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Home-Style Slow Cooker Short Rib Dinner
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If short ribs aren't a regular sight on your dinner table, they're about to become one. Cooked with a hearty mixture of carrots on potatoes, these fall-off-the-bone crockpot short ribs are too good to make just once.
serves/makes:
ready in:
over 5 hrs
over 5 hrs
2 reviews
ingredients
4 pounds lean beef short ribs, cut into small pieces
4 medium potatoes, peeled and cut into quarters
4 large carrots, peeled, pared and cut into 2-inch pieces
1 large onion, chopped
2 stalks celery, chopped
1/2 cup water
1 tablespoon beef bouillon granules
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon dried crushed basil
1 package dry onion or mushroom soup mix
Gravy
2 tablespoons corn starch (more if needed)
1/4 cup water
directions
Place ribs in a large crock pot. Add onions and celery. Place carrots and potatoes around and on top of ribs.
Mix water, beef bouillon, Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, basil and soup mix. Pour over vegetables and ribs. Cover with lid.
Cook on high for 4-6 hours or low for 8-10 hours.
Turn crock pot heat to high. With slotted spoon, remove carrots, potatoes and ribs from crock pot. Arrange on large platter.
In small jar or bowl, add corn starch. Gradually add water until cornstarch is dissolved. Pour this into hot crock pot liquid, stirring constantly until thickened.
Serve as gravy with ribs and vegetables.
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crock pot notes
Crock pots/slow cookers all heat differently. There is no standard among manufacturers. Cooking times are suggested guidelines based on our testing. Please adjust cooking times and temps to work with your brand and model of slow cooker.nutrition data
756 calories, 37 grams fat, 29 grams carbohydrates, 73 grams protein per serving.
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reviews & comments
October 24, 2014
Simple and delicious dinner. Subbed 2 cans veg all and condensed French onion soup and my husband loved it!
March 21, 2011
Very hearty and fall of the bone, a bit greasy because I used "chuck"