you know…. i once tried a recipe for cocoa chicken, i wasn’t a huge fan of it… this recipe looks interesting as well but i’m not sure if i’m brave enough to try it

Hooray for chocolate in savory dishes! It really does add a distinct mysterious dusky flavor to slow-cooked beef. I love it.

For a slightly different twist on chocolate and beef, check out my recipe for slow-cooked beef with cinnamon, orange and chocolate at: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18430583

Short ribs + anything = I’m in.

Oh wow. I Just posted about a Mole sauce with cocoa powder for a svaory cocoa event.I too was scared, but the flavors worked. This looks scrumtipous.

I use cocoa powder in my Cincinnati Chili recipe I keep meaning to post. I’ve never tried it in anything else savory, but these look sophisticated and still comforting at the same time…

Mmmm, short ribs. Love short ribs. Look at you doing savory chocolate.

That looks divine! I’ve always wanted to try a savoury chocolate recipe after seeing Chocolat…I must give it a try! thanks for the inspiration!

Glad I stopped by and had the chance to learn about Magazine Mondays! Sounds fun- that’s what I mostly cook from.

The short ribs sound good. I haven’t had much luck cooking with chocolate in savory dishes. The last pot of chili I made that had chocolate in it was dumped in the trash! Yuck.

I was sure you’d do a mole at some point during chocolate month, but here you are with short ribs — and such a wonderful recipe. Thanks!

Now that’s comfort food! I can definitely see short ribs and chocolate together. It looks great! I make a dry rub for steaks with cocoa and chipotle. It doesn’t taste chocolatey at all. It’s really good, but hard to describe.

This is another thing I’m yet to do - “savoury chocolate”
I’m keen to try though and your short ribs look very tempting!!

mmm chocolate in sweet and chocolate in savory, sounds great either way.

Daring! Like the others I was expecting a mole, this sounds equally good!

that looks so good…and perfect this time of year. I once had a chocolate bar flavoured with rosemary …it was a very intense flavour and not for the faint of heart…but I liked it.

I’m glad you did a chocolate savory–this looks exquisite! Great work!

Whoa… I think I would wimp out too. Although I know (intellectually) that sweet can enhance savory in mysterious yet delicious ways, in practice, my hand would surely shake. Looks fantastic, though!

Beautiful photos! Sweet, savoury…what’s next?

Oh My God! I love the idea of short ribs with chocolate… I had it once with tagliatelli and it was fantastic. This looks just as good. Great post!

I never doubted you! I have a recipe for a Mexican beef soup that contains chocolate, which until now, I had forgotten about! I must go look it up now as you are so right - chocolate does go well with tender pieces of beef.

I could eat short ribs every single day…and chocolate I eat that everyday!! There is a chichifroufrou (to borrow Jasmine, Ms.Cardamom) restaurant in town that serves short ribs with dark chocolate bbq sauce…the best I have ever had! We’ll go there when you come visit!

I made this back in 2006 when this issue came out!!! It’s on my blog somewhere!

This looks heavenly! Love short ribs too…slow cooked to perfection!

Had a savory dish with chocolate in a Mexican restaurant once and it was sooo good…adds a little something special I think

The dish looks delicious… I love the way chocolate enhances savory recipes!

Chocolate and savoury food melds really well, give a depth of flavour, mmmm.

A whole month of chocolate, yum!

I used to do a chicken and chocolate main with pine nuts and currants, I must find it again!

Short Ribs and chocolate, mmmm! I once made a chicken dish with a chocolate sauce, a “mole” of sorts, it was delicious!

All I can say is WOW! Looks so good. I like the idea of ‘Magazine Monday’. I should start doing that.

The robust flavor of beef is a good match for chocolate…sounds delicious!

Haha, a lot of the commenters above said what I was going to suggest - a chocolate chili dish!! :0)

Ohhh, that looks like a very interesting dish despite having chocolate in it. I’ll have to try it out! Thanks for posting pics.

short ribs braised in anything float my boat right on down the river. the color of that sauce is gorgeous.

i love using traditional sweet elements like chocolate in savory dishes, and vice versa. and of course, who doesn’t love a mole?

–michelle @ Us vs. Food

Hey, you have done it! great stuff. I’ve had chocolate sauces with deer, chocolate in chilli, and as part of a mexican mole sauce, but this is a first with short ribs. Looks great!

I’ve always been twitchy about meat with chocolate, but you’ve tempted me with the word “husky.” Gotta try it.

How wondrous…I could taste it right now…

j

A savoury chocolate dish…. hmmm sounds interesting but I can’t imagine the flavour.

Sometime you should try bison chili with Xocolatl.

That is Mexican chocolate with chiles and cinnamon. I used about a teaspoon in my chili and it gave the dish a whole new depth.

I can really see how this would be good.. every had ribs that were rubbed in coffee? Same thing.. I can just imagine the delicious richness of these short ribs.. *swoon* ‘kay next time you make you MUST have me over for lunch!!!

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I’m impressed! You managed to pull off chocolate short ribs and make them sound remotely normal and delicious! Perhaps I will try this…