Recently, I have been obsessed with our slow cooker (I’m trying to remember who bought it for us as a wedding gift so I can send them an extra thank you card). Seriously, we are currently like, best friends. It just makes cooking so easy! Not to mention I look like a master chef when dinner is served- it’s pretty much idiot proof. You just put a bunch of ingredients in it and viola 7-8 hours later you have a tasty dinner. Although, I did make some hybrid Filipino chicken dish this past Sunday that was pretty horrible…I blame that solely on the recipe though. Moving forward I will be avoiding recipes that combine apple cider vinegar and soy sauce. Anyway, back to my recent favorite slow cooker recipe…Moroccan short ribs….it was AH-MAZING and so easy. As you can see from the photos below…even Frank wanted in on it. I guess it was rather mean of us to eat dinner on our coffee table that night.
ingredients:
3 pounds bone-in beef short ribs
1 14.5-ounce can diced tomatoes
4 garlic cloves, sliced
1/2 cup of dried apricots, halved
1/2 cup of pitted olives
1 tablespoon chopped fresh ginger
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
kosher salt & black pepper
1 cup of couscous
fresh cilantro, for serving
directions:
-combine the short ribs, tomatoes (and their juices), garlic, apricots, olives, ginger, cumin, cinnamon, and 1 teaspoon of each salt & pepper in 4-6 quart slow cooker. Cover and cook until the beef is tender, on low for 7 to 8 hours or on high for 5 to 6 hours. Skim off and discard most of the fat
– ten minutes before serving, cook the couscous
– serve the short ribs over the couscous, topped with cilantro
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I can’t concentrate on anything other than Frank.
Hahaha. I feel that way most days!
LOL!!! The picture with Frank eyeing the food kills me!!! ❤
The ribs look sensational! I hope you shared with Frank???? 🙂 At least a little, not the olives of course. 🙂 🙂
Ha! He did! He pretty much gets a taste of everything with that face:) 🙂
I feel so bad for the poor guy. It’s like eating ice cream in front of a kid. 😛
That looks so good especially the set-up. Alas my white bread husband won’t eat a lot of the ingredients….lol
I’m typically not a fan of ribs but I think I could get ‘on board’ with these 🙂 I really like the ingredient list! Cumin + cilantro = favorites!
2 questions: 1) can this delicious recipe be cooked on the stove top 2) what kind of olives