Tender Slow Cooked Country Style Pork Ribs
In the past, I have tried making country style pork ribs, and
they have never come out tender, juicy and falling apart, to my much disappointment.
I can’t tell you what I was doing, but
whatever it was, the method was not working for me. I almost threw in the towel, swore them off
permanently, but then I got a craving for them…and so did the mister. So, we picked up a package of boneless
country style pork ribs, and I went to work.
Scouring the web for a method that was sure to deliver what I knew was
possible, it had to be easy, but I didn’t expect just how easy it was to
be. For some reason, these are the things
that seem to challenge me the most. To
date I have never made a batch of rice crispies treats that came out well. Bizarre, eh?
Yeah, I know, I’m quirky.
Long story short, what I found on the web seemed to be a
consensus of cooking them low (heat) and slow (lotta time). I wanted a slow cooker recipe, because I love
my slow cooker and haven’t broken it out in a while. So, here was my answer, simplistically: put a
layer of onion slices in the bottom, on top of this put your pork ribs, cover
with sauce, and let it cook on low for 8-10 hours. OK, I thought, I’ll give it a shot. One—last—shot.
Success! The result
was accurately predicted by those folks on the various websites I
consulted. The ribs were tender
(!), juicy (!), falling apart (!).
- I started the night before with a simple rub of garlic powder, onion powder, black pepper, very little salt and some ground thyme.
- I also put a few pats of margarine in the bottom of the crock pot under the slices of onions…just because.
- I covered the ribs with a watered down bbq sauce, reserving enough of the full sauce for coating at the end (when they were done).
- My ribs were done in exactly 9 hours to perfection.
I did, however, also make my own sauce, which is really not
that hard at all.
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Here are two versions of a BBQ sauce I make:
Version 1
1/4 C apple cider vinegar
1/2 C ketchup
1/4 C strong coffee
2 T finely chopped onion
1 T minced garlic
1 T margarine
1 T molasses
1 T mustard
1 T brown sugar
2 t Worcestershire sauce
1 t paprika
1 t chili powder
1 t oregano
1 t thyme
1/2 t salt
Directions:
Sauté onion and garlic in margarine for a couple of minutes in a med. sauce pan
Add all other ingredients
Combine, bring to a low boil, bring to a simmer, stir from
time to time
Makes about 1 1/2 Cups
Version 2
(This is just version 1, simplified)
1/4 C apple cider vinegar
1/2 C ketchup
1/4 C strong coffee
2 T finely chopped onion
1 T minced garlic
1 T margarine
1 T molasses
1 T brown sugar
2 t Worcestershire sauce
1 t black pepper
1 t oregano
1 t thyme
1/2 t salt
You can also substitute 1 t of onion powder for the onion
and 1 t of garlic powder for the garlic, to taste, of course, in this version
without hurting anything
Directions:
Add all ingredients to a medium sauce pan
Combine, bring to a low boil, bring to a simmer, stir from
time to time
Makes about 1 1/2 Cups
