Chili Short Ribs And Beans - cooking recipe

Ingredients

5 lbs beef short ribs
1 teaspoon thyme
3 tablespoons chili powder
salt
pepper
2 tablespoons oil for browning onions
3 large onions, thinly sliced
2 garlic cloves
2 cups red wine
2 (16 ounce) cans kidney beans
4 cups cooked hot rice, for serving

Preparation

Trim fat off rib. Rub in chili, thyme, salt and pepper. Brown onion and garlic lightly in oil.
Put meat on onions, and bake 20 minutes in 350 deg oven.
Turn meat and bake 20 minutes more.
Add wine.
Bake for one hour. Turn meat and bake some more until meat is brown on both sides. Add kidney beans and bake about 1/2 hour or until meat is falling off bones (tserkukt).
Serve with rice.
May be made ahead and refrigerated. It actually tastes better after a day or two.