Michael's Favorite Oxtails with Buttered Rice

Ingredients

• 3  to 4 bay leaves 
• 0.3 cup pepper black
• 1 stick butter 
• 0.3 cup garlic powder 
• 2 servings kosher salt 
• 2  oxtails whole sliced into 2-inch pieces
• 2 cups rice uncooked
• 1 cup salt 
• 1 dashes several soy sauce 
• 4 cups water 
• 2 large onions yellow peeled sliced into half-moons

Equipment

• frying pan
• oven
• aluminum foil

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
2. Trim fat from oxtails. In a broiling pan, toss oxtails with House Seasoning and soy sauce. Top with onions and bay leaves.
3. Add water to fill pan 1/4 of the way to the top. Cover pan with foil and bake until oxtails are tender, about 2 1/2 to 4 hours. Prepare rice according to package directions, adding butter and salt, to taste.
4. Serve rice alongside oxtails.
5. Mix ingredients together and store in an airtight container for up to 6 months.