12 beef short rib recipes

Filipino-inspired beef short ribs braised in vinegar, soy sauce, and garlic until fork-tender, then seared for a crispy crust. Served over blanched spinach for a hearty, tangy one-plate meal.

Authentic Hanoi-style pho bo with slow-simmered oxtail and beef bone broth, star anise, charred ginger, rice noodles, and paper-thin sirloin. This traditional Vietnamese beef noodle soup recipe takes 5 hours but rewards you with deeply aromatic, soul-warming bowls.

Oven-braised beef short ribs in tomato paste gravy with onions, carrots, and celery, served over noodles tossed in the pan drippings. Slow-cooked comfort food that falls off the bone.

Hearty mushroom barley soup with fall-off-the-bone short ribs and fresh dill creates a soul-warming one-pot meal for cold evenings.

Slow-simmered beef short ribs braised with onions, green peppers, and celery until fork-tender, then smothered in a rich, thick homemade gravy. A comforting weeknight dinner that fills the kitchen with savory aromas.

Oven-baked beef and vegetable soup with short ribs, leeks, carrots, celery, mushrooms, and small pasta in a rich homemade broth. Slow-baked for tender, fall-off-the-bone beef and layered flavor in every spoonful.

Czech cabbage soup roasts beef bones and short ribs with vegetables, then simmers with cabbage, tomatoes, sauerkraut, and lemon juice for sweet-sour Eastern European comfort. Hearty winter meal.

Traditional Italian mixed-meat broth (brodo di carne mista) made with chicken, beef short ribs, and veal bones. A slow-simmered foundation for tortellini in brodo, minestrone, risotto, and countless Italian soups and sauces.

This is absolutely excellent. I made my spaghetti sauce in place of marinara sauce. Next time, change the ribs and beef and substitute round steak. The wine makes it!

Chinese grilled short ribs butterflied into a single accordion strip and marinated in peanut butter, curry, sesame oil, soy, and rice wine. Smoky, tender, unusual.

Hearty West Indies pepper pot soup loaded with short ribs, stew beef, sweet potatoes, kale, spinach, and okra. A thick, meaty Caribbean stew that simmers into rich, layered comfort.

Mushroom and short rib soup with pearl barley, thyme, and sherry. A hearty, slow-simmered beef soup with chewy barley and earthy mushrooms in every bowl.