Slow Cooker Brown Sugar Country-Style Pork Ribs

 

Ingredients 

2-3 lbs country-style pork ribs

1 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp pepper

1/2 tsp garlic powder

oil for browning

Sauce:

1/3 C soy sauce

3/4 C pineapple juice or lemon-lime soda

3 cloves garlic (crushed) 

1/2 C brown sugar

Gravy: 

2 tbsp. cornstarch

1/4 C water

Directions

1)  Trim ribs of any excess fat. 

2) Heat oil over medium-high heat in a heavy skillet. 

3) Mix the salt, pepper and garlic powder; sprinkle over pork.

4) Brown pork well on both sides; place in a 5-6 qt crock pot. 

5) Mix sauce ingredients in a small bowl and pour over pork. 

6) Cover and cook on low 5-6 hours, or high 3-4 hours. 

7) If a thick sauce is desired, remove ribs to a serving plate and keep warm in a 200 degree oven, turn cooker to high (if you cooked on low) and heat until sauce begins to bubble. Mix the cornstarch and water and stir into sauce, stirring constantly to avoid lumps. Cook for 5 minutes. 

8) You can return the ribs to the crock pot to coat with sauce if desired. Otherwise, ladle the sauce over ribs on serving platter.

Prep: 15 minutes

Cook: 6 hours 20 minutes

Total: 6 hours 35 minutes

Serves: 4 

Any variety of pork chops may be substituted but if using thin chops (less than 1/2 in thick) cook time will need to be adjusted down - approximately 4 hours low and 2 hours high.