Slow Cooked Bourbon Braised Beef Back Ribs Recipes

MAPLE BOURBON BRAISED SHORT RIBS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325°F (165°C).
• Pat the short ribs dry and season them generously with salt and pepper. Add olive oil to a large, oven safe Dutch oven and place on medium-high heat. Working in batches, add the short ribs and sear until browned on all sides, 4 to 5 minutes per side. Transfer to a plate and repeat until all short ribs have been browned.
• Reduce the heat to medium and add the onion to the pan with the short rib drippings. Cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5-6 minutes. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute.
• Add the bourbon and maple syrup and scrape the bottom of the pan to deglaze any stuck bits off the bottom surface. Continue to cook until the liquid is reduced by half, approximately 3 to 4 minutes.
• Stir in the broth, thyme, tomato paste, and Worcestershire sauce. Place the short ribs down in the sauce until almost completely covered by the liquid. Add more water or broth if needed to cover the ribs.
• Increase the heat to medium-high and bring the mixture to a boil. Cover and transfer the Dutch Oven to the preheated oven. Cook stirring every 45 minutes until the ribs are fall apart tender, approximately 2.5-3 hours. Carefully transfer the ribs to a serving platter and cover loosely with aluminum foil and let them rest for at least 10 minutes.
• While the short ribs are resting make the glaze by combining the maple syrup and Worcestershire sauce in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Cook, stirring frequently until the mixture is reduced to a thick glaze, approximately 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

SLOW BRAISED BEEF SHORT RIBS

Steps:

• Season the ribs liberally with herbs and salt and pepper. Place in a large non-reactive bowl or deep container and cover with wine. Marinate for 12 hours in the refrigerator.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Remove ribs from marinade, pour all the wine into a sauce pot, and reduce by half. Meanwhile, heat a layer of olive oil in a large cast iron pan over medium-high heat. Sear ribs on all sides until well browned. Place browned ribs into a braising or deep roasting pan. Brown onion, carrots, celery, and garlic in the same cast iron pan, adding more oil as needed. Scatter browned vegetables over the ribs. Add the reduced wine, the stock, bay leaves, and mushrooms. Cover the pan with parchment paper and foil and place in the oven for 5 hours. Transfer from the oven and allow the ribs to rest for 1 hour before removing the bones. Skim any fat from the sauce. Remove vegetables from the pan and set aside. While ribs are resting, strain sauce into a sauce pot and reduce for 1 hour. Pour hot sauce over ribs and vegetables and serve.

GARLIC BRAISED SHORT RIBS WITH RED WINE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 275 degrees. Heat oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Season short ribs on all sides with salt and pepper. Working in batches, sear short ribs on all sides until deeply and evenly browned, 6 to 8 minutes per batch. Transfer browned short ribs to a large plate and continue with remaining ribs.
• Pour off all but 2 tablespoons of remaining fat, leaving the good browned bits behind. Reduce heat to medium, and add garlic, cut side down and cook, undisturbed, until golden brown, about 1 to 2 minutes. Add onion, celery and carrots and season with salt and pepper. Toss to coat and continue to cook until vegetables are softened but not yet browned, about 5 to 10 minutes. Add tomato paste and stir to coat. Continue to cook, stirring occasionally, until tomato paste has started to caramelize a bit on the bottom and up the edges of the pot, about 2 to 3 minutes.
• Add red wine and, using a wooden spoon, scrape up any browned or caramelized bits. Let this simmer 2 to 3 minutes, just to take the edge off and reduce a bit. Stir in beef stock along with thyme. Using tongs, return short ribs to the pot, along with any juices that have accumulated, nestling them in there so that they are submerged (if they are just barely covered, nestle them bone side up so that all the meat is submerged, adding more beef stock or water as necessary to cover). Bring to a simmer, then cover and transfer to oven.
• Cook, undisturbed, until short ribs are meltingly tender and falling off the bone (you should be able to shred the meat with a fork), 3½ to 4 hours.
• Using tongs, remove the ribs from the pot, taking care (for presentation purposes, really) not to let the bone slip out and transfer them to a large plate. (While you could serve the short ribs right out of this pot, the vegetables have all given up their flavor and texture and aren't worth much now, so feel free to strain the sauce for easier eating.) Scatter parsley, chives and lemon zest over the top of the short ribs. Separate the fat from the sauce, season with salt and pepper and serve alongside.

BOURBON-BRAISED BEEF SHORT RIBS | TRAEGER GRILLS

Steps:

• When ready to cook, set Traeger temperature to 250°F and preheat with the lid closed for 15 minutes.
• In a small bowl, whisk together the mustard, Worcestershire sauce, and molasses.
• Coat each rib on all sides with the mustard slather sauce. Season with Traeger Prime Rib Rub.
• Make the mop sauce: In a food-safe spray bottle, combine the beef broth, soy sauce, and bourbon.
• Insert the probe into the thickest part of a short rib, avoiding the bone and any large pockets of fat. Place the short ribs, bone-side down, directly on the grill grates. Close the lid and cook, spraying with the mop sauce every 30 minutes, until the internal temperature reaches 165°F, 2-2 1/2 hours.
• Transfer the ribs to a large sheet of heavy-duty aluminum foil. Bring up the edges of the foil and spray the ribs with the remaining mop sauce. Bring the opposite sides of the foil together and fold several times, tightly encasing the ribs.
• Return the ribs to the grill grates. Continue to cook the ribs until the internal temperature reaches 195°F, about 1 hour more.
• Let the ribs rest in the foil for 15 minutes, then open the packet carefully, letting the hot steam release. Transfer the ribs to a platter, drizzle with the accumulated juices from the packet, and serve.

SLOW COOKED BOURBON BRAISED BEEF BACK RIBS

Steps:

• In small bowl or tray, mix rub ingredients thoroughly.
• Rub onto beef back ribs.
• In a large hot skillet, heat oil.
• Brown ribs for several minutes on each side in batches.
• Transfer ribs to slow cooker insert.
• Add remaining meal ingredients into slow cooker insert and mix thoroughly.
• Cover and cook for 4-6 hours.
• Serve over rice.

SLOW COOKER BARBEQUED BEEF RIBS

Steps:

• Mix water, ketchup, tomato paste, brown sugar, vinegar, mustard, and salt in a slow cooker, stirring to dissolve brown sugar and salt.
• Place short ribs into the sauce and stir to coat. Set cooker on Low, cover, and cook for 8 hours.

BRAISED BARBECUE BEEF BACK RIBS

Steps:

• Remove the membrane from the back of the ribs. In a small bowl, add the dry rub ingredients, mix well, and set aside. Put the soy marinade in a resealable plastic bag or a shallow dish. Marinate the beef back ribs for 45 minutes in the soy marinade.
• Build a fire (wood or a combination of charcoal and wood) for indirect cooking by situating the coals on only one side of the grill, leaving the other side void. Remove the ribs from the marinade, pat dry, and apply an even coat of the dry rub to all sides. Place the beef ribs on the cooker (bone side down) away from the coals, close the lid, and cook with indirect heat (approximately 250°F) for 2 hours.
• Remove the ribs from the grill and place them in the center of a doubled sheet of aluminum foil, meat side facing down. In a small bowl, combine the beef broth and Worcestershire to make the braising liquid. Pour the braising liquid over the ribs and wrap tightly in the foil to trap the juices inside. Return the foil pack to the grill, close the lid, and cook for 2 hours and 15 minutes, or until tender.
• Let the beef rest in the foil for 15 minutes before serving.
• Cooking Method
• Indirect heat
• Suggested Wood
• Hickory, Oak, Mesquite