Tasty Pork Ribs

On occasions when we have something like a small pot roast or meat loaf for a Sunday dinner, it's special. This falls into that category of a special meaty meal. It's from the February/March 2008 Taste of Home.

Tasty Pork Ribs

8 bone-in, country style pork ribs, 8 ounces each

1 cup ketchup

1 cup barbecue sauce

1/4 cup packed brown sugar

1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce

1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar

1 tablespoon molasses

1 garlic clove, minced

2 tablespoons dried minced onion

1 teaspoon Cajun seasoning

1 teaspoon ground mustard

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper

Directions

Place ribs in a 5-qt. slow cooker. Combine the remaining ingredients; pour over ribs.

Cover and cook on low for 6-7 hours or until meat is tender. Yield: 8 servings.

Easy Peasy. I'm not usually comfortable cooking large hunks of meat, but it's always easy in the slow cooker. Brian really liked this, and I understand why: he's a meat and potatoes lover, and we aren't a big meat and potatoes family. I liked it just fine.

I specifically looked for 8 oz each, bone-in ribs to get for this. Are ribs really half a pound each? I ended up getting a little package of about 5 ribs that weighed 1.8 pounds. When we were eating them, I noticed that my bone-in ribs didn't have any bones. I doubled checked the package. Yep, they were boneless ribs packaged as bone-in. Brian prefers boneless meat, so he was happy.