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Oven-Baked Beef Ribs with Vegetables
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Oven-Baked Beef Ribs with Vegetables with homemade chicken stock – Gluten-free version

Juicy beef ribs slow-cooked in the oven until the meat melts off the bone — a showstopping dish for Shabbat and holidays. Gluten-free version: Gluten-free soy sauce (tamari).

⏱ 5 hr 34 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Israeli👩‍🍳 Afoona🧩 3 parts

👨‍🍳 Method

For the homemade chicken stock ✓ Homemade · or skip – back to store-bought

  1. 1
    Put the chicken, the onion, carrot, celery, parsley, bay leaves and peppercorns and the water in a pot and bring to a boil. Skim off the foam that rises during the first 15 minutes with a spoon.
    StovePot
  2. 2
    Turn down and simmer gently 2.5–3 hours.
    Stove
    💡A gentle simmer, not a boil: a hard boil dries the food out and clouds it, a slow simmer cooks it evenly.
  3. 3
    Strain the stock.
    Colander

To assemble

  1. 4
    Preheat the oven to 160°C (320°F).
    Oven
    💡Put things in the oven only once it's reached temperature, after the heating light has gone off: an oven that hasn't reached temperature changes baking times, and the bake burns outside or stays underbaked.
  2. 5
    Season the ribs with the salt, black pepper, paprika and turmeric.
  3. 6
    Heat the oil in a wide pot that can go in the oven and brown the ribs 3–4 minutes per side, until a brown crust forms. Remove to a plate.
    StoveCast-iron pot
    💡Brown the meat in batches, without crowding: in a crowded pot it stews in its own juices instead of searing.
    💡What you brown (meat, patties, schnitzel) goes into hot oil: in lukewarm oil it soaks it up and comes out greasy. For onion and garlic that you soften, oil heated over medium or low heat is enough; do not wait for it to smoke.
  4. 7
    Add the onion, celery and carrot to the oil left in the wide pot and fry 5 minutes, stirring now and then, until the onion is soft and translucent and starts to turn golden at the edges. If it browns too fast, lower the heat.
    StoveWide, shallow pot
    💡Add by cooking time: what needs long (onion, carrot, meat) goes in first, and what burns fast (garlic, dry spices) goes in last, only until fragrant.
  5. 8
    Add the garlic and fry about 30 seconds to 1 minute, just until fragrant. Don't let the garlic brown.
    Stove
    💡Garlic burns quickly and turns bitter. Add it only after the onion has softened, over medium heat, and add the next ingredient as soon as it smells fragrant.
  6. 9
    Add the wine, stock, gluten-free soy sauce, honey and bay leaves and bring to a boil.
    Stove
  7. 10
    Return the ribs to the pot.
  8. 11
    Cover the pot and put it in the oven for 2.5–3 hours, until the ribs come away from the bone.
    OvenCast-iron pot
    💡In the oven, heat reaches the pot from all sides, not just from below: a large cut cooks slowly and evenly for hours without sticking to the bottom.
  9. 12
    Serve with the sauce.
535calories
40 gprotein
21 gcarbs
28 gfat
● protein 32%● carbs 17%● fat 51%

Per serving, servings (calculated for this version)

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (4) · 🍳 2 cooking vessels

  • Oven · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Toaster oven (Fits one small pan; good for small batches) · Air fryer (Small batches only, no runny batters) · Pot (Only for covered stews on the stovetop, no browning on top)
  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Wide, shallow pot · Also works: Deep skillet (sauté pan) (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Pot (Layers instead of a single layer)
  • Cast-iron pot · Also works: Pot (Holds less heat, burns on the bottom) · Glass / ovenproof baking dish (In the oven, covered with foil)

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