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The best ribs you will ever eat - fall off the bone tender! I can't believe they're made in a slow cooker!

Slow Cooker Texas BBQ Ribs

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  • Author: Stephanie Powers
  • Prep Time: 10
  • Cook Time: 480
  • Total Time: 490

Ingredients

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  • ~3lb (1 rack) loin back/baby back beef or pork ribs
  • 1/2 cup of my Texas BBQ Rub
  • 1/2 cup beef broth
  • 1/2 cup sweet brown sugar bbq sauce

Instructions

  1. Bring your rack of loin/baby back ribs to room temperature, then wash and pat dry with a paper towel.
  2. Turn them over so the meat side is down, and using a paper towel to help you grip, peel off the back membrane of the ribs if the butcher hasn’t already removed it.
  3. Carefully slice each rib apart from the rack.
  4. Make my Texas BBQ Rub – that’s the most important part – (you’ll need about 1/4th of a batch for each rack of ribs.)
  5. Coat all sides of each rib in the rub and place them in a slow cooker meat side up. Stacking is fine.
  6. Add about 1/2 cup of beef broth to the bottom of the slow cooker (enough to cover the bottom about 1/2 inch.)
  7. Cook ribs on low for 8 hours or high 4 hours, or until the meat begins to fall off the bone. (It will shrink up a lot as it cooks – this is normal.)
  8. About 5 minutes before you want to eat them, baste them on the top with a sweet brown sugar bbq sauce and pit them on a cookie sheet under the broiler meat side up for about 4 minutes to give them a nice glaze.

Notes

  • Gluten-free: This recipe is gluten-free, just check your seasoning salt carefully or follow the recipe to make your own for the rub.
  • Vegetarian: Do I even have to tell you that this is not vegetarian?

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 4