Beef ribs are one of the most delicious parts of the carcass. After long cooking, they become very tender and soft. There are many recipes for beef ribs, they can be fried, stewed, cooked and baked in the oven. Here are presented only the most delicious and most original recipes.
Sesame Ribs
A very original recipe for making tender meat. For cooking, you need to use various heat treatment techniques, which gives elegance and incredible taste.
To make a really tasty dish, it is recommended to use only fresh meat that has not yet been frozen.
Essential Ingredients
The list of these products is designed for 4-6 servings. It is necessary to take:
- beef ribs - 1.5 kg (if you use calf meat, then the cooking time will be significantly reduced);
- ketchup - 100 g;
- eggs - 2-3 pcs. (necessary before the last cooking step - frying);
- soy sauce;
- starch - 1 tbsp. l (this ingredient is needed to make the sauce thicker, you can also use corn or potato);
- sesame seeds - 20 g;
- vegetable oil.
The recipe for braised beef ribs uses white sesame, but black can be taken if desired. It will be more profitable to look at the presentation of the dish.
How to cook
Follow exactly the step by step instructions:
- The first step is to marinate the meat. To do this, place in any deep capacity ribs, the minimum amount of soy sauce and sprinkle with your favorite seasonings. Of spices, this type of meat is well suited: rosemary, tarragon, any kind of pepper, coriander. Place the bowl with ribs in the refrigerator for the whole night.
- The next day, the meat should be slightly fried in vegetable oil. After pouring water and simmer it until it becomes soft. At the end of the heat treatment, set the ribs aside so that they cool.
- In a deep plate, break the eggs and stir them with sesame seeds, you can add quite a bit of salt.
- Breed the ribs in the egg mixture and fry them in a pan until golden brown.
- Now you need to make the sauce. To do this, take the liquid in which the meat was stewed, add a little soy sauce and ketchup, put on fire, add starch. Keep on low heat until the mass begins to thicken.
Serve the ribs best with boiled or fried potatoes, after watering them with cooked sauce.
Oven beef ribs recipe
Oven cooked ribs go well with potatoes. When a vegetable is cooked with meat, it acquires an unforgettable aroma and taste. In order to make the dish really tasty and original, the main thing is to marinate the meat deliciously. If you have time, then the pickling process should be quite long, because the more meat is in the marinade, the faster it cooks and juicier it turns out.
Grocery list
To prepare beef ribs with potatoes according to the recipe , you need to take the following ingredients:
- ribs - 1.2 kg;
- dill;
- mustard - 2 tbsp. l (in this case, you can use any kind of mustard, if you like spicy food, then classic, if not, French);
- olive oil;
- potatoes - 1.5 kg.
Culinary experts recommend adding soy sauce to the marinade.
Cooking process
To make the ribs really tasty, it is recommended to follow the step-by-step instructions exactly:
- Cut the ribs into small portions and rinse thoroughly. Put them in a bowl and mix well with mustard, vegetable oil, soy sauce and spices. The following spices are recommended: marjoram, oregano, rosemary.
- Cover the bowl with foil, bag or something else and put in a cold place overnight. The pickling process may be faster, but in this case there is a risk that the meat is not marinated enough.
- When the pickling process is over, you need to start preparing potatoes. Vegetable needs to be peeled, washed and cut into thin rings. Then it must be fried in deep fat or in a pan until half cooked.
- Take a baking sleeve, put ribs and fried potatoes in it, add a small amount of water.
- Turn on the oven 180 degrees.
- Put food to bake for 60 minutes. After this time, you need to remove the sleeve, pour all the products on a baking sheet and cook for another 10 minutes in the oven at a higher temperature, so that a beautiful and golden crust appears.
When serving, you can pour the dish with the juice that remained during cooking, sprinkle with a small amount of parsley, dill or cilantro. This completes the preparation of beef ribs in the oven according to the recipe (in the photo the dish looks delicious).
Sweet and sour ribs
The charm of this dish is the preparation of an unusual sauce, thanks to which the taste of the main product is quite extravagant, and the appearance of the ribs incredibly awakens the appetite.
To prepare these ribs in sweet and sour sauce, you should prepare the following products:
- ribs - 1.5 kg;
- seasoning for grilled dishes.
For sweet and sour sauce you need to take:
- garlic - 5 cloves (it is best to squeeze it through the garlic, or grate it on a fine grater);
- chili pepper - 1 pc.;
- brown sugar - 1 cup (if you do not find this product, then ordinary sugar needs half as much);
- soy sauce - 4 tbsp. l (this is the minimum amount of ingredient, if you like soy sauce, then you can add much more);
- hot mustard - 1.5 tbsp. l .;
- water - 100 ml.
Step-by-step recipe for beef ribs (with photo)
The cooking process:
- Cut the ribs into small pieces and throw in a pot of water. Cook the meat until it is soft. If ribs of an adult animal are used, then the cooking time may be delayed up to 2-3 hours. In case of using calf ribs, cooking will last up to 1 hour.
- Take a saucepan and mix in it chopped garlic, sugar, soy sauce, mustard and finely chopped chili. You can also add various spices, for example, rosemary, a mixture of peppers or marjoram. If you like unusual flavor combinations, a small amount of orange peel is also recommended in the sauce.
- When the ribs are ready, they should be pulled out of the water and the meat should be separated from the bones.
- Transfer the meat to a pan where the ingredients for the sweet and sour sauce were mixed and put on fire.
- Stew meat at low temperature for another 12-18 minutes. Until the sauce thickens.
Note! In this case, the meat is removed from the bone, but if you wish, you can not do this. The recipe does not have strict guidelines for this process.
Also, if desired, the ribs can be pre-marinated in a small amount of vegetable oil, soy sauce and pepper. In this case, the cooking process will be faster, and the ribs will turn out even juicier.
Now you know some original and interesting recipes for making beef ribs. Each of them is ideal for everyday use or for a festive table. And the last - never be afraid to experiment, because if not for the bold decisions of the culinary specialists, the world would not have seen a lot of very tasty dishes.