Beef Short Ribs Recipe - Bourbon BBQ
This recipe was created with BBQ in mind. When you make my BBQ sauce you'll understand why. Without lighting up the grill you can still be in the spirit of the outdoors and enjoy deliciously tender Beef short ribs. Big Mise-En-Place (being prepared and organized) but worth every effort!
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Recipe Ingredients
- 6 pounds Beef Short Ribs
- 1 cup Flour seasoned with salt and pepper
- 1 tablespoon Clarified Butter or Garlic Olive Oil
- 2 cups Yellow Onion, chopped into big dice
- 1 cup Leeks cut into ¼” to ½” chunks
- 4 Celery Stalks cut into a bias about ¼” thick
- 2 Jalapeño Chili Peppers seeded and diced
- 1 Green Pepper, large dice
- 1 Red Pepper, large dice
- 6 to 8 Whole Garlic cloves
- ½ cup Dark Brown Sugar
- 2 cups Tomatoes chopped
- 2 tablespoons Thyme, Oregano and Rosemary chopped and mixed together
- 2 tablespoons Chipotle Chilies in Adobo Sauce
- ¼ cup Maple or an aged Balsamic Vinegar
- 2 tablespoons Worcestershire Sauce
- 1 teaspoon Dried Mustard
- 3 to 4 cups Beef Stock
- ¼ teaspoon Liquid Smoke
- ½ cup Maple Bourbon
Recipe Instructions
- Preheat Oven to 375°F/190°C
- Pat ribs dry and dredge them in seasoned flour. In a frying pan, heat some clarified butter (or olive oil if you do not have the butter) and sear the ribs until golden brown. Remove from the pot and reserve.
- In an oven proof pot, add some galic olive oil when hot add the chopped onions and sweat them for 5 minutes until a golden brown. Add the leeks, celery and all the peppers and sweat for 2 minutes. Add the jalapeno chili peppers, garlic and when fragrant add all the remaining ingredients except the liquid smoke and the Bourbon.
- Add the Ribs and cook for about 2 ½ to 3 hours or until a fork tender. Add the liquid smoke and the Bourbon and adjust seasoning.
Pro-Tips
To learn How to Make Clarified Butter - click here
For the BBQ Sauce Recipe - click here
