Beef Short Rib French Onion Soup

Though I love French onion soup, this twist with beef short ribs adds great beef flavor and is a bit more hearty!

The crocks are something else to purchase, but at $30 for a set of four which are microwave-, oven-, and dishwasher-safe, and handy for all sorts of things, they are worth it.

Step: 1

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.

Step: 2

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.

Step: 3

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.

Step: 4

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.

Step: 5

Preheat the oven’s broiler.

Step: 6

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.

Step: 7

Place crocks under broiler until cheese is browned and bubbling, 2 to 3 minutes.

Per Serving: 1162 calories; protein 47.9g; carbohydrates 62.6g; fat 79.3g; cholesterol 176.5mg; sodium 3222.3mg.

The word “stew” can process to both a food and a make dishes method. Stewing involves not fast cooking chunks of meat, raw fruit or beans in a flavorful liquid . It’s same as to braising, but it does have a few piece of differences. The meat is chopped into few of pieces instead of being cooked whole , and the water based material completely covers the contents in a stew as compared to a braise’s halfway all of it . When meat or raw fruit are cooked using this method, the resulting dish is called stew.

Stew has a perception for making a rib-sticking eating process that warms you up on a freezing , winter day. It’s true ; a bowl of classic beef stew does have warming featured food , but stew’s cozy factor more than a way beyond protecting you from the chill . It’s all about those soft and chunks of meat and vegetables, swimming in a thick, ultra-rich gravy. The more they come together make the greatest comfort food, no matter the weather.