Bourbon Crock Pot Ribs
These fall-off-the-bone ribs slow cook all day in a whiskey BBQ sauce, and make the perfect St. Patty's day (or any day) meal!
Ingredients
- 2 racks baby back ribs
- 18 oz Sweet Baby Rays BBQ sauce- Hickory and Brown Sugar or Original flavor (about one standard sized bottle)
- 1 cup Jack Daniels whiskey
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup apple cider vinegar
- 1 TBSP paprika
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 onion, quartered
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 TBSP seasoned salt, such as Lawry's, divided
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
Instructions
- Remove the membrane (if any) from slab of ribs. (If you're buying from the butcher's counter, you can always ask them to do this for you.) Season slab with one tablespoon of seasoned salt. Set aside.
- Quarter the onion an break apart into large pieces. Then place onion pieces along the bottom of your slow cooker in a single layer. Using the flat edge of a knife, gently press down on your garlic cloves to create a "pancake" like piece. This will keep the garlic clove whole, but allow the delicious flavor to seep out easier while cooking. Put garlic cloves on top of onions.
- Mix together your dry seasonings: paprika, two tablespoons brown sugar, one tablespoon seasoned salt, and black pepper. (You won't be using the smoked paprika until the very end.)
- Mix together your wet ingredients: BBQ sauce, whiskey, and apple cider vinegar. Reserve ½ cup for later.
- Cut slab into individual ribs. Place ribs on tops of onions in slow cooker.
- Sprinkle with dry ingredients, then pour over wet sauce. Gentle stir to combine.
- Turn slow cooker on and cook for 8-10 hours on low, or 5-6 hours on high.
- Once done cooking, preheat broiler to 450 degrees.
- Carefully remove ribs from crock pot and place in a 9x13 oven safe dish. (Depending upon the size and number of slabs of ribs you used, you might need two dishes.) Careful pulling the ribs out of the pot as they are very tender and the meat will just fall of the bones. Make sure you pull out any meat that may have cooked off the ribs, but no need to include the onions or garlic cloves.
- Mix your reserved ½ cup of sauce, ¼ cup of cooking liquid from the crock pot, and smoked paprika together. Pour over ribs until thoroughly coated.
- Cook for 10 minutes under the broiler until sauce slightly caramelizes.
- Serve immediately.