Red Wine Braised Beef Short Ribs

Today, son, we're gonna cook like a Sunday dinner

I love short ribs. That's what I'm cooking you today, son. I've got me some short ribs right here

I've got my cast iron skillet sizzling like my son. I'll stop it

Mom, I know sometimes that you'll break out the crock pot for your short ribs, and you're doing them in a Dutch oven today

You know, sometimes I do, son. If I'm gonna be, you know, running errands and things like that

but I want a decent meal, I'll pull out that crock pot. That pot's nice and hot

So in our short ribs go. You gotta have a hot pot because you want it to be brown

You want to sear it. You want to sear those flavors in those short ribs

I remember my mama cooking short ribs a lot, Jamie. She would cook them in her Dutch oven and put them in the oven and, you know, let them cook until tender

Jamie, I need for you to just coarsely chop the onions, son

Look at that. I scrubbed the carrots good before you got here, so those don't need to be peeled

Let's see. I'm going to put a little tomato paste. Sometimes Mama would do a tomato paste on her short ribs

and sometimes she would just let them be a natural brown. So what have you been doing today, son

I tell you, Mama, I'm so sore. We had a softball game last night. I had a softball game last night. Oh, how did it go

Oh, I meant to ask you. You have got to come. We have the best time

I want you to picture this now I the pitcher okay I pitch and the guy who a little bit younger than me but not much hits a slow roller So I see it unfolding in front of me

So I go to my left, I'm going to get the ball, play it perfectly, lob the first, and beat

him by half a step. It was going to be perfect. What happened

Reality happened. Reality? I bend and begin to stumble. Oh, Jamie. I look up and I see the first baseman backing up as fast as he can. No

Because there's 205 pounds of stumbling wildebeest headed towards him. I slam my head into the ground

No. I wound up about six feet from first base, sitting in the dirt by myself, nowhere near the place

It's hard for me to believe, but he's 45 years old. And Mama's 65

Wow. You started it. But on the inside, I only feel like I'm 20

So that's the challenge. You know, and you can't be doing the things that you did it

Why not? Because. I can try. Because you got a lot of folks counting on you

You got to behave. Well, that's no worse than the wrestling matches Jack and I have

I promise you that. All righty. These look nice and kind of seared up

I want you to throw in the onions and the carrots, and then we're going to cook those for a few minutes

All right look at all that goodness down in there Jamie That all the flavor right there So good yes Doesn that smell awesome awesome

Love them. All right, now I'm gonna throw in our portabellas. I love portabellas

This is gonna be fantastic. Yes, it's gonna be. And if you'd pass me that rosemary

I'm gonna let this cook down for a little bit. Let's see, a few sprigs of rosemary

I'll take some of this salt and pepper, son. I'm going to sprinkle a few tablespoons of flour in here just to make it thick, and we're just going to toss those veggies

This is a Sunday comfort meal right here. After you get that flour mixed up good in there, I'm going to add our two cups of chicken broth

Okay. Now, we'll need two cups of red wine, but that's going to make it red

And then we're going to put that tomato sauce in there. And then our three stalks of rosemary, son

You know, I can't do a dish without a little butter. We're just going to silken that up with just a little taste of butter

The butter, y'all, at the end of a sauce like this, it gives it a really beautiful color

And it also makes it real smooth. Yes. Really finishes off a sauce really good

So I'm gonna start adding our short ribs back in there. I'm gonna eat those

No, and I'm gonna help ya. This is one solid pot of groceries right there I like them where all my lips need to do is just give them a little bit of encouragement

Let's take two towels. They make this to, I mean, I picked up a pot before

You ready? I know you have. So we're going to let this cook for a minimum of two and a half hours

About fire. What did Mama say? Stand back, son. No, I don't want you hurt

If anybody gets hurt, I'd rather it be me. That is a mother's love

I just should have picked up two towels. I'm sorry I didn't think of that

If I'd have thought of that, I'd have passed it on to you. All right

Looks good enough to eat, don't it? All right. You want to pull it out or let it cool off

No, let me just leave it sitting right there. Looks yummy. Look at that

Whoa. Mmm, mmm, mmm. We wind up eating like kings and queens

And you know what made it? Me? Well, besides you making it

The Dijon mustard. Mm-hmm. That's the way short ribs should be, right

Short ribs have got the marbling in it. and the fat that hasn't cooked down

just melt in your mouth. That's good fat too. Dad gum show is good fat