We love ribs in this family – and not being able to eat tomatoes, we struggled at first to find a sauce that we loved, and so I’ve been experimenting and these are my favorite yet!
Ribs are a great food to have in the crockpot, and I created this recipe for Halloween night, as we’d be out Trick or Treating and I wouldn’t have time to cook. These ribs invited us back into the house, and were a great additional to our Halloween Spooky Meal – we called them Skeleton Ribs.
I particularly liked this recipe as I was able to hide Beets in the sauce, which typically my daughter won’t touch. Beets are high in immune-boosting vitamin C, fiber, and essential minerals like potassium – essential for healthy nerve and muscle function and manganese – good for your bones, liver, kidneys, and pancreas. Beets also can be used for detoxification and anti-inflammatory purposes, so a great food to have on Halloween to detox any candy that’s consumed!
- 2 Rack Pork Ribs each rack should be approx 2lb in weight
- 2 tsp Rock Salt
- 2 tsp Ground Black Pepper (Omit for AIP)
- 2 tsp Garlic Salt Make sure it's a gluten free brand
- 4 Ripe Apples Keep Skins On
- 1 Medium Beet Peeled
- 1 Medium Onion
- 1/4 Cup Maple Syrup
- 1/4 Cup Apple Cider Vinegar
- Mix up all the seasonings and rub into the Pork Rack and cut into portions to fit in Crock Pot
- Blitz all Ingredients for Rib Sauce in Blender/Food Processor
- Pour 1/3 of Rib Sauce over the Ribs
- Cook for 6 hours if you want meat falling off the bone. Cook for 4 hours if you want to pick up those ribs and gnaw away at the bones
- The remaining sauce should be warmed and then served with the ribs upon serving
What do you do with the rest of the rib sauce?
Hi Keri – Warm the rest of the sauce and serve it with the ribs – I will adjust the recipe!
Hi. Is the cook time for low or high setting? I prefer to cook on low but haven’t done ribs in my crockpot before. Looking for direction. Thanks.
Hi Kristin
use the Low/Medium Setting
Emma
Hi, how many pounds of ribs does 1, 2, etc, racks of ribs constitute?