Braised Country-Style Pork Ribs
- Level: Easy
- Yield: 4 servings
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- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Serving Size
- 1 of 4 servings
- Calories
- 1152
- Total Fat
- 75
- Saturated Fat
- 23
- Carbohydrates
- 33
- Dietary Fiber
- 3
- Sugar
- 13
- Protein
- 83
- Cholesterol
- 320
- Sodium
- 1792
- Total: 2 hr 50 min
- Prep: 50 min
- Cook: 2 hr
Ingredients
3 pounds bone-in country-style pork ribs
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 carrot, chopped
1 stalk celery, chopped
1 onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic, minced
2 tablespoons tomato paste
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
2 bay leaves
2 1/2 cups chicken stock
Creamy Polenta, recipe follows
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley, for garnish
Creamy Polenta
Vegetable cooking spray
1 1/3 cups half-and-half
1 cup milk
2 tablespoons butter
1/3 cup coarse polenta, or corn grits
Kosher salt
1/2 cup grated Parmesan
Freshly ground black pepper
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Pat the ribs dry and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Heat 2
- tablespoons of the oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat and brown the ribs
- on all sides, working in batches if needed. Remove the ribs and set aside. Add
- the remaining 1 tablespoon of oil to the Dutch oven and reduce the heat to medium.
- Add the carrots, celery, onions and some salt and pepper and cook until soft,
- about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add
- the tomato paste and cook, stirring, to remove the raw flavor, about 3 minutes.
- Deglaze the pan with the vinegar, and then add the red pepper flakes and bay
- leaves.
- Add the ribs back to the pan and add enough stock to reach
- halfway up the sides of the ribs. Bring the pan to a simmer, cover and place in
- the oven. Braise until the meat is tender, about 1 1/2 hours. During the last
- half hour, uncover to allow the liquid to reduce and the pork to brown.
- Serve the ribs with Creamy Polenta, spooning the sauce on
- top, and garnishing with parsley.
Creamy Polenta
- Spray the insert of a slow cooker with cooking spray (for easier clean up) and preheat on high.
- In a medium saucepan, add 1 cup of the half-and-half, the milk, 1 tablespoon of the butter and the polenta. Season with salt and bring to a boil over medium-high heat, whisking constantly to keep the mixture lump-free. Boil for 2 to 3 minutes. Pour the mixture into the slow cooker and cook on high for 2 hours, stirring once or twice per hour.
- Once you are ready to serve, open the slow cooker and whisk in the remaining 1 tablespoon butter, the remaining 1/3 cup half-and-half and the Parmesan. Salt and pepper conservatively since the polenta will be served with a robustly salted dish.