Oxtail Soup

Molly53's Note:

A lovely, heartwarming soup sure to please. This recipe is a good candidate for the slow-cooker if you don't want to simmer on top of the stove. From the New England chapter of the United States Regional Cookbook, Culinary Arts Institute of Chicago, 1947.

• Total Time: 3 hrs 20 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 3 lbs oxtails, split into 1-inch pieces
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 large onion, peeled and chopped
• 3 pints beef stock
• 1 carrot, peeled and cut into thin slices
• 1 stalk celery, cut into thin slices
• 1 sprig fresh thyme
• 2 sprigs fresh parsley
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/2 cup chopped tomato (canned is fine)
• 1 cup red wine (cabernet or merlot)
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 6 peppercorns
• salt, to taste

Directions:

1. Melt butter, add pieces of tail in a large stockpot.
2. When the meat begins to brown, add onion.
3. When onion is a deep gold, add stock, carrot, celery, tomatoes, wine and herbs tied securely in a cheesecloth bag.
4. Season with remaining ingredients and simmer until meat is very tender, about 3 hours.
5. Remove herbs.
6. Separate meat of the oxtail from the bones; discard bones.
7. Reheat soup and serve with a little of the meat in each bowl.

Reviews

[filaughn]

I loved this soup! I had never eaten oxtails before, and loved the flavor they added, and how tender the meat was. I did refrigerate overnight, so I could take the solidified fat out, and it tasted great the second day after re-heating.

[IngridH]

I loved oxtail soup as a child, but had never made it until I found this recipe. This is every bit as good as I remember! After browning the tails and onions, I put everything in the crockpot, and cooked on low for 8 hours. The only other changes I made were to omit the parsley (I didn't have any) and added a large clove of garlic, minced. One thing to note- since I cooked this for 8 hours, the vegetables cooked down to nearly nothing, so if you like vegetable chunks, cut them larger than the recipe calls for. This is a must-make-again soup! Thanks for posting! Edited to add, the next time I made this in the crock pot, I cooked it for 11 hours, and the meat was perfect- falling off the bone.

[KATT2428]

This is a great recipe. I had been looking for something that was close to my mothers recipe and this is it. Great flavor! Brought back alot of memories. Thanks!