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Braised Short Ribs with Asian Flavors

As good as it gets

Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
5 hrs
Total Time
5 hrs 30 mins
Servings: 8 - 10 servings
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Chinese

Ingredients

  • 10 short ribs boneless, cut in half
  • 1 cup soy sauce
  • ½ cup sugar or 1/2 cup honey
  • 1 bulb fennel chopped into small pieces
  • 12 scallions trimmed
  • 2 cinnamon sticks 3 inch pieces
  • 10 lices ginger nickel-sized
  • 1 teaspoon black peppercorns
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

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  1. Preheat your oven to 200° F.
  2. I started by prepping all my ingredients before starting. This is called Mise en Place.
  3. Heat up two French/Dutch oven on top of the stove and brown the meat on all sides. Don't crowd the pans. If you have to brown the meat in batches, that's OK and better than steaming the meat.
  4. Once all the meat is brown, divide the soy sauce equally between the two pots.
  5. Equally portion the sugar, fennel pieces, scallions, cinnamon sticks, ginger and peppercorns into each pot.
  6. Cover the French or Dutch ovens and cook in the oven for 5 to 6 hours or until the meat is very tender and shreds easily with a fork.
  7. Taste and adjust seasonings with salt and pepper.
  8. We served the ribs with mashed sweet/yellow potatoes and salad greens the first night. The next night we ate the leftovers with steamed cauliflower.