Simple Oxtail Ragout Stew Recipe
Ingredients
| 4 pounds oxtails, cut up | ||
| Salt | 2 Teaspoon | |
| Garlic salt | 1 Teaspoon | |
| Sugar | 1 Teaspoon | |
| Pepper | 1/4 Teaspoon | |
| Whole Cloves | 6 | |
| Bay Leaf | 1 | |
| 1 envelope instant beef broth OR: 1 beef-flavor bouillon cube | ||
| Tomato juice | 1 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Water | 1 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Carrots package | 1 | |
| 6 medium-size onions | ||
| 2 small acorn squashes | ||
Directions
MAKING
1. In a kettle or Dutch oven, place oxtails and allow them to brown in their own fat.
2. Add salt, garlic salt, sugar, pepper, cloves, bay leaf, beef broth or bouillon cube, tomato juice, and water to the oxtails. Cover and heat to a boil.
3. Reduce the heat and allow the meat to simmer for 2 ½ hours till meat is soft and tender.
4. On a cutting board pare carrots and cut diagonally in 2-inch lengths. Peel onions and halve. Trim the squashes and halve and scoop out seeds, then slice 1/2 inch thick.
5. Place carrots and onions around meat in kettle and arrange squashes on top; cover again.
6. Allow the entire consommé to simmer for 1 hour. The meat will easily separate from the bones when it becomes so soft. The vegetables will become tender. Remove from heat.
SERVING.
7. Spoon the meat and vegetables on a heated serving platter draining the juices from the kettle onto the platter.
8. Serve with hot, steaming rice.
1. In a kettle or Dutch oven, place oxtails and allow them to brown in their own fat.
2. Add salt, garlic salt, sugar, pepper, cloves, bay leaf, beef broth or bouillon cube, tomato juice, and water to the oxtails. Cover and heat to a boil.
3. Reduce the heat and allow the meat to simmer for 2 ½ hours till meat is soft and tender.
4. On a cutting board pare carrots and cut diagonally in 2-inch lengths. Peel onions and halve. Trim the squashes and halve and scoop out seeds, then slice 1/2 inch thick.
5. Place carrots and onions around meat in kettle and arrange squashes on top; cover again.
6. Allow the entire consommé to simmer for 1 hour. The meat will easily separate from the bones when it becomes so soft. The vegetables will become tender. Remove from heat.
SERVING.
7. Spoon the meat and vegetables on a heated serving platter draining the juices from the kettle onto the platter.
8. Serve with hot, steaming rice.
Chef
