Slow Cooker Sweet and Sour Sticky Ribs
- Ready In:
- 5hrs 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 16
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 red pepper, stemmed, seeded and chopped
- 6 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
- 2 teaspoons fresh ginger, minced
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 8 ounces apricot jam
- 6 ounces frozen pineapple concentrate
- 6 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1⁄4 cup dark brown sugar
- 5 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 1⁄4 teaspoon red pepper flakes (optional)
- 4 1⁄2 lbs baby back ribs
- salt
- ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, chopped
directions
- Place the onion, pepper, garlic, and ginger in a food processor and pulse until finely chopped, about 8 pulses.
- Heat the oil in a medium frying pan over medium-high heat.
- Add the vegetable mixture and tomato paste and cook, stirring occasionally, until it is softened and slightly brown, about 7 minutes.
- Stir in the jam, frozen juice, soy sauce, sugar, 1/4 cup vinegar and red pepper flakes.
- Bring to a simmer and cook until thickened, about 5 minutes.
- Pat the ribs dry with paper towels and season with salt and pepper.
- Stand upright in the slow cooker insert, winding them around in a spiral, meaty side toward the wall of the cooker.
- Pour the sauce over the ribs.
- Cook on low for 4 to 5 hours until tender.
- Transfer the ribs to a cutting board, tent with foil and let rest for 20 minutes.
- Let the cooking liquid settle 5 minutes and pour off the fat.
- Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a medium pot.
- Bring the sauce to a simmer and cook down until it measures about 2 cups, about 15 minutes.
- Stir the remaining tablespoon of vinegar into the sauce and correct the seasoning.
- Slice the ribs between the bones and toss with the sauce.
- Serve on a platter garnished with cilantro.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Irmgard
Canada
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