Monday, November 1, 2010

Slow Cooker Spare Ribs

Ingredients:
1 (10.75 oz) can condensed tomato soup
1 onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 tbsp brown sugar
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 lbs pork spareribs
1 tsp cornstarch (optional)
1/4 c. cold water (optional)

1. Place ribs in a large stock pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil, and cook for 15 minutes.

2. In a mixing bowl, mix together soup, onion, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce and soy sauce. Remove ribs from water, and transfer to a slow cooker. Pour sauce over ribs.

3. Cover, and cook on Low for 6 to 8 hours, or until ribs are tender.

4. If sauce is too thin when cooking time is done, drain sauce from ribs, and pour into a sauce pan. Combine 1 teaspoon cornstarch with a small amount of cold water, stir into sauce, and bring sauce to boil. Cook until sauce has reached desired thickness.

NOTE: Sauce works well for Pulled Pork sandwiches.
Instead of ribs, place pork butt or shoulder in slow cooker and cover with sauce. Cook for 6 to 8 hours or until pork is tender. Remove pork from slow cooker and place on cutting board. Using 2 forks, pull pork apart and return torn pork to slow cooker. Stir to mix pork into sauce.