Spring is officially here and boy are we glad! The snow is melting (leaving a huge muddy mess) and we are enjoying the outdoors. With the frigid below zero wind chills we experienced earlier this month the 40’s and 50’s this week felt great. With the arrival of Spring we continue to be busy with many activities, outdoor chores, calving and planting on the horizon. Year round I love the slow cooker but for some reason these past few weeks its been an excellent tool to getting a home cooked meal on the table shortly after we get home.
Cooking baby back ribs on a slow cooker is an excellent way to eat ribs. The low and slow cooking of the meat causes it to become very tender and nearly fall off the bone. Then placing the ribs in the oven to broil at the end is an extra effort but worth it to turn the sauce into more of a glaze and to char the edges just a bit for added depth of flavor.
Serve with these Make Ahead Mashed Potatoes and a veggie of choice and you have a delicious meal with minimal effort at meal time.
Slow Cooker BBQ Ribs
Ingredients
- 2 cups BBQ sauce
- 2 Tbs brown sugar
- 4 large cloves garlic minced
- 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tsp cayenned pepper optional. for more spice add up to 1 Tbs
- 4 lbs baby back pork ribs
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- Spray the inside of a large slow cooker with cooking spray. Remove the inner skin (membrane) from ribs and place ribs in crockpot. Discard membrane. (this recipe still works with the membrane on, but they are just a little tougher and do not fall off the bone. removing membrane is best)
- In a bowl combine BBQ sauce, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce and cayenne pepper. Mix well and cover ribs with half the sauce
- season your ribs with a little salt and pepper and place lid on slow cooker and cook on low for 7-9 hours cover and refrigerate remaning sauce for later.
- At the end of baking time the ribs should be tender and falling apart, carefully transfer to a parchent paper lined baking sheet. Preheat oven to 400 degress
- Pour 1/2 the juices from the slow cooker bowl into the remaining bbq sauce mixture. Baste the ribs with half the sauce and broil in oven for apprx 8-10 minutes or until edges of ribs begin to char and crisp.
- Serve with remaining sauce.
Other delicious meats cooked in the slow cooker:
