Braised Short Rib French Dip

  4.6 – 9 reviews  • Main Dish
Level: Intermediate
Total: 5 hr 25 min
Active: 1 hr 5 min
Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

  1. 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
  2. 2 medium red onions, sliced
  3. 2 ounces red wine
  4. 2 tablespoons bacon fat
  5. 3 celery stalks, rough chopped
  6. 2 medium carrots, rough chopped
  7. 2 medium red onions, rough chopped
  8. 1 tablespoon tomato paste
  9. 12 ounces Burgundy wine
  10. 5 sprigs fresh thyme
  11. 2 bay leaves
  12. 2 sprigs fresh rosemary
  13. 3 ounces peeled garlic
  14. 32 ounces beef stock
  15. 1 1/2 pounds boneless short ribs
  16. Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
  17. Vegetable oil, for cooking
  18. 4 French sandwich rolls
  19. 8 ounces Gruyere cheese, shredded
  20. Serving suggestion: coleslaw

Instructions

  1. For the caramelized onions: Melt butter in a medium saute pan over medium heat. Add onions and cook, stirring every few minutes with a metal spoon or spatula, until a rich chocolate brown color, 30 to 45 minutes. (Do not stir too often or onions will not properly caramelize; stir often enough to prevent onions from burning.) Deglaze pan with red wine and cook an additional 2 to 3 minutes.
  2. For the short ribs: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  3. Heat bacon fat in a medium stockpot over medium-high heat. Add the celery, carrots and onions and cook until onions are browned, 5 to 7 minutes. Add tomato paste and stir constantly until well combined and deep red, 3 to 4 minutes. Stir in wine and bring to a boil. Add all herbs and garlic and stir in beef stock. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and let braising liquid simmer while preparing short ribs.
  4. Trim excess fat from short ribs and cut into four 5- to 6-ounce portions. Sprinkle all sides of the short ribs with salt and pepper. Brush bottom of a large Dutch oven with a little vegetable oil and heat until smoking hot. Add short ribs. Brown all sides and turn off the heat; turn off the heat to the braising liquid as well.
  5. Carefully ladle all the braising liquid along with the herbs and vegetables over the short ribs. Cover cook in the oven, 4 hours.
  6. Using metal tongs, carefully remove each short rib from the braising liquid and set aside to cool. Strain braising liquid. Discard vegetables and herbs, reserving liquid. Set aside.
  7. Raise oven temperature to 375 degrees F. Slice short ribs and remove any excess fat. Heat braising liquid in a medium pot. Add sliced short ribs and caramelized onions and heat approximately 5 minutes. Remove short ribs and caramelized onions and place inside French rolls; arrange on a baking sheet. Top with Gruyere and toast in oven until cheese is well melted, 5 to 7 minutes. Serve with coleslaw and a cup of warm braising liquid for dipping.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 of 4 servings
Calories 1265
Total Fat 78 g
Saturated Fat 31 g
Carbohydrates 66 g
Dietary Fiber 7 g
Sugar 13 g
Protein 60 g
Cholesterol 201 mg
Sodium 2012 mg

Reviews

Deanna Davis
Made this for my daughters family and every one loved it. I did add 50 more to every thing and got 5 big sandwiches. So Good.
Betty Davis
Very good! Took about 3 hours watch carefully, serve with rosemary fries,mmm!
Christine Brown
It was awesome.  We used pork short ribs instead of beef short ribs and it was still fantastic.  My oldest son ate two.  
Erica Carter
This is seriously the best thing ever!!! My girls love it! I can’t make enough
Heather Rojas
This is from Diners. drive-in’s, and dives Season 30 Episode 8

It looks amazing, I will be cooking it this weekend. 

Ashley Thomas
I made this and it was awesome. I couldn’t stop eating it. That’s how good it was
Jasmine Turner
So many steps for 4 French Rolls I haven’t made yet but I would make 8 for this much work involved they sound delicious But I got confused reading all the steps involved I like a challenge and good food so I hope it’s worth the work now where is the good coleslaw recipe

 

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