Almost Everyday Food Root Beer Short Ribs

• 6-8 Short ribs, cut into 4-inch pieces
• coarse salt and ground pepper
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 medium onions, cut into large slices
• 3 celery stalks, cut into 2 inch pieces
• 2 small carrots, cut into 2 inch pieces
• 3 cloves garlic, chopped
• 10 sprigs of thyme
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 sprig of rosemary
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 2 whole star anise
• 3 1/2 cups beef broth
• 2 1/2 cups good root beer

1. Preheat oven at 275. Liberally season the ribs with the salt and pepper and heat oil in a large dutch oven on high heat. Brown ribs on all sides, about 3 - 4 minutes on each side and transfer ribs to a plate. Pour off all but about 2 tablespoons of the oil/fat from the pot.
2. Add onions, celery, carrots, garlic, thyme, bay leaves, rosemary, cumin, and star anise to pot at medium heat. Scrape up all of the brown bits from the bottom of the pan and cook for about 10 minutes.
3. Return the ribs to the pot along with broth and 2 cups of the root beer. Bring the pot to a rolling simmer, cover pot with lid and place in oven for 2 hours.
4. After 2 hours, remove lid and raise oven to 300 degrees. Cook for 1 more hour or until meat appears to be falling away from the bone. With a slotted spoon carefully remove the ribs from the pot. Skim off the fat from the cooking liquid and sieve the broth through a fine mesh. return liquids and ribs to pot along with remaining 1/2 cup of root beer. Over a medium to high flame reduce the liquid to half. This takes about 20 minutes. Occasionally spoon the sauce over ribs until they are nicely glazed. Season with salt and pepper and serve.

short, salt, vegetable oil, onions, celery stalks, carrots, garlic, thyme, bay leaves, rosemary, ground cumin, star anise, beef broth, good root

Taken from food52.com/recipes/8600-almost-everyday-food-root-beer-short-ribs (may not work)