TANGY BRAISED SHORT RIBS 
1 (6-ounce) can frozen lemonade concentrate
1 medium sized onion
1 (15-ounce) can tomato sauce
4 teaspoons dried parsley
2 tablespoons firmly packed brown sugar
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon each dried thyme and crushed red pepper flakes
1 bay leaf
4 1/2 to 5 pounds of short ribs

1. Thaw the lemonade concentrate, slice the onion, separate the onion slices into rings

2. Combine lemonade concentrate and tomato in large heavy saucepan. Cook stirring continually over medium-high heat until mixture is hot.

3. Add parsley, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, salt, thyme, red pepper flakes, and bay leaf to tomato sauce mixture. Add ribs.

4. Cook mixture stirring occasionally, until mixture come to a boil.

5. Cover the saucepan. Simmer stirring occasionally, until the ribs are easily pierced with a knife, about 2 1/2-3 hours.

6. Skim fat from the surface of the sauce. Discard the bay leaf. Transfer the ribs to a serving platter and spoon sauce over ribs.

Serves 6-8.

Cooking time approximately 3 hours.

Submitted by: Grandma

recipe reviews
Tangy Braised Short Ribs
   #55519
 Rob Cameron (Virginia) says:
Very tasty, hearty meal on a cold night, with egg noodles and spaghetti squash.

Opted to finish cooking it in the crock pot after step four. One question, step one, after you separate the onion rings, when do you cook them or add them to the mix?
   #69592
 TaliaChi (Illinois) says:
I make this all the time. I use a dutch oven and I braise the ribs in an oven at 350°F or so for 3 hours. I do a couple of things different. I only use half the concentrate. Otherwise, it way too oily. I've omitted the thyme and bay leaf whenever I didn't have it and it is just fine with out them. I also use a couple of table spoons of apple cider vinegar. I brown the ribs before I braise. Not for too long. And thats about it. After I pull them from the oven, I pull the bones out, so I guess I make it more of a pulled short rib meal, but its so good I never get complaints.

 

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