Preheat oven to 350 F (176 C). Take beef short ribs out of refrigerator, clean, pat dry and allow meat to reach room temperature so they can cook evenly in when searing. Score meat so seasoning will penetrate meat during cooking process. Season all sides of short ribs with: Salt, Pepper, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder. Show your meat some love by rubbing your seasoning into the meat!
Take a dutch oven or cast iron pot. Add about 2 tbsp of light olive oil and bring up to temperature on low medium heat. Place seasoned meat in heated dutch oven with oil and sear all sides until a light crust is formed.
Once searing process is complete, remove short ribs from the dutch oven, lower heat, and add sliced onion, allow onion to soften. Once onions are soft, add butter, minced garlic (Around 2 tbsp), sliced celery, and carrots. Stir until vegetables begin to sweat (Around 2 minutes). Next add 1 heaping tablespoon of tomato paste. Stir and allow tomato paste to cook for 1-2 minutes. This will lessen the bitter flavor of the tomato paste.
Next add 2 cups of dry red wine (like a Cabernet). Reduce down by allowing mixture to come to a slight boil. Upon slight boil, turn off heat. NOTE: If you do not like cooking with alcohol, you can skip this step and add 4 cups of beef broth to your dutch oven instead.
Once wine or beef mixture comes to a slight boil, turn off heat and add Worcestershire sauce, 2 bay leaves and stir. Add short ribs back to the red wine reduction sauce you just made. Add a few sprinkles of salt to taste. Cover with lid and allow to slow cook for 3 hours or until desired tenderness is achieved. Occasionally stir mixture and add salt to taste. Ribs are ready once they fall off the bone 😉. Enjoy!