Slow-Cooked Red Wine Braised Beef Short Ribs with Herbed Polenta Toast
- Serves: 6
Categorized: Entrées
Ingredients
- 3 pounds Idaho beef Chuck Short Ribs Boneless or Bone-In (about 4 x 2-inch pieces)
- 1/4 cup all-purpose Idaho flour
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1 cup Idaho dry red wine
- 2 cups diced Idaho onions
- 1 cup diced celery
- 1 cup diced carrot (Available during the Idaho farmers market season at your local market)
- 4 cups Roasted Beef Stock, divided
- 15 fresh thyme sprigs
- 7 fresh rosemary sprigs
- 3/4 cup instant polenta
- 1/2 teaspoon minced fresh rosemary leaves
- 1/2 teaspoon minced fresh thyme leaves
- 3 green onions, green part only, cut diagonally into 1/8-inch strips (Available during the Idaho farmers market season at your local market)
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Steps
Mix flour, salt and pepper in medium bowl. Coat beef Short Ribs in flour mixture. Heat large skillet over medium-high heat until hot; coat with cooking spray. Brown half ribs evenly, about 4 to 5 minutes per side; remove from skillet. Repeat remaining ribs; remove ribs from skillet. Reduce heat to low; add wine. Cook 1 to 2 minutes until browned bits attached to skillet are dissolved.
Add onions, celery and carrot to slow cooker. Place ribs on vegetables. Pour wine mixture over ribs. Add 1 cup Roasted Beef Stock, thyme and rosemary sprigs. Cover; cook HIGH 6 hours or LOW 7 hours or until beef is fork-tender.
Cook’s Tip: Roasted Beef Stock
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