Braised Grass-Fed Beef Shanks

Braising meats is a delicious and healthy way to prepare a one pot meal that’ll last for days and give you multiple uses. My healthy Braised Beef Shank recipe is easy and doesn’t require all day to cook. Most braising recipes call for dredging the meat in flour, searing both sides and then braising. We know that grains can cause a leaky gut, when molecules leach out of our gut and intestines through perforated holes in the endothelial lining caused by certain pro-inflammatory foods. In my nutritious recipe, searing the meat on both sides in ghee, grass-fed butter or tallow, creates a crispy outer crust prior to adding in the bone broth. Simmering for just three hours produces a tender, very flavorful meat that can be used shredded in scrambled eggs, used in a soup, tacos or plain with a dollop of your favorite plain yogurt of choice. The bone marrow in the bones are just an added bonus of healthy fats that’ll keep you satiated and nourished for hours.

Serves 2-3

Ingredients

• 2-4 beef shanks

• 2-3 c. beef bone broth

• 2 T. ghee, grass-fed butter or tallow

• sea salt

  Directions

• Preheat dutch oven over medium-high heat.

• Pat shanks dry.

• Sprinkle sea salt on both sides of the shanks.

• Add you fat of choice to pre-heated pot.

• Place shanks in the hot pot and sear for 2-3 minutes per side.

• Add in the bone broth so that you are covering the shanks.

• Place top on Dutch oven, reduce heat to a simmer and cook for 3 hours over low.

• Once done, remove shanks from the Dutch oven, shred and store in glass container for up to 3 days or freeze.