Easy Roast
Prep time 20 mins | Cook time 3 hours
2 min readFeb 7, 2022
Ingredients
- Beef short ribs or beef chuck roast
- One large or 2 small bulb(s) of garlic
- One 750ml bottle (cheap) red wine
- Two cups (ish) beef or chicken stock
- Optional: Large yellow onion
- Optional: One bunch of fresh parsley
- Coarse salt
- Black pepper
- Aluminum foil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- Liberally season the meat with the salt and pepper. Optionally, add any other seasonings to taste.
- Place roasting pan on stovetop, on high heat.
- Sear off the meat on all sides — do not worry about cooking through. The goal is to get a nice dark crust on the meat to help lock in flavor and juices during roasting.
- Slice the garlic bulb(s) in half, and place cut side down directly in the roasting pan. Optionally, add in two halves of a large yellow onion for extra flavor boost.
- Pour in the bottle of wine, and then enough stock so that the liquid just come up even with the meat.
- Reduce liquid until about an inch to an inch-and-a-half of the meat is up above the liquid, about 10–15 minutes.
- Cover the roasting pan with foil, and place in the oven at 375F for 3 hours.
- After three hours of roasting, remove the meat. Pour the remaining liquid through a strainer, forcefully pushing through the soft, roasted garlic. This is a sauce (which can be adjusted for taste and texture easily at this point) which can be poured over the meat. Optionally, garnish with roughly chopped, fresh parsley, for added flair.
- Serve hot. We recommend serving with freshly steamed green beans and cheesy polenta, but you do you!