Slow Cooker Honey Ribs

I have used this recipe from HMICHAUD at allrecipes.com for years.  It is delicious.  I made a couple of minor adjustments to the recipe to suit my taste.  Those who don’t care for barbeque sauce really like this dish because it doesn't have a BBQ taste, and even better, the kids love it.  It is sweet, savory and tender.  I usually serve it with rice, but it also goes well with mashed potato, couscous, or polenta.

Slow Cooker Honey Spare Ribs

1 (10.5 oz.) can beef broth

3 tbsp. honey mustard

1/4 cup honey

1/4 cup honey barbeque sauce

1/4 cup plus 1 tbsp. soy sauce

1/4 cup maple syrup

3 lbs. pork spareribs

Combine all wet ingredients in a bowl.  Slice ribs apart and place in slow cooker.  Pour sauce over pork.  Cook on high for 5 hours or until the meat falls off the bones.   Stir the meat halfway through cooking, if possible, so that the top layer of meat is on the bottom.  Use a spoon to strain off top layer of fat before serving.  Serve with mashed potato, rice polenta, or couscous.

The pork is fall-off-the-bone tender, so watch out for small fragments of bones.  To avoid dealing with them, use boneless pork ribs.  When making this substitution, cooking time might need to be slightly reduced.

Okay, the plated picture at the top of this post is my “pretty picture” to capture your attention, but when I present the dish to the children, it looks like the below.  The pork is shredded and meat juice mixed into the rice.  Yum!