Beef Posts
Make Your Own Deli-Style Roast Beef
Forget the deli. Make your own roast beef at home. It’s simple and typically way more economical than hitting the deli counter every week—plus, you can personalize your roast beast with whatever flavors you like. All you need is a piece of meat, a few spices, and a really sharp knife. Deli-Style Homemade Roast Beef: [...]
Sizzling Hot & Spicy Meatballs
Seriously? I could eat a big bowl of these, then go back for more. I’m not saying that I have a meatball problem. Yet. Made with traditional Asian flavors, these meatballs get a satisfying, subtle heat from a generous amount of chili flakes, ground ginger, and fresh garlic. The sweetness of the sausage balances out [...]
Rib of the Week: Short Ribs Braised in Red Wine
This is my take on classic boeuf Bourguignon, a traditional French dish of beef braised in Burgundy wine, then garnished with mushrooms and small white onions. (Wine not your thing? Try my Guinness-Braised Short Ribs instead, which tastes amazingly just like French onion soup.) For this dish, the meat is infused with a fragrant combination [...]
Rib of the Week: Guinness-Braised Short Ribs (Plus a Quick Primer on Braising)
We woke up to more snow this weekend. It put me in serious cooking mode, so The Angry Chef dug out the car and intrepidly made his way to McKinnon’s, our local butcher shop. He came home with a couple of bags, including a package of gorgeous beef short ribs. I quickly set about preparing [...]
Rib of the Week: Tasty Honey Cinnamon Beef Ribs
We’re in serious winter hibernation mode at The Mouse House. Baking bread. Roasting meat. Flouncing about in all manners of fleecy attire. The whole happy and delicious nine yards. Since the last storm, Boston is basically frozen over. The snow’s long been shoveled, but it’s still too cold for it to melt. It’s just hardened [...]
Rib of the Week: Chipotle Lime Beef Back Ribs
This is one of my favorite ways to prepare ribs. It works well with beef and pork ribs. It’s a quick and easy thing to make on nights like tonight, when I have a deadline. Just whip together a quick marinade loaded with fresh tart lime juice and a hefty dose of chipotle chili and [...]
Rib of the Week: Cherry-Port Glazed Ribs Studded with Bacon
OK. I cook ribs so often that I’ve decided to make it official. Welcome to The Hungry Mouse’s Rib of the Week feature. I’ve gone back and re-tagged my other rib recipes, so they’re all in one place. Ribs: not just for the barbecue A lot of folks I know love ribs, but only remember [...]
Guinness Stew with Sage and Ginger
I love slow cooking because your food almost cooks itself. You do a little work, then the stove or oven coaxes complex flavor out of simple ingredients. Guinness stew is traditional cold-weather fare and a staple at most good Irish pubs. There are a million versions of the recipe. This is mine, with a few [...]
Homemade Meatballs: A Step-by-Step Tutorial
Let me preface this by saying: I am not Italian. The Angry Chef is, however—and very much so—and these meatballs were more than acceptable to him. Regardless, I understand that I’m treading on hallowed ground for some. If you’re a meatball aficionado , please be kind to me. I’m just a little mouse. That said, [...]
Rib of the Week: Candied Maple Sesame Ribs
I’ll say it again: I swear we eat more than meat. The ribs I made the other night got me thinking about other seasonal, autumn-y things I could do with beef spare ribs. These are a really interesting first course for a harvest-season dinner. Because they’re sweet, I think they’d be overpowering as the main [...]
