# Short Rib Ragu Shells

This short rib ragu shells recipe uses cheap cuts of meat to make a beautiful and delicious dish.

- Cuisine: Thai
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- beef short ribs
- carrot
- onion
- celery
- olive oil
- salt
- Italian herbs
- tomato paste
- red wine
- tomatoes
- chicken stock
- fish sauce
- bay leaves
- butter
- pasta
- basil

## Instructions

1. Sear short ribs in a Dutch oven.
2. Blitz carrot, onion, and celery to make a sofrito.
3. Add olive oil, salt, and Italian herbs to sofrito.
4. Remove short ribs and add sofrito to Dutch oven.
5. Add tomato paste, red wine, and tomatoes.
6. Cook down, then add chicken stock, fish sauce, and bay leaves.
7. Return short ribs to Dutch oven and simmer on back burner for 2.5 hours.
8. Remove short ribs and strain sauce.
9. Cook pasta.
10. Add sauce and butter to frying pan and reduce down.
11. Add short ribs and pasta to sauce.
12. Toss with basil.
13. Serve with basil and cheese.

## Equipment

- Dutch oven
- Food chopper
- Pot
- Frying pan
- Strainer

## Tips

- The fish sauce isn't going to make it fishy, it is just going to deepen the umami.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/marcus.olaoire/reel/DGh7qAOszSl/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/642dd6a1-80ac-42ba-b71c-077bd9003231
- Extracted: 2025-05-31

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