{"id":136,"date":"2017-11-27T21:19:20","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T21:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thisimpliesthat.com\/recipes\/?p=136"},"modified":"2017-11-27T21:19:20","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T21:19:20","slug":"beef-ragu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thisimpliesthat.com\/recipes\/beef-ragu\/","title":{"rendered":"Beef Ragu"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Ingredients<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>2.5 pounds chuck beef or other slow cooking beef cut, cut into 4 equal pieces<\/li>\n<li>1 tbsp salt<\/li>\n<li>Black pepper<\/li>\n<li>3 tbsp olive oil, separated<\/li>\n<li>3 cloves garlic, minced<\/li>\n<li>1 onion, diced<\/li>\n<li>1 cup carrots, diced<\/li>\n<li>1 cup celery, diced<\/li>\n<li>28 oz crushed canned tomatoes<\/li>\n<li>3 tbsp tomato paste<\/li>\n<li>2 beef bouillon cubes<\/li>\n<li>1 cup full-bodied red wine (or substitute beef broth)<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 cups water<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 tsp dried thyme<\/li>\n<li>3 dried bay leaves<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Instructions<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Pat beef dry and sprinkle with salt &amp; pepper.<\/li>\n<li>Heat 1 tbsp olive oil over high heat.\u00a0 Add beef and sear each piece on all sides until browned (about 3 minutes total).\u00a0 Then place in slow cooker.<\/li>\n<li>Turn stove down to medium low and add remaining 2 tbsp olive oil.\u00a0 Saute garlic and onion for 2 minutes.\u00a0 Then add carrots and celery and saute for additional 5 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>If using wine, add to slow cooker and let it cook out (simmer rapidly until alcohol smell is gone).<\/li>\n<li>Add all remaining ingredients to slow cooker.\u00a0 Cook on low for 6-7 hours.<\/li>\n<li>Shred beef with two forks.\u00a0 Return beef to pot and simmer for additional 30-60 minutes until sauce is reduced and thickened.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Serve with a thick pasta (we love gnocchi!), fresh parmesan, garlic bread.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Comments<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Adapted from this source:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.recipetineats.com\/slow-cooked-shredded-beef-ragu-pasta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recipetineats.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients 2.5 pounds chuck beef or other slow cooking beef cut, cut into 4 equal pieces 1 tbsp salt Black pepper 3 tbsp olive oil, separated 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 onion, diced 1 cup carrots, diced 1 cup celery, diced 28 oz crushed canned tomatoes 3 tbsp tomato paste 2 beef bouillon cubes 1 <a href=\"https:\/\/thisimpliesthat.com\/recipes\/beef-ragu\/\"> read more <span class=\"meta-nav\"><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22,18],"tags":[27,38],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisimpliesthat.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisimpliesthat.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisimpliesthat.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thisimpliesthat.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thisimpliesthat.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thisimpliesthat.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137,"href":"https:\/\/thisimpliesthat.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136\/revisions\/137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisimpliesthat.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thisimpliesthat.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thisimpliesthat.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}