Slow-Cooked Moroccan Short Ribs

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Ingredients

  • For the rub:
  • 2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 2 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • For the ribs:
  • 2 1/2 lb. short ribs (4-6)
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 3 1/2 cups low sodium beef broth, divided
  • 3 carrots, cut into 2 inch chunks (2 cups)
  • 10 baby Yukon gold potatoes (2 cups)
  • 1/2 onion, root intact
  • 2 tablespoon honey
  • 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
  • 6 tablespoon all purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup dried apricots
  • 2 teaspoon lemon juice

Preparation

Step 1

Combine cinnamon, ginger, cumin, turmeric, and salt in a small bowl and rub onto ribs. Sear ribs in oil in a large saute pan over high until browned on all sides, 10 minutes. Transfer to slow cooker and pour off oil from pan. De glaze with 3 cups broth, scraping bits from the bottom. Transfer deglazing broth, carrots, potatoes, onion, honey, and pepper
flakes to the slow cooker. Simmer ribs in the slow cooker on high-heat
setting until fork-tender, about 3 1/2 hours. Discard onion and strain fat from the surface of sauce. Whisk flour and remaining broth together
and stir into the slow cooker with the apricots. Simmer until ribs are fork-tender and sauce has thickened, 30 minutes. Stir in the lemon juice
before serving, (To cook ribs all day, follow same procedure, but simmer about 7 1/2 hours on low-heat setting. Add remaining ingredients simmer an additional 30 minutes.)

468 calories
17g total fat
51g carbohydrates
669mg sodium
6g fiber
31g protein