Beer-Braised Short Ribs

Name: Beer-Braised Short Ribs
Yield: Serves 4 to 6
Ingredients: 5 pounds, beef short rib (6 to 8 ribs), trimmed of excess fat; 2 tablespoons, vegetable oil; 2 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 3 pounds, yellow onions, halved and sliced thin; 2 tablespoons, tomato paste; 24 ounces, beer (2 bottles), dark bottled beer such as Newcastle Brown Ale and O'Doul's Amber Nonalcoholic; 2 tablespoons, Minute Tapioca; 2 , bay leaves; 2 teaspoons, minced fresh thyme leaves; 2 tablespoons, soy sauce; 12 , pitted prunes; 3 tablespoons, Dijon mustard; 2 tablespoons, minced fresh parsley leaves

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Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2006, America's Test Kitchen TV

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Slow Cooker

Beef short ribs, which contain lots of fat and connective tissue, are ideal for long, slow cooking. We wanted to develop a recipe for the slow cooker that would produce meaty ribs in a rich, oniony sauce.

SERVES4 to 6

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Beef short ribs, which contain lots of fat and connective tissue, are ideal for long, slow cooking. We wanted to develop a recipe for the slow cooker that would produce meaty ribs in a rich, oniony sauce.Thoroughly browning the ribs first g...

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