I am making oxtail stew using the crockpot today. Never made it before so if anybody with experience has any tips or suggestions feel free to share. I didn't use a particular recipe but rather a amalgam of several recipes I found online.
Feel free to post any of your own content as well and as always r8, h8 and autofell8.
Jordan King
Yes, I overpaid for the oxtail but it is what it is
Aaron Young
Gotta wash all the parasites and tapeworms off these fuckers with some salted water
Grayson Martinez
Melting some bacon fat
Charles Long
If you're not saving your bacon fat, you should be
Liam Campbell
Coat in flour and brown those little niggers on all sides
David Thomas
Browning nicely
Thomas Allen
>$4.86/lb >overpaid I fucking WISH I could get it that cheap but my area has been overrun by white, coolier-than-thou hipsters who suddenly took interest in 'ethnic' cuisine last Tuesday and drove up the price to the point where good ol' immigrants like me won't enjoy it as often as we used to. It's so sad, I could cry. ;_;
But yeah: I always do my brisket and oxtail soup, a common dish where I'm from, in the slow-cooker. I actually have one cup left over of the stock and 100g or so left of meat. Gonna have the last bowl of soup from this batch tomorrow.
Luke Rodriguez
Into the crockpot. There are about 6 more pieces so the crock is gonna be pretty full today
Tyler Fisher
Lowered the heat. Garlic in
Dominic Lopez
>implying i don't save all sorts of grease and lard and tallow and fat possible Nigga, do you even know any immigrants? We're frugal as fuck. I've got five containers in the fridge of various sorts of grease and that's considered a /small/ number.
Ryder Morales
How long you need to wash them for? Is it a long soak or rinse. Pretty interested in cooking some oxtail, haven't worked with it before.
Andrew Walker
Deglazing with a little red wine
Gabriel Robinson
I let them soak in heavily salted water for about 30-45 minutes then rinsed
Jeremiah Nelson
I've always wanted to cook ox tail but I'm too scared. hope it turns out well OP
Adam Gray
Not him (I'm the immigrant). I've never heard of anyone washing oxtail. Pretty sure it's completely unnecessary. Some people blanch it, though. Those people are wrong.
Lucas Wood
>Muh herbs
>Muh aromatics
Jeremiah Diaz
Izzat some fucking linden, user? I thought you were an island Negro until I saw the rosemary. Negroes don't cook with rosemary.
apparently they used to be cheap as fuck before hipsters started eating them
Justin Anderson
Started the crockpot at about 3:30 so it won't be ready until about 10 or 11 tonight but that's alright. I'm not adding the vegetables until about 2 hours in because Im afraid they'll get too soft. Smells amazing already.
In the meantime I'm gonna chill and get fucked up. Beer, whiskey, video games, weed, NBA playoffs...
What are you cooking today Veeky Forums?
Anthony Young
ur mum.
Made mayo and homemade tuna salad.
Andrew Fisher
everything sounded good up until nba playoffs
were you really serious about soaking them to kill parasites? it seem like cooking them would do the trick
I'm not even cooking today because I've got leftoover corned beef/cabbage/potatoes/carrots (bought 6 of them when they were 2$/lb back near st patty)
Charles Butler
No, not serious about the parasites. I just washed them because I've never bought them before and didn't know if they should be washed. Decided to play it safe. Couldn't hurt.
Not really a big NBA fan either, but there isn't much else on TV. It's more background noise than anything
Dominic Green
Quick update
I added the vegetables at about 2.5 hours in and this is one full ass motherfuckin crock pot, folks. If it starts to bubble over I might be forced to remove some liquid, but I expect it will reduce and that won't be necessary. I'm leaving the lid off for now
Brayden Clark
Brah I would start draining some of that off like right now
Charles White
Oh man careful that looks ready to spill like a fat guy in a bathtub
Joshua Davis
I removed about one cup
Wyatt Lee
this. lmao.
I give him about 30 minutes before he's gotta get out the ole mop and bucket.
Liam Ross
It's a crockpot pal. It's not hard to manage
Jackson Bailey
Exactly. A big reason people use it is so they can put some food in it and walk away. If you walk away you're gonna have a big mess, pal, champ, cowboy, buckaroo, scamp. I think you might be surprised how much liquid is gonna come off of that meat.
Kevin Green
I stand by my original statement and thank you for your comments. I'll keep an eye on it and remove liquid if necessary
Easton Torres
pls provide update, OP.
Alexander Butler
There's a little thing called the law of conservation of mass that would like a word with you.
Chase Ortiz
There's a little thing called eat my fart dickbrain.
Jackson Williams
Gladly, as that is my fetish.
Hunter Ramirez
>he thinks the total mass will increase by heating the meat
Nathan Robinson
lolol how's that GED holdin' up for you sport hahaha wow laddy
Andrew Bell
IGOR >yeth, marster? Put. The. Liquid. BACK.
Dominic Rivera
Lol, thinking about it. We're 4 hours in
Dylan Hernandez
OP here. I pulled an oxtail to sample and it was not ready. Due to the fullness of the crockpot I think it is going to take longer. At least another 1-2 hours. No worries. I'm in this for the long haul
Elijah Gomez
Has overflow been a problem?
Isaac Gonzalez
Quite the opposite. It has reduced down about another half inch since I removed the 1 cup of liquid approximately 5 hours ago
Daniel Mitchell
Stir in 1/2 teaspoon of Marmite . . . .I am not joking.
It really gives a 'beefy' hit. I always use a little for a good strong gravy.
Michael Lopez
Holy fuck it's good. Not a very pretty dish and bad lighting but it was worth the wait
Ryder Ortiz
It cooked for about 9 hours on low in the crockpot and it's falling off the bone. The flavor is very rich and beefy. Only thing missing is some mushrooms perhaps. Maybe next time
Samuel Rogers
Today wad a great day. Hope you enjoyed the thread. I'm drunk and full. Goodnight
Eli Flores
>those golden brown pearl onions
Fuck man my mouth is watering
Charles Taylor
I love oxtail and yours looks great. I especially love using my front teeth to scrape that softened cartilage/fat from the ends of the vertebrae. Nice work
Daniel Sullivan
Looks good OP, well done.
William Ortiz
>finding onions palatable at all you have shit taste
Dylan Collins
Thanks anons. I appreciate the feedback.
And to this user I didn't want to engage you yesterday because I felt like you would derail the thread. But now that it's all said and done I need you to know that you are a colossal faggot and you were 100% wrong.