How to make the best oxtail stew | Slow cooker recipes

Ah the humble oxtail. It is by far, one the tastiest cuts of meat you'll ever try. Which is hard to believe seeing how it is the tail of a cow! This bovine treat is actually very easy to cook, as long as you treat it with some care and respect.

You can't flash fry oxtail or serve it up medium rare and expect it to be tender and juicy. Oxtail needs long slow cooking to break down all that tough collagen, fat and connective tissue. However, cooked low and slow, it will yield the softest, most tender meat you're ever likely to have.

It's pretty cheap as well, although in recent years the price has gone up a bit, as it's become much more popular. My oxtail stew is a perfect winter warmer, and this recipe will happily feed 2 hungry people. If you want to feed more, then simply scale up the recipe.
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To make my oxtail stew you will need:
►About 600g of oxtail cut in to 4 pieces
►3 medium sized carrots
►1 medium sized onion
►1 celery stalk
►2 bay leaves
►1 tbsp of tomato puree
►2 garlic cloves
►1 star anise
►About 1 tbsp of Worcestershire sauce
►About 500ml of beef stock
►About 200ml of red wine
►1 tbsp of plain flour
►Salt & pepper
►Oil for cooking
►About 1 tbsp of cornflour mixed with a little water if you want to thicken the gravy more, at the end.

Serve up with buttery mashed potatoes and some greens of you want them.

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[joanmayo]

I'm in the U S, and am old enough to remember when oxtails were a dollar or two for a tray of them.
Now they are as much as steak!
Just made my oxtail stew from half-price tails I had in freezer.
It was fantastic with tomatoes from a can, bayleaf, garlic/onion, and chili powder!

[MrBellend]

I love this guy. He's brilliant. Top marks from me.

[mikelafayette]

Made this for my friends for Sunday supper. They went nuts over it! They never had oxtails before and definitely want this recipe again!

[darincarlin]

This video is timeless. Still delicious years later. Thanks!

[ianthomas]

A stingy meat portion for two. I remember when a whole un butchered Ox tail cost £1. Its a massivy underrated cut of meat, your recipe is very similar to mine, I add swede pieces too and finally, a pastry crust on top for me for last 20 mins in the oven.
I cook for 5 hours at about 135 Celsius on average.

[vitoorsini]

Hi Adams, congratulations, your way of teaching is what is needed for people to learn and love cooking, right to the point, easy steps and less ingredients as possible and no gimmicks. Your oxtail stew not only looks splendid I am sure it also taste very good. Thanks a lot, hope to see more of your recipes. Regards. Vittorio from Italy (Tuscany)

[delialaughlin]

Your recipe looked so inviting I had to try it. Never made oxtail before. It was simple to follow and when completed, the flavors were decadent! The meat was as tender as I could get from any restaurant. I took a photo of what I accomplished and sent to my friends. My compliments to you Adam. I'd make this dish again in a heartbeat and wouldn't change a thing.

[berneemartin]

Hi, I enjoyed your video. I found it because I was checking oxtail stew recipes, which I know are delicious. They are normally rather expensive here, but I found some grass-fed ones that were pretty reasonably priced so I bought them even though I was just looking for ground beef. I didn't have the star anise to put in my stew, but I plan on getting some and I look forward to trying that variation in the future. Thank you for not getting on the low-fat bandwagon and telling people to cool it and skim off the fat before reheating it. People don't know how good this fat is for them, especially if it is grass-fed and finished beef! So many people have been brain washed and misinformed that they must severely limit their cholesterol. But our bodies need it and if we don't get it in our diet, then our bodies must make it. They are all busy eating cheap, unhealthy vegetable oils - mostly highly processed and rancid Omega 3 & 6 oils or they over heat extra-virgin olive oils (which creates very bad trans fats when cooked at high heat and should just be used at the very end of cooking or in salad dressings). Anyway, I look forward to checking out your other recipes.

[kareh]

You make it look so easy to make and man, it looks so delicious. I'll be cooking this for sure. Thank you for sharing .

[doreenbriggs]

I would just like to say how easy it was making this and it turned out absolutely delicious. Ox tail is very expensive here in Egypt so I don't get it very often. My grandsons just loved it. Your recipes are excellent.

[jen]

So glad I found your channel. I've just popped your sausage, potato, onion dish into the oven and I want to do this oxtail for my g.son when comes to stay for a few days over Christmas. Another South African here 🤣🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

[elizabethmartin]

Omg!!! This is the recipe I’ve been looking for! My dad used to cook it this way and to be honest I’m now craving oxtail stew

[yangrachel]

I was researching for alternate oxtail stew recipe and after viewing a few, decided to follow your recipe. The only ingredients I did not add are garlic, salt and beef stocking (replace with chicken stock). I start preparing at 11am and use slow cooker to cook for 4.5 hours. The stew is ready to eat at dinner time and it tasted so yummy. :) thank you so much for your video!

[kathleencottrell]

Excellent instructional video. Not too much filler. Just right to the point!

[hargrimza]

Making this recipe for the third time now and I just keep coming back to it! Truly incredible eating.
The second time I made it I put it together early in the morning and just let it go through the day. Think it was cooking for 11 or 12 hours. Didn't even need a spoon, bones came out of the pot already clean

[siphumelelemathaba]

Heard you saying cheap cut of meat. In RSA oxtail is so expensive, its actually a luxury cut of meat.

[rossitherhodie]

Now thats my style Ox Tail, Plain simple recipe like Mom cooked it. I would about add 200 ml (Cup) of original coke and leave out the anyseed. Samp goes well with this also. Mashed sweet pumpkin or sweet potatoes to break down the richness a bit. Deliscious. Thanks Mate..

[maryandrews]

This is a really good recipe. It conforms pretty much to my very old family recipe. Instead of the star anise, it suggests a muslin bag containing about a quarter of a tsp. of black (or mixed) peppercorns, 3-4 cloves, a couple of allspice berries and a blade of mace. I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with star anise; it sometimes ends up tasting like cough medicine! I don't faff with muslin bags but use a metal spice ball; these are sometimes sold as tea balls for immersion in the pot. My. mother's oxtail was revered throughout the wider family. I've only just discovered your site and will look in again.

[JM-xodu]

Making this right now! Don't have enough time to slow cook so will pressure cook at the end. So excited I haven't had this stew since I lived in South Africa. Thanks for such a well explained video

[judymarais]

Looks absolutely delicious. Making this tonight in slow cooker.