
Throwing caution to the wind, I thawed the pork spare ribs, drawing inspiration from this month's copy of Taste of Home magazine. Slow cooker ribs are on the cover and I've cooked them before successfully, and gosh dang it I could do it again!
I won't even bother posting their recipe because the only things I did similiar was use barbecue sauce and something fruity, that was all the boost I needed to get me started down the creative path of dinner prep.
BBQ Pomegranate Ribs in the Slow Cooker
1 small onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 tsp black pepper
1 18oz. bottle of Sweet Baby Ray's Hot n Spicy sauce
2 8oz. bottles POM Wonderful pomegranate juice
~2 lbs. pork ribs
First, I sprayed the crock pot (this is very helpful in the cleaning process). Then I dumped in the onion, garlic and black pepper. I found the barbecue sauce in the fridge and dumped it in after tasting a small bit on my finger to see if I liked it. By the time I'd dumped it in, the heat on my tongue had started to grow and have a little burn to it. That's when I noticed it was the Hot n Spicy sauce. Eeep! How to tone it down? I didn't want to use cherry preserves like the magazine recipe, so I grabbed the beautiful POM bottles! I dumped the first one in, tasted, and it was much improved. The 2nd bottle I dumped in the barbecue bottle and shook to rinse it out and get all the flavor out. I whisked everything together and the taste was fantastic! Still a nice kick from the barbecue sauce, and a delicious fresh, tart burst from the POM.
4 comments:
These look great! Scott cooked ribs in the smoker when we were on vacation. Mmmm... ribs.
That's a great idea using the POM juice.
I still haven't tried to make ribs yet!
But crock pot ribs I could probably do.
Simply delicious and comforting!
cheers!!
I just got a crockpot and can't stop using it! I recently was inspired to make something with pork and pomegranate and came across this recipe and can't wait to try it! I might use a sweet baby rays that isn't as spicy and add some pieces of real pomegranates, but we'll see :) My fiance told me that when the broth / sauce in my crockpot isn't as thick as I want it to be, adding a bit of cornstarch or flour will help thicken it up without changing the flavor too much ~ Maybe that will help you for next time? thanks for sharing!
~Nena
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