I Will Never Pay $55 for Restaurant Short Ribs Again (Butcher Math)

📗 Save Over $1,000 on Meat With My Butcher’s Money-Saving Methods: https://salpetralia.com A braised short rib runs about $55 on a restaurant menu, and the beef on that plate costs about $10. The rest pays for an afternoon of oven time and one overnight step that costs you nothing at home. In this video, I show you how to make restaurant short ribs at home for about $14.50 a plate, in six steps: The pack: bone-in English cut, one bone to a piece, two fingers of meat on top, about $9.99 a pound at Costco The head start: about 3/4 teaspoon of kosher salt per pound, on a rack, uncovered overnight The brown: three at a time in a heavy pot, then the onion, carrot, celery and tomato paste base The low oven: red wine, crushed tomatoes and stock, covered at 300 degrees for about 3 hours, until a fork slides in The day before: the restaurant step, cooling in a shallow pan inside 2 hours, lifting the fat cap cold, reheating to the USDA 165 degrees The grade: where I was wrong, and why Choice or Prime is worth the extra $6 in a braise The arithmetic: about $141 for two at the restaurant against $29 at home, about $1,344 a year once a month Chapters: 0:00 The $55 short rib at the meat case 1:01 Number one, the pack 2:18 Why the restaurant's rib is tender 4:05 Number two, the head start 5:11 Number three, the brown 6:12 Number four, the low oven 7:23 Number five, the step restaurants do 9:00 Number six, where I was wrong 10:37 Richie's birthday short ribs 11:32 The arithmetic 14:56 What to do this week This is not a promise that your first pot matches a restaurant that has made the dish four hundred times; give it two or three pots. The restaurant price is fair for what it pays for: the cook, the room and somebody else washing the pot. On an anniversary, pay it. Prices here are examples, about $9.99 a pound for bone-in short ribs and $55 on the menu; yours will differ. My website: https://salpetralia.com Watching on a television? Type salpetralia.com into your phone. What do bone-in short ribs cost per pound at your store, and what town and state are you in? I read every one of these. Braise it the day before. #shortribs #braisedshortribs #butchertips #savemoneyonmeat #cookingathome The prices, methods and food-safety guidance here are real and researched, and cooking temperatures follow USDA guidance. Prices vary by store, region and season. Educational content, not medical or nutritional advice.