Today on The Stay At Home Chef I'm showing you how to make
the best slow cooker ribs!
My secret for crock-pot ribs has been one of the top recipes on my
website for the past six years. Today I'm going to show you exactly how I make them.
To start out we're gonna put together a quick rub you'll need
1tablespoon of smoked paprika and then 1teaspoon each of black pepper, salt,
garlic powder, onion powder, and ground mustard. Then stir this together real quick
k and then we'll set that aside real quick while we get our ribs ready for a rubdown.
Today I'm using baby back ribs but you can also use spareribs. You want
to turn them over so that we can remove the membrane on the back. Ribs have this
tough chewy membrane on the back. You can leave it on. It's kind of
unpleasant to eat so what you want to do is slide your fingers in there and start
loosening it up. Then once you have a good piece it helps if you use a paper
towel so you can grip it. It's a little slippery and then you can just pull it
right off and then of course toss that membrane to the side. Next we're gonna
take our rub, sprinkle it generously on and rub it in the ribs and of course
you'll want to be sure to do both sides. This is called a dry rub and it is an
optional step but it does add a lot of flavor to our meat. Next I'm gonna grab a
slow-cooker liner and place it down into my crock pot. These are BPA free and
completely safe to use and they do make cleanup a breeze. Of course you don't
have to use a liner but it is super convenient. Next you'll need some
barbecue sauce and I'm going to be using Kraft because that was the winner of our
taste test. You can also use homemade. So we'll place one half rack down in here
and then pour on a little bit of barbecue sauce on top and then we'll
place the other half rack on top of that. You don't want your slow cooker to be
too full. We could probably fit another rack in here but I wouldn't go over that.
You'll want to reserve about 1/2 cup of your barbecue sauce for later
and we'll go ahead and pop a lid on and we'll let this cook on low for
about eight hours or you can do it on high for five to six hours but I highly
recommend the low and slow cooking method when it comes to ribs.
It's fall-off-the-bone tender every single time. After eight hours you want
to gently remove the racks from the crock pot and place them onto a baking
sheet and I line mine with foil. Once again I like to do that for easy cleanup
and brush on more barbecue sauce. Now of course the ribs are completely edible
and delicious at this point but this last step makes all the difference so I
highly recommend not skipping it. This is what I call the secret to crock-pot ribs.
You want to place the ribs directly under the broiler setting on your oven
so that it's a top heat coming from above. The sauce on top will start to
caramelize under that broiler setting and really give a beautiful finishing
touch to these ribs. mmm! These smells so good! That is it. We are ready to eat
fall-off-the-bone tender ribs made in the slow cooker!
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