Braised Short Ribs

We picked up a pack of boneless short ribs at Costco. Shaun is coming over for dinner on Tuesday and this should be an easy slow cooker recipe.

Ingredients

* 4 1/2 pounds 3-inch-long beef short ribs
* Coarse kosher salt
* 2 cups dry red wine
* 1 14.5-ounce can diced tomatoes in juice
* 1 6-ounce package sliced button mushrooms
* 1/2 cup finely chopped onion
* 6 garlic cloves, peeled
* 6 fresh Italian parsley sprigs
* 2 bay leaves
* Crusty bread


Preparation

Sprinkle ribs with coarse salt and pepper. Place in even layer in slow cooker. Add next 7 ingredients, cover, and cook on low heat until meat is tender, about 8 hours.

Using slotted spoon, transfer ribs to serving bowl. Discard parsley and bay leaves. Spoon fat off top of sauce and pour sauce over ribs. Serve with bread.

Alternatives...

I followed the recipe above with the following exceptions.

- Brown the ribs before putting in the slowcooker
- Reduce the red wine before adding to the cooker
- Strain the resulting sauce and turn into gravy

In retrospect I would split the boneless short ribs into two recipes, one in the slow cooker and the other into Korean bbq ribbons.