Sherron Watson with family enjoyed this simple ox-tail soup recipe that warmed their hearts and bodies during this cold time of year.
By Sherron Watson
The meat is tender, but needs to be cooked a long time. If you don’t do this it will come out stringy. The bones make a wonderful beef broth for the soup. I would plan on 2-3 ox tail bones per bowl.
Ox-tail Soup
- Total Time: 9 hours 10 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
Description
My family enjoyed this simple ox-tail soup recipe that warmed their hearts and bodies during this cold time of year.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 cups of water
- 2 teaspoons of beef stock granules (2 cubes of bouillon)
- 2 pounds of Ox-tail (estimate-8 pieces)
- oil to brown meat
- 4 small potatoes, peeled and quartered
- 3 carrots, peeled and cut into 1 inch pieces
- 1 large red onion, diced into big pieces
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a frying pan heat oil.
- Brown each ox-tail on both sides and place into bottom of slow cooker.
- Add remaining ingredients.
- Cook on low for 8-10 hours. Meat should be tender and vegetables soft. Taste to season.
- I served this with cornbread.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 9 hours
