Slow Cooker BBQ Pork Ribs with Sweet Potatoes
"No need to fire up the grill when you have this easy recipe for BBQ pork ribs done in the slow cooker! If you have a large slow cooker, you can make this slow cooker barbecue recipe with two small racks of pork ribs. Just add your favorite barbecue sauce and cook. Slow Cooker BBQ Pork Ribs with Sweet Potatoes also comes with its own side dish, cooked sweet potatoes, making dinnertime cooking even easier!"
NotesMake sure you strain the leftover “juice” from crock for any extra pieces of meat that have fallen off the rib bones and all those nice little bits of sliced onions! Watch out for bits of bone, too, as you may not want that going down your drain.
Makes6 servings
Preparation Time15 min
Cooking Time8 min
Cooking Vessel Size8-quart slow cooker
Ingredients
- large yellow onion
- 2 racks St. Louis style pork spare ribs (3 to 3 1/3 pounds each)
- 1 bottle Bar-B-Q sauce, your choice of flavor
- 6 sweet potatoes
- Fixings for sweet potatoes for serving
- Extra Bar-B-Q sauce your choice of flavor(s) for serving
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Line crock with slow cooker liner or spray with cooking spray.
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Place the onion slices at the bottom of the crock.
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Place ribs in slow cooker, meat side towards the side of the crock so the ribs line the crock. It’s OK if the rib ends overlap.
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Wash the sweet potatoes. Pierce each sweet potato a couple of times with a fork. Wrap in aluminum foil and place in the middle of the crock between the two racks of ribs.
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Place the lid on the crock. Cook on low for 6 to 8 hours or high for 4 to 6 hours until the meat on the ribs is falling off and the sweet potatoes are soft.
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Remove the foil from the sweet potatoes and serve on the side or make into a sweet potato mash.