon the fat off the top of the sauce and discard. Pour the sauce over the ribs. Serve with bread, if desired.

Notes

• Serve with crusty bread to mop up all of the wonderful juices.
• If you cannot locate short ribs at your market, ask your butcher. Often times, they have some in the back that they can cut for you- and they can trim off a lot of the fat too!

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving, Calories: 684kcal, Carbohydrates: 8g, Protein: 67g, Fat: 35g, Saturated Fat: 15g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 15g, Cholesterol: 201mg, Sodium: 904mg, Potassium: 1475mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 3g, Vitamin A: 186IU, Vitamin C: 10mg, Calcium: 63mg, Iron: 8mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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