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    Slow Cooked Short Ribs with Carrots and Apples

    Published: Oct 24, 2019 ยท Modified: Feb 17, 2020 by Kate Morgan Jackson ยท This post may contain affiliate links ยท 9 Comments

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    This simple recipe for slow cooked short ribs with carrots and apples cooks low and slow until it becomes a tender and delicious comfort food supper.

    slow cooker short ribs

    Here’s how things go when the Southern husband and I go out to dinner someplace where there are short ribs on the menu: I look at the menu and spot the short ribs.

    Then I see something else that seems almost as good as the short ribs. Then I agonize about how much I want the short ribs, but I’ve had short ribs so many times and haven’t had whatever that other thing is on the menu nearly as much.

    Then I ask the Southern husband what he’s having, and he says he is deciding between the short ribs and some other thing that I have no interest in. Then I say, “Gee honey, if you have the short ribs then I can order this other thing, and I can have a bite of your short ribs because I’m having a hard time choosing!”

    This simple recipe for slow cooked short ribs with carrots and apples cooks low and slow until it becomes a tender and delicious comfort food supper. Click to Tweet And being the knight in shining armor that he is, he orders the short ribs and I get my other thing.

    Then our dinners come out and I have complete diner’s remorse about not ordering the short ribs for myself, and the Southern husband reads me like a book, gives me his plate of short ribs and takes my dinner…which was not one of his two choices. This has happened more than once, twice or three times. It’s one of the nine million reasons that I love the guy.

    So to make it up to him, I decided one day that I was going to make my OWN short ribs. For some reason, short ribs have always intimidated me.But that day I bucked up and gathered my ingredients.

     

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    And got out my trusty slow cooker. Somehow things made in the slow cooker are always okay.

    Here’s how you make slow cooked short ribs with apples and carrots!

    It’s as easy as this: you peel and cut up the fruit and veggies, toss them and the ribs into the slow cooker, and cover them with a gorgeous concoction of apple juice, vinegar, mustard and other wonderful things. Pop the lid on top and go do other things for 8 or 10 hours.

    Laundry-blogging-email-napping-snacking-messing-around-on-Pinterest is usually what I do. Come back, take out the meat the veggies which are now tender and amazing, pour the pan juice into a saucepan and simmer it down with a little cornstarch to thicken it up.

    Now pour the sauce over the meat and veggies and have enough short ribs for everyone for a change!

    short ribs slow cooked

    Life is good.  Especially when there is nobody swiping your short ribs.

     

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    This simple recipe for slow cooked short ribs with carrots and apples cooks low and slow until it becomes a tender and delicious comfort food supper.

    • Author: Kate Morgan Jackson
    • Prep Time: 15 minutes
    • Cook Time: 8 hours
    • Total Time: 8 hours 15 minutes
    • Yield: 6 servings 1x
    • Category: Dinner
    • Method: Slow Cooker
    • Cuisine: American

    Ingredients

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    • 1/2 cup flour
    • Salt and pepper
    • 3 pounds bone-in beef short ribs
    • 3 tablespoons canola oil
    • 2 large apples, peeled, cored and cut into large pieces
    • 5 carrots, peeled and cut into 2 inch pieces
    • 1 large sweet onion, peeled and cut into eighths
    • 2 cups apple juice or apple cider
    • 1 tablespoon cider vinegar
    • 2 garlic cloves, chopped
    • 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
    • 1 tablespoon grainy mustard
    • 1 tablespoon dried oregano

    To thicken the sauce

    • 2 tablespoons apple juice or cider
    • 1 tablespoon cornstarch

    Instructions

    1. Put the flour in a shallow dish or pie plate and season with a pinch of salt and pepper.  Dredge the short ribs in the flour, saving the flour for later.
    2. Heat the oil in a skillet (or right in your slow cooker if it has a sauté function) over high heat.  Sear the short ribs on all sides until brown.  Add to your slow cooker.
    3. Put the apples, carrots and onions in the slow cooker, nestling them around the ribs.
    4. Mix together the apple juice, vinegar, garlic, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, oregano,  a teaspoon of salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper.  Add the leftover flour from dredging the ribs.
    5. Pour the apple juice mixture over the ribs and veggies, cover your slow cooker and cook on low for 8-10 hours until the beef and veggies are tender.
    6. Transfer the beef, fruit and vegetables to a serving platter. Pour the juices from the slow cooker into a small saucepan and simmer for 5 minutes.
    7. Mix the cornstarch with the cider until smooth. Pour into the simmering juices, bring to a boil and cook for one minute or until the sauce thickens. Pour the sauce over the ribs and serve.

    Notes

    • You can either serve these ribs with the bones or without.  Often the meat will have fallen right off the bones as it has cooked, so in that case just discard them and scoop out the meat.
    • We like this served over a puddle of warm buttered polenta, but it is also great over pasta, mashed potatoes, or all by itself!

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    1. Cathy says

      October 30, 2019 at 7:13 pm

      I absolutely love your stories! I’m transported right there in my head – and I think the Southern Husband is definitely perfect. ;)

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      • Kate Morgan Jackson says

        November 02, 2019 at 3:56 pm

        Aw, you! And I think he’s pretty great too. :)

        Reply
    2. Sara says

      February 29, 2012 at 3:31 pm

      I made this recipe over the weekend and even though I inadvertently added a TABLESPOON of dry mustard instead of a teaspoon, it turned out great! As a single person, I love recipes that make good leftovers! In fact, I’m eating some of the leftovers right now. I opened a can of Glory Foods collard greens to serve as a side dish – perfect pairing!

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    3. Nina says

      February 20, 2012 at 10:42 am

      These ribs are fantastic, Kate. And, amazingly easy. Thanks so much for the recipe!

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      • Kate says

        February 20, 2012 at 11:00 am

        So glad you liked them! I consider short ribs to be one of the major food groups…I have another recipe waiting in the wings that involves short ribs and mustard….yum, I’m hoping!

        Reply
    4. Amanda @ Once Upon a Recipe says

      February 18, 2012 at 5:46 pm

      Love the new design Kate! It looks fabulous! As do these ribs – yum!

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      • Kate says

        February 18, 2012 at 5:59 pm

        Thanks Amanda! I’m really happy with both of them. :) Have a great weekend!

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      June 02, 2009 at 8:49 am

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