Ribs! Yum!
The other day, I saw a rack of vacuum packed ribs selling for a reasonable price. So, I figured that I might have some fun with the slow cooker and have some "fall off the bone" good stuff for dinner tonight. Since RQS was coming up, I didn't want to waste much time preparing the ribs and dealing with my oven. (The less I use my oven when the weather is warm, the more comfortable my apartment will be.) So, I took my crock pot off the shelf, cleaned it up, and started to prepare the ribs.
Slow cooker ribs are reasonably easy to prepare. I do them in a simple way:
- Take a full rack of ribs and cut them up into portions of 3-4 ribs each.
- Pour a full bottle of BBQ sauce (whatever type I like and have in hand) and pour it in the pot.
- Place the ribs in the pot, making sure all are covered by the sauce.
- Turn the crock pot on high, and let it cook the ribs for 5 hours.
Note: One may want to adjust the ribs occasionally to keep them all submerged.
If I want to further caramelize the ribs, I may place the ribs on a ridged stove-top grill and cook them a little more on the stove. But I usually don't bother doing this, as I like the results fresh out of the pot.
Is there a better way to celebrate the unofficial start of summer with Ribs? If there is, I'll enjoy it later on....
