Vietnamese Lemongrass Short Ribs

🧂 Ingredients

• 1.5 kg beef short ribs

  3.3 lbs. cut into 5-6 pieces
• 5 stalks lemongrass
• Medium knob of fresh ginger

  sliced (8-9 slices)
• 4 garlic cloves

  peeled and smashed
• 1 medium brown onion

  sliced
• Peel of 1 large orange
• Juice of 1 large orange
• Juice of 1/2 lime
• 2 tablespoons fish sauce
• 1/2 tablespoon sesame oil
• 3 tablespoons Tamari

  or coconut aminos
• Generous pinch of sea salt
• Generous pinch of chilli flakes

  omit for AIP
• Generous pinch of black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon of Chinese five-spice powder
• 1.5 cups of water
• You will also need foil and large oven tray
• Lime juice to drizzle at the end

  1/2 lime
• 1 head of broccoli

  broken into florets and steamed or boiled (or other Asian greens)
• Fresh coriander for garnish

Instructions

• 1 Preheat oven to 200 C / 395 F.
• 2 Place the ribs in a large deep oven try and scatter lemongrass, orange peel,
  garlic, ginger and onion around. Squeeze orange and lime juice over the ribs and
  the rest of ingredients. Combine fish sauce, sesame oil and tamari sauce and
  pour over the ribs. Sprinkle with sea salt, pepper, chilli and Chinese
  five-spice powder. Then pour the water over the top of everything.
• 3 Cover the tray tightly with foil and place in the oven for 30 minutes at 200 C /
  395 F. Remove the tray and gently fold the foil to turn the ribs over. Cover
  back with foil and place back in the oven for another 20 minutes at 200° C.
• 4 Then reduce the oven to 170 C / 335 F and cook the ribs for 2 hours, turning
  over halfway.
• 5 Finally, remove the tray from the oven and uncover the foil. Cut the meat off
  the bone where it starts to come away (it will). Turn the heat back up to 200 C
  / 395 F, and cook the ribs exposed for a further 20 minutes.
• 6 Finally, steam or boil some Asian greens or broccoli and serve with the beef
  drizzled with extra lime juice. Sprinkle fresh coriander over the top if you
  like.

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