Feeling more than a little under the weather and am not getting much work done. So, I'll probably end up cooking. (I'm the last one in the household to get this cold, so no spreading concern).
I've got this shortrib and oxtail recipe, in a hearty tomato-garlic type sauce. Going to add cubed pork belly to it. I work off this basic recipe:
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Add a bunch of things, and cook longer at lower temp. Say, 2.5-3h at 280. Oxtail takes longer to get nice and soft. Short ribs don't suffer for the extra time.
- total of 2.5 lb oxtail/2.5 lb short rib
- a head or two of garlic, fine-chopped
- A whole chopped onion
- A bunch of chopped mushrooms (if I have them, I grill portabellas and the onion before chopping it up and putting in).
- Spanish smoked paprika, sweet hungarian paprika, dark chili powder (ie, ancho or similar type), lemongrass, coriander, chili flakes/cayenne (I'd use habenero or ghost chili but it's a bit much for the wife), bay leaves, fresh-ground black pepper, whatever else strikes my fancy.
- Read boat salt (fish sauce salt, basically) instead of normal.
- 2-3 tbs whole grain mustard
- I do
not drain off the fat.
- The oz can is of tomato
paste, not sauce. Paste is much richer. Use more like 2 cans since I expand the recipe.
- Vinegar is sherry vinegar.