Best Veal Shanks With Oriental Vegetables Recipes

VEAL SHANKS WITH ORIENTAL VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Make small incisions around the veal shank and insert the strips of garlic. Rub the shank with pepper.
• In a large kettle, combine the veal shank, broth, water, soy sauce, cloves, anise seed and wine. Bring to a boil, cover and simmer for one hour and 15 minutes, or until tender. Add the scallions, kale, Chinese cabbage and carrots. Cook for 15 minutes. Add the coriander, snow peas and bean sprouts. Cook for five minutes. Taste for seasonings and serve.

VEAL SHANKS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. In a large resealable plastic bag, combine flour, salt and pepper. Add veal, a few pieces at a time, and shake to coat. In an ovenproof Dutch oven, brown meat in oil in batches on all sides; drain., In a large skillet, saute the onion, carrot, celery and garlic in butter until tender. Return veal to the Dutch oven; top with vegetable mixture. Add tomatoes, broth, basil, thyme and bay leaves., Cover and bake 2 to 2-1/4 hours or until meat and vegetables are tender. Discard bay leaves. Just before serving, combine garnish ingredients; sprinkle over veal. Freeze option: Place individual portions to cooled meat and cooking juices in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally and adding a little broth if necessary.

BRAISED VEAL SHANKS

Steps:

• Make shanks:
• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F.
• Pat shanks dry. Stir together flour, 2 teaspoons salt, and 1 teaspoon pepper on a sheet of wax paper. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking. While oil heats, dredge 4 shanks in flour mixture, shaking off excess. Brown shanks in oil on all sides, turning with tongs, about 8 to 10 minutes. Transfer to a large (17- by 12- by 2-inch) roasting pan. Add 2 tablespoons oil to skillet and repeat with remaining 4 shanks. Discard remaining flour mixture.
• Add remaining 2 tablespoons oil to skillet and cook onion, garlic, anchovies, bay leaves, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and remaining 1/4 teaspoon pepper over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until onion is softened, 6 to 8 minutes. Add wine and boil, scraping up any brown bits, until reduced by half, about 2 minutes. Stir in tomatoes, water, zest strips, and remaining teaspoon salt and bring to a boil, then pour mixture over shanks. Tightly cover pan with foil and braise in oven 1 hour. Turn shanks over, cover, and continue to braise until meat is very tender, about 1 1/2 hours more.
• Remove from oven and skim fat from surface of sauce, then transfer shanks and sauce to a large platter. Discard bay leaves.
• Make gremolata:
• Stir together parsley, grated zests, and garlic and sprinkle over shanks.

VEAL SHANK RECIPE

Steps:

• Combine flour and dry seasonings in shallow dish. Add meat, 1 shank at a time; turn to evenly coat both sides of each shank with flour mixture.
• Heat 1 Tbsp. oil in large skillet on medium-high heat. Add meat; cook 4 min. on each side or until shanks are evenly browned on both sides. Transfer to Dutch oven sprayed with cooking spray; set aside.
• Heat remaining oil in same skillet. Add vegetables, ginger and garlic; cook on medium heat 3 to 4 min. or until vegetables are crisp-tender, stirring occasionally. Add beef broth; stir. Bring to boil; cook 1 min., stirring constantly to scrape browned bits from bottom of skillet.
• Spoon vegetable mixture over meat in Dutch oven; top with pasta sauce and coriander. Bring to boil; cover. Simmer on medium-low heat 2 hours or until meat is tender.

BRAISED VEAL SHANKS, MILAN STYLE

Steps:

• Trim excess fat from veal shanks. Coat veal with flour. Heat oil in 10-inch skillet over medium heat. Cook veal in oil about 20 minutes, turning occasionally, until brown on all sides; drain.
• Place veal in 5- to 6-quart slow cooker. Mix remaining ingredients; pour over veal.
• Cover and cook on low heat setting 8 to 10 hours or until veal is very tender and pulls away from bones.
• Remove veal and vegetables from cooker, using slotted spoon; place on serving platter. Skim fat from veal juices in cooker if desired. Pour juices over veal and vegetables.