This recipe for braised beef shanks is incredibly simple to prepare and delicious. The shanks are slowly cooked in a flavorful tomato sauce until they are fall-apart tender and leave you with a craving for more after every bite. So, if you’re looking for a flavorful, hearty dinner recipe, you’ve come to the right place.
Before they even arrive at the table, these braised beef shanks will have you salivating for more.
The only ingredients you’ll need to make this elegant meal are a few beef shanks and a few common pantry staples, as I just mentioned.
Oh, and the best part is that almost the entire recipe is passive cooking, and you can even use a slow cooker, also known as a crock pot, to finish the beef.
Since it has become a staple in our home, I have a feeling that this hearty and rich braised beef shank recipe will find its way into your regular dinner rotation.
Oh, and I strongly advise serving this braised beef shank with either the Instant Pot Spanish rice, the Air Fryer smashed potatoes, or the Longhorn steakhouse bread. All of those recipes compliment this beef recipe incredibly well.
Even if you don’t make one of those recipes, make sure to at least have some fresh bread on hand to do that because you’ll want something that can soak up every last drop of that delicious braising liquid.
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I don’t even remember the last time I bought a package of beef at the store.
Every 12 to 18 months, on average, we butcher a steer, which keeps our freezers brimming with food.
But despite the fact that we have been doing this for years, the same thing always single. time.
First items out of the freezer are the hamburger and steaks, leaving me with the same lingering packages of cuts I’m unsure of how to use.
Well, I’m tired of it. And it’s kinda embarrassing. And I’m prepared to permanently solve this issue.
Therefore, may I present to you…
The Cooking Through the Cow Series.
The purpose of this blog series is to assist you (and yes, even me) in determining how to best utilize beef cuts that may not be as popular in our modern American diets. These cuts have a variety of wonderful qualities, but they often languish at the bottom of the freezer because people are unsure of what to do with them.
However, they won’t be remaining there in the freezer any longer. Because we’re gonna turn them into something delicious.
The gorgeous, but frequently disregarded, beef shank is first on the proverbial cutting board.
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The cow’s leg’s shank is located just above the knee or hock. Because this meat is cut horizontally (often in slices of one inch), beef shanks resemble steaks and have a circle of leg bone in each piece. (It is also sometimes sold boneless. There is a piece of edible bone marrow inside the bone.
Most people either don’t know about or don’t like this bone-in, meat-around-the-bone cut because it’s tough and dry. However, with a few straightforward tips, beef shank can not only help you save money but also deliver a delicious and nourishing meal.
The front and back legs of a cow are known as the fore and hind (or rear) shanks, and they can be purchased under various names.
The store may also sell beef shanks as “soup bones” (this is how my local butcher refers to them). Because it is longer and more symmetrical in shape, the rear shank of beef is frequently the only one offered at butcher shops.
Ingredients
Okay, you only need ten basic ingredients to make this recipe for braised beef shank.
Additionally, the majority of these are pantry essentials, so it’s unlikely that you don’t already have most of them on hand.
The ingredients for these braised beef shanks are listed below.
For this braised beef recipe, you can now select between boneless or bone-in beef shanks. But if you can find them, I definitely suggest the bone-in ones.
The marrow melts into a rich, buttery liquid that really elevates this braised beef shank, and the bones add a lot of flavor to the meat itself.
Oh, and in case you were wondering, you can actually make this replica Texas roadhouse chili using many of the same ingredients, so you might want to try that out next!