Slow-Cooker Easy Barbecue Spareribs
2 - Crockpot - Tues, Beef
Ingredients
3 tablespoons paprika
2 tablespoons packed brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
Salt and pepper
2 (2 1/2‐ to 3‐pound) racks St. Louis–style spareribs
1 cup barbecue sauce
Directions
1. Mix paprika, sugar, cayenne, 1 tablespoon salt, and 1 tablespoon pepper together in bowl and rub evenly over ribs. Arrange ribs upright in slow cooker with meaty sides facing outward. Cover and cook until ribs are tender, 4 to 5 hours on low.
2. Adjust oven rack 10 inches from broiler element and heat broiler. Place wire rack in aluminum foil-lined rimmed baking sheet and spray with vegetable oil spray. Transfer ribs, meaty side up, to prepared sheet. Brush ribs with some of barbecue sauce, then broil until browned and sticky, 10 to 15 minutes, flipping and brushing with additional sauce every few minutes. Serve ribs with remaining sauce.
Notes
Avoid buying racks of ribs labeled only “spareribs”; their large size and irregular shape make them unwieldy in a slow cooker. St. Louis–style spareribs are smaller and more uniform in size and will fit nicely in a standard 6 1/2-quart or larger slow cooker. You will need an oval slow cooker for this recipe.
Slow Cooker Size: 6 1/2 to 7 Quarts