Best 2 Short Rib Soup Recipes

BEEF SHORT RIB FRENCH ONION SOUP

Steps:

• Mix flour, 2 tablespoons salt, 1 tablespoon black pepper, paprika, garlic powder, and onion powder in a bowl. Dredge beef short ribs in the seasoned flour mixture. Reserve 3 tablespoons of leftover seasoned flour.
• Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat and pan-fry the beef ribs until browned on all sides, 3 to 5 minutes per side. Remove ribs and set aside. Turn heat down to medium and melt butter in the pot; cook and stir sweet onions in the butter until soft and slightly browned, about 15 minutes. Stir constantly and reduce heat if onions begin to burn.
• Stir 3 tablespoons of reserved seasoned flour mixture into the onions and cook and stir for 10 minutes; pour in beef broth and sherry. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly, until soup is slightly thickened; season with more salt and black pepper, if desired.
• Strip leaves from thyme sprigs and add leaves to the soup. Gently return short ribs to the pot, reduce heat to low, and simmer soup until ribs are tender, about 2 1/2 hours. Stir soup every hour or so.
• Preheat the oven's broiler.
• Ladle soup into oven-safe soup crocks, placing a short rib into each bowl. Top soup with 2 slices of French bread per bowl and sprinkle about 1/4 cup of Gruyere cheese over each crock.
• Place crocks under broiler until cheese is browned and bubbling, 2 to 3 minutes.

SHORT RIB AND CABBAGE SOUP

Steps:

• Early in the day, or a day in advance, combine short ribs, beef stock, 1 1/2 cups chicken stock, wine, 1 sprig thyme and 1 carrot, quartered, in saucepan. Add black pepper to taste and 4 cups water, bring to simmer and cook very gently, partly covered, until ribs are tender, about 2 hours.
• Transfer to large bowl, cool to room temperature, cover and refrigerate about 6 hours or overnight. Discard solidified fat. Remove meat, bones, carrot and herbs. Place cooking liquid in saucepan. (You should have about 4 cups; if not, add water.) Bring to simmer and set aside.
• Discard bones, fat and gristle. Cut meat into 3/4-inch dice. Set aside.
• Dice remaining carrots. Heat butter in large saucepan. Add turnip, celery, leeks, onion, potato, cabbage and carrots. Sauté until soft and barely colored. Add bay leaf, remaining thyme, liquid from cooking ribs and remaining chicken stock. Simmer, partly covered, 40 minutes. Add meat; simmer 15 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
• To serve, ladle soup into warm soup plates, and place slice of toast topped with cheese on each portion. Dust with parsley.