Oxtail Stew (Semur Oxtail/Buntut) using Slow Cooker

I had no idea why suddenly I was craving for Oxtail.  I saw my sister in law was posting in facebook about how she and my big bro cooked oxtail for dinner. Yum..but this is my own recipe with a twist of Indonesian taste :D

Oxtail Stew (Semur Oxtail/Buntut)

Ingredients:

• 1 package of oxtail
• 5 bay leaves
• 1 tsp of peppercorn
• 1 tsp of thyme
• 1 tsp of corriander
• salt
• pepper
• sugar
• 1 tsp of cumin
• 4 garlic- minced
• 1 ginger- thumb size- minced
• 1 onion
• 2 stalks of green onion- chopped
• 1/2 cup of water

How to Cook:

1. Braise the onion, garlic and ginger with a little bit of oil in the pan.
2. In the meantime, rub the oxtail with salt and let it sit for 5 minutes.
3. After the onion turns brownish, put the oxtail on the pan. Sear it until its brown on each side.
4. Prepare your slow cooker. Drizzle a bit of olive oil inside.
5. Move the oxtail from the pan into the slow cooker.
6. Add in cumin, peppercorn, thyme, bay leaves, corriander, and green onion. Pour the water into slow cooker.
7. Sprinkle with salt,sugar and pepper.
8. Mix all evenly because we want to make sure the oxtail is taking a bath in delicious stock :D
9. Set the cooker into High for 4 hours.
10. Selamat Makan! (Indonesian for Happy Eating) :)