Hard

Slow Cooker Baby Back Ribs

Total Time
1h 20m
13m prep · 67m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
Difficulty
Hard
3 views
🌱 Vegan 🥬 Vegetarian 🌾 Gluten-Free 🥛 Dairy-Free 🥜 Nut-Free ☪️ Halal ✡️ Kosher

These slow cooker ribs are the best — they turn out perfect every time! They cook in a crockpot until tender, then are covered with barbeque sauce and finished in the oven for fall-apart ribs. Perfect for during the week as the slow cooker does most of the work!

Ingredients

  • 3 pounds baby back ribs , trimmed
  • salt and ground black pepper , to taste
  • 0.5 cups water
  • ½ onion , sliced
  • 1 clove garlic , minced
  • 1 , 18 ounce

Instructions

  1. 1

    Gather all ingredients.

  2. 2

    Season ribs with salt and pepper.

  3. 3

    Pour 1/2 cup water into the slow cooker, then add ribs. Scatter onion and garlic over top. Cover and cook on Low for 8 hours or High for 4 hours.

  4. 4

    When the ribs are almost finished, preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

  5. 5

    Transfer ribs from the slow cooker to a baking sheet; discard onion and garlic. Coat ribs with barbeque sauce.

  6. 6

    Bake ribs in the preheated oven until sauce caramelizes and sticks to meat, 10 to 15 minutes.

  7. 7

    Enjoy!

Nutrition Facts

Per serving

🍳

Want to cook this?

Open in the PantryLink app to scale servings, check your pantry stock, and generate a shopping list.

Sign In to Save Recipe Create Free Account

Prefer a printed copy? Use our print-friendly view with adjustable servings and font size.

Open Print View