Short Rib Soup Recipes

SHORT RIB SOUP

Steps:

• Drain beans, reserving liquid; set beans aside. Place the liquid in a Dutch oven or soup kettle; add remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 2 hours or until the meat is tender. , Remove meat from bones; discard bones. Cut the meat into bite-size pieces and return to kettle. Add beans and cook for 10 minutes or until heated through. Discard bay leaf before serving.

BRAISED BEEF SHORT RIB SOUP WITH NOODLES

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Preheat oven to 300 F. Chop onion, and slice celery into roughly same size pieces as onion.
• Cut carrots lengthwise, then slice them into half-moons - again, about same size as onion and celery.
• Generously season beef short ribs with Kosher salt.
• In a large Dutch oven or heavy, oven-proof soup pot, brown beef on all sides over high heat in a small amount of oil. Remove beef from pot and set aside.
• Add carrot, celery, onion, and garlic and sauté in resulting beef juices until slightly browned.
• Add wine and use a wooden spoon or heat-proof spatula to loosen all the brown bits (called fond ) from bottom of pan.
• Add tomatoes, bay leaves, and browned beef. Add stock. If there's not enough liquid to cover meat, add water until ribs are just submerged.
• Bring to a boil, then cover with a tightly fitting lid and transfer to oven.
• Let beef braise untouched for 4 hours. Remove pot from oven and carefully remove beef ribs from braising liquid.
• Pull meat off bones (it should pretty much just fall right off) and chop it against grain into small pieces. Set aside.
• Add noodles to braising liquid and simmer over medium heat for about 8 minutes or until noodles are tender. Turn off heat.
• Add beef and stir until meat is heated through. Season to taste with kosher salt and black pepper. Serve hot.

BEEF SHORT RIB FRENCH ONION SOUP

Steps:

• Mix flour, 2 tablespoons salt, 1 tablespoon black pepper, paprika, garlic powder, and onion powder in a bowl. Dredge beef short ribs in the seasoned flour mixture. Reserve 3 tablespoons of leftover seasoned flour.
• Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat and pan-fry the beef ribs until browned on all sides, 3 to 5 minutes per side. Remove ribs and set aside. Turn heat down to medium and melt butter in the pot; cook and stir sweet onions in the butter until soft and slightly browned, about 15 minutes. Stir constantly and reduce heat if onions begin to burn.
• Stir 3 tablespoons of reserved seasoned flour mixture into the onions and cook and stir for 10 minutes; pour in beef broth and sherry. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly, until soup is slightly thickened; season with more salt and black pepper, if desired.
• Strip leaves from thyme sprigs and add leaves to the soup. Gently return short ribs to the pot, reduce heat to low, and simmer soup until ribs are tender, about 2 1/2 hours. Stir soup every hour or so.
• Preheat the oven's broiler.
• Ladle soup into oven-safe soup crocks, placing a short rib into each bowl. Top soup with 2 slices of French bread per bowl and sprinkle about 1/4 cup of Gruyere cheese over each crock.
• Place crocks under broiler until cheese is browned and bubbling, 2 to 3 minutes.

SHORT RIB AND CABBAGE SOUP

Steps:

• Early in the day, or a day in advance, combine short ribs, beef stock, 1 1/2 cups chicken stock, wine, 1 sprig thyme and 1 carrot, quartered, in saucepan. Add black pepper to taste and 4 cups water, bring to simmer and cook very gently, partly covered, until ribs are tender, about 2 hours.
• Transfer to large bowl, cool to room temperature, cover and refrigerate about 6 hours or overnight. Discard solidified fat. Remove meat, bones, carrot and herbs. Place cooking liquid in saucepan. (You should have about 4 cups; if not, add water.) Bring to simmer and set aside.
• Discard bones, fat and gristle. Cut meat into 3/4-inch dice. Set aside.
• Dice remaining carrots. Heat butter in large saucepan. Add turnip, celery, leeks, onion, potato, cabbage and carrots. Sauté until soft and barely colored. Add bay leaf, remaining thyme, liquid from cooking ribs and remaining chicken stock. Simmer, partly covered, 40 minutes. Add meat; simmer 15 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
• To serve, ladle soup into warm soup plates, and place slice of toast topped with cheese on each portion. Dust with parsley.

SLOW-COOKER SHORT RIBS

Steps:

• Sprinkle ribs with salt and pepper. In a large skillet, heat oil over medium heat. In batches, brown ribs on all sides; transfer to a 4- or 5-qt. slow cooker. Add carrots, broth, thyme and bay leaf to ribs., Add onions to the same skillet; cook and stir over medium heat 8-9 minutes or until tender. Add garlic and tomato paste; cook and stir 1 minute longer. Stir in wine. Bring to a boil; cook 8-10 minutes or until liquid is reduced by half. Add to slow cooker. Cook, covered, on low 6-8 hours or until meat is tender., Remove ribs and vegetables; keep warm. Transfer cooking juices to a small saucepan; skim fat. Discard thyme and bay leaf. Bring juices to a boil. In a small bowl, mix cornstarch and water until smooth; stir into cooking juices. Return to a boil; cook and stir 1-2 minutes or until thickened; press cancel. If desired, sprinkle with additional salt and pepper. Serve with ribs and vegetables.