Crock Pot Barbecued Ribs

Submitted by Marie

"As easy as can be and they come out so tender and delicious! Not sure how many servings in the whole recipe. I usually halve the recipe and there definitely are leftovers when serving only two people. Although I haven't tried it, you probably could easily make pulled pork sandwiches from this."

 

• Ready In: 8hrs 10mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 4 -5 lbs boneless pork spareribs, cut into pieces
• 1 medium onion
• 1 cup ketchup
• 1⁄2 - 1 cup water
• 1⁄4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1⁄4 cup cider vinegar
• 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
• 2 teaspoons mustard
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon paprika

directions

1. Place half the ribs in a slow cooker and top with half the onion.
2. Repeat layers.
3. Combine the remaining ingredients and pour over all.
4. Cover and cook on low for about 8 hours or until ribs are tender.

Reviews

[I'mPat]

I've had an issue with crock pots/slow cookers since my original one which my DH gave me (he my BF at the time) 36 years ago and in it I could cook a meat dish for 12 hour plus and know it would not come out dry but these days it is a juggle act with the crock pots and I have gone through a few since my original went to crock pot heaven but today I allowed 4 to 5 hour to cook the pork but checked at 3 1/2 hours and it was just under so put to warm as I the sauce was really watery, about 1/2 hour before I wanted to serve I scooped out as much of the sauce as I could without draining it completely and put the crock pot on warm as I bought the sauce up to the boil in a small saucepan and added a slurry of 2 teaspoons cornflour/cornstarch mixed with water to thicken and then added back into the crock pot and let simmer on low as I served up the rest of the dish. I served with recipe #449952 on the side and some steamed bok choy with sesame oil though in future would consider serving with rice to soak up that lovely sauce. Thank you Marie, made for Name that Ingredient tag game.

 

[lsbrown20]

Just wondering if the folks that said the sauce was too watery were confused by the way the amount of water was written. At first, I thought it was one and half cups of water, but on closer look, I believe it is half of one cup of water....

 

[tootscooks]

This was the first time I ever used a slow cooker. I haved the recipe but cooked for the 8 hrs listed. They tasted good and sauce was watery. Will do again but cut cooking time. on to the next slow cooker meal.

 

[AndreaVT96]

This was my first time making ribs in a crock pot. I halved the amount of ribs, but kept the rest of the ingredients the same. I guess I was expecting a thicker sauce, but following the directions exactly, my sauce was thin and watery and did not stick to the ribs. After cooking the time given though and seeing the sauce was not going to thicken, I took them out and placed them on a broiler pan. I spooned the sauce in the crock pot over the ribs and broiled them a few minutes on high heat so the sauce would "stick on". I did this a couple of times until I had used all of the sauce. Broiling them like this, they turned out fine, and it produced a rib more like I was expecting, with a sticky sauce that clings to the ribs. Will make again with these revisions. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Angel91805]

These were pretty good. End the end, these ribs were boiled, though I did use the full cup of water called for. I tend to like ribs that are dry and sticky w/ sauce, not boiled. The flavor was outstanding though!