Beef Short Ribs In Fragrant Thai Stock Sauce

Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 50 ml oil
• 8 (180 g) short beef ribs
• 2 yellow onions, sliced
• 4 cm piece galangal, sliced
• 4 cm piece lemongrass, finely sliced
• 4 cm piece ginger, sliced
• 6 tablespoons fish sauce
• 120 g palm sugar or 120 g brown sugar
• 6 garlic cloves, peeled and bruised
• 2 liters chicken stock
• 4 tablespoons tamarind paste
• 4 small red chilies or 4 small green chilies
• 1/2 bunch cilantro leaf, to serve
• 1/2 bunch thai basil, torn to serve
• 2 limes, cut into cheeks, to serve
• steamed rice, to serve

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 150°c.
• 2 heat vegetable oil in a wok or frying pan over medium heat. brown ribs for 3-4 minutes on each side.
• 3 remove ribs from pan.
• 4 add onion to pan and cook for 3 min or until soft and golden.
• 5 place onion, ribs, galangal, ginger, lemon grass, fish sauce, sugar, garlic, stock, tamarind and chillies in a very large ovenproof dish. stir to combine and bring to a simmer over medium heat. cover and bake in the oven for at least 2 hrs (and remove lid for last 10 min) or until ribs are very tender.
• 6 to serve, sprinkle ribs with cilantro and basil and accompany with lime cheeks and rice.