OX tail recipe

[Tater]

Anybody have a good recipe for this?

[LWTCS]

Yes my missus does.
I'll ask and post.....

All tails Tater? Or more like a stew with vegetables and so forth?

[Tater]

Anything

[Mud Mechanik]

Wish I could help out Tater, A friend of mine makes the best Ox tail stew, I'll have to try and get her recipe for ya.

[johnhopper1957]

My dad makes the BEST oxtail soup, yellow split peas, onions, carrots and oxtail.

[junkyard dawg]

Low and slow tater. It makes a great stew or soup. Just tossing it in the crockpot with stew vegtables works fine. I used to make it for an italian restaurant. I'd flour it, brown it, and then slowly braise it for hours. It would have carrots, celery, onions. SOmetimes potatoes, sometimes mushrooms... and some herbs... parsley, thyme oregano all work. There are tons of recipes online...

[LWTCS]

Low and slow tater.

Yes.
The thing is that ox tails are very oily. My wifes technique is to boil them first on med-low covered for about 4 hours. Then transfer them to a new pot of water to get them out of the grease that renders off.

My wife does a Caribbean styled version so the addition of a single Scotch Bonnet pepper to the new water is requisite.
Add salt and any other seasoning that you may prefer in the second pot of water.
She does not cut the Scotch Bonnet as it is just really good whole. If you cut to insure more carry over be very careful...If you are not gloved do not touch your face or your,,,,,,,,privates And washing your hands does not help.......but them peppers add such a nice quality for sure.
Some curry or jerk seasoning is a nice addition too.

Bring second batch of well seasoned water to a boil then reduce to med- low/low and simmer your ox tails for another 2 hours.

We don't usually do the veggies/stew....She just cooks a big giant pot and we eat with rice and peas prepared in a separate pot.

Add your veggies as you would for your prefered degree of doneness.

[Tater]

Browned in oil and cooked in slow cooker . Removed Removed bones and fat and added liquid back with cream mushroom soup ,dry onion soup and mushrooms.Cooked a bit longer and enjoyed over rice . tks for the tips.

[LWTCS]

Can run ya diesel truck on the fat ya can render outta them tails aye?

[Tater]

There was more oil in them tails then one would think by looking at them.

[LWTCS]

Before I posted I had ask my wife about browning first,,,as thats what I woulda done too.

She says she boils em down so long that she doesn't think the browning really matters.....What was your take on browning your ox tails Tater?

I just love browning a bunch of meat (in bacon fat) and de-glazing my pot for the forthcoming stew ingredients with a beer or some wine.

[junkyard dawg]

Browning and boiling is different from browning and simmering or braising... The reason to brown some meats is to preserve the fats and moisture inside. Browning it seals it up. Then it cooks really low and slow and it stays super tender and juicy and really awesome if you do it just right. Lots of fat pools up... ya gotta deal with that...

I'd love to try how ya'll do it LW. Sounds really good.