Ive cooked them in the crock pot with chili powder, cumin, chipotle, onion and garlic and whatever level of hot peppers you like. They make great tacos and i save the marrrow for my taco. 😀
Never done them, but seems like there could be a good Jamaican or Caribbean take on them. Long cook with lots of flavors mixed in. Serve over rice maybe.
Never done them, but seems like there could be a good Jamaican or Caribbean take on them. Long cook with lots of flavors mixed in. Serve over rice maybe.
It has kind of been hit on here already but look up Birria recipes which is used for Queso Birria tacos. I make a big pot and freeze it into meals (shredded meat in one container and the consume in another per meal) All that bone and marrow ought to make a heck of a consume. I normally use short rib but would think this cut would work great. The only downside to birria is that it is alot of work to cook and then shred, removing all the connective tissue or excess fat globs. You can skim some fat off the consume after cooking but keep some for the flavor, I skimmed all the fat off of one cooking and it wasn't the same. The fat holds a lot of flavor.
My grandmother was amazing. Imagine typing recipes on 3x5 cards using a manual typewriter back in the day. Nancy inherited her recipes and this one for Ox Tails was an absolute killer. I see no reason why you can’t substitute shanks. Of course, there were no crock pots back then.
I use them in an attempt to recreate my Nana's beef soup recipe, which is tomato-based. I make my own stock in the instant pot, and then when the stock, spices, and veggies are simmering low and slow on the stove, the shanks go in. The beef melts in your mouth, the bones continue adding flavor, and the marrow is great to eat on its own to boot.