CROCK POT BRAISED BEEF

I woke up last Friday morning to the third day of rain here. Very depressing for my days off, so I decided that I needed a great dinner tonight with a lot of leftovers for the weekend. I had a lot to do today because I procrastinated doing errands the past two days because of the rain. So I got my crock pot out and started searching for new beef recipes. Everything I found sounded too complicated for me so I just through a few of my favorite things in the crock pot. This is what I came up with. My version of braised beef ribs. They turned out so awesome! Who would ever think that brown gravy mix tasted better with red wine than water? I am so glad my daughter is older now because I don’t think I will ever mix gravy with water again. The gravy turned out so rich and yummy I am not sure I ate any beef. No, really the beef of course was cooked to perfection. It was fork tender with such a delectable flavor there wasn’t much left over. I paired it with a salad, macaroni and cheese, and some rolls for soppin up the gravy. Everyone was fat and full after dinner that nobody even wanted dessert.  My dinner was a big hit and so easy to cook that I rewarded myself with a glass of wine after the dishes were done. I am now wondering if ranch dressing tastes better with wine, maybe white wine ? I will definitely be doing some experimenting with that one. I’ll let you know how it comes out. P.S. I didn’t take any before pictures just pictures of the finished product. Kind of got in a hurry to get it done. The four ingredients went together in a snap and I just kept moving along with my day. By the end of the day my home and garage smelled so wonderful I am surprised the neighbors didn't come over to see what was cooking!

 

INGREDIENTS:

2 lbs of boneless beef ribs
1  cup of red wine
1 pkg. of Lipton onion soup mix
1 pkg. of brown gravy mix

DIRECTIONS:

Spray the crock pot with Pam. Drop the ribs in to the crock pot. Sprinkle the Lipton soup and gravy mix over the ribs. Then pour on the wine. Cover and cook on low for 8 -10 hours.