Easy homemade recipe for beef osso buco cooked in a pan

veal shanks

🥗Healthier: chicken thighs

💰Cheaper: pork shanks

Chicken thighs are leaner and pork shanks are less expensive.

white wine

🥗Healthier: non-alcoholic wine

💰Cheaper: broth

Non-alcoholic wine retains flavor without alcohol.

beef broth

🥗Healthier: vegetable broth

💰Cheaper: water with seasoning

Vegetable broth is lighter and water with seasoning is cost-effective.

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil is healthier and margarine is often cheaper.

Explain what osso buco is, a classic braised dish made by slow-cooking shanks until tender and juicy.

Discuss the best cut of meat for osso buco, which is always shank, sliced crosswise with the bone and marrow in the center.

Mention that osso buco needs more time to cook, but the slow cooking makes it rich and full of flavor.

State that osso buco is ready when the meat pulls easily away from the bone.

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