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Scottish Oxtail Soup
Oxtails may be difficult to find, although you might get some from an old-fashioned butcher or meat market. You can substitute inexpensive cuts of bone-in beef. Here, in the metropolitan Washington, DC area, I can occasionally get oxtails from the meat department at some of the Giant Food supermarkets.
1 lb oxtail,cut into pieces, surplus fat removed
2 onions,chopped
1 Carrot,chopped
1/2 c Celery,chopped
1 oz Unsalted Butter
36 oz Low Sodium Beef Broth
4 oz No Salt Added Tomato Sauce
1 T Flour
3 T Port Wine
1 bay leaf
2 T Fresh Thyme
4 T Fresh Parsley
2 Green Onion
To make the spice bag, place bay leaf, thyme, parsley (including stalks), one 4-inch piece celery stalk with leaves, and two whole green onions in the center of a square of double thickness cheesecloth. Fold up the sides of the cheesecloth and tie off the top very tightly to make a spice bag. Fry the oxtail pieces and the vegetables in the butter for a few minutes until lightly browned. Remove from heat. Pour the beef stock into a saucepan and add the fried oxtail and vegetables as well as the spice bag. Bring to the boil, and then transfer to a crockpot and cook on high for 1½- 2 hours (or longer if necessary) until the meat is tender Strain the stock, cut all the meat from the bones and then return the stock and meat to the pan. Bring to the boil. Mix the flour and port together and add to the soup. Simmer for 5 minutes before serving.
Yield: 6 Servings
Sodium Category: LowSodium
Diabetic Exchanges
1 Starch
0 Fruit
0 Milk
0 Other Carbohydrates
1.5 Vegetable
2 Lean Meat
0 Very Lean Meat
1 Fat
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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 Helping Servings Per Recipe 6 Amount Per Serving |
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| Calories | 86 |
| Calories from Fat | 36 |
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Total Fat 4 gr Saturated Fat 2 gr Polyunsaturated Fat 0 gr Monounsaturated Fat 1 gr Cholesterol 10 mg Sodium 65 mg Potassium 164 mg Carbohydrates 9 gr Dietary Fiber 1.8gr Protein 2 gr |
6% 12% 3% 3% 4% 3% 7% |
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Vitamin A Vitamin C Calcium Iron |
36% 24% 2% 19% |
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* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet |
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