Slow Cooker Honey Bourbon Glazed Spare Ribs
You don’t need a fancy smoker to make amazing BBQ spare ribs!
Twin Cities food blogger greens & chocolate
Twin Cities food blogger greens & chocolate
Recipe - ST. LOUIS PARK (+Wines & Spirits)
Slow Cooker Honey Bourbon Glazed Spare Ribs
Prep Time45 Minutes
Servings4
Cook Time480 Minutes
Ingredients
4 pounds spare ribs
¼ cup of your favorite store-bought rib rub
FOR THE HONEY BOURBON BBQ SAUCE: ½ white onion, sliced into strips
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 cup ketchup
½ cup bourbon
½ cup honey
⅓ cup apple cider vinegar
¼ cup Worcestershire
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
½ teaspoon salt
Directions
- TO PREP THE RIBS: Spread rub all over ribs and massage in with your hands.
- Wrap in foil or plastic wrap on a baking sheet and let sit overnight in the refrigerator.
- TO MAKE THE HONEY BOURBON BBQ SAUCE: Place all sauce ingredients into a medium saucepan over medium heat.
- Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until sauce has reduced by about one quarter. This will take about 30 minutes.
- Let cool.
- Place sauce in a high-powered blender and blend until well combined and smooth.
- TO COOK THE SPARE RIBS: Place spare ribs in slow cooker.
- Slather with about half of the BBQ sauce.
- Cook on low for 8-9 hours, or on high for 4-5 hours.
- Once cooked, carefully remove the ribs from slow cooker and place on foil-lined (for easier clean up) baking sheet.
- Heat oven to 400 F.
- Slather ribs with more of the BBQ sauce and cook for 10-15 minutes in oven until slightly crispy on the edges.
- Serve immediately with remaining BBQ sauce.
45 minutes
Prep Time
480 minutes
Cook Time
4
Servings
Shop Ingredients
Makes 4 servings
Premium All-Natural Pork St. Louis Style Spare Ribs, 2.5 Pound
$14.98 avg/ea$5.99/lb
L&B Pork Rib Rub, 2.9 Ounce
$6.79$2.34/oz
White Onions, 1 Pound
$2.49 avg/ea$2.49/lb
Fresh Garlic Bulb, 0.2 Pound
$1.40 avg/ea$6.99/lb
Heinz Ketchup, 64 Ounce
$8.99$0.14/oz
Age restricted item
Four Roses Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, 750 MillilitreDeal
$21.99 was $26.99$0.03/ml
L&B Pure Honey, 16 Ounce
Deal
$6.49 was $7.49$0.41/oz
Heinz Distilled Apple Cider Vinegar, 32 Ounce
$3.69$0.12/oz
Heinz Worcestershire Sauce, 18 Ounce
2/$5 Huge Deal
$2.50 was $3.19$0.14/oz
Koops' Dijon Mustard, 12 Ounce
$4.39$0.37/oz
Morton Salt, 26 Ounce
$2.83$0.11/oz
Directions
- TO PREP THE RIBS: Spread rub all over ribs and massage in with your hands.
- Wrap in foil or plastic wrap on a baking sheet and let sit overnight in the refrigerator.
- TO MAKE THE HONEY BOURBON BBQ SAUCE: Place all sauce ingredients into a medium saucepan over medium heat.
- Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until sauce has reduced by about one quarter. This will take about 30 minutes.
- Let cool.
- Place sauce in a high-powered blender and blend until well combined and smooth.
- TO COOK THE SPARE RIBS: Place spare ribs in slow cooker.
- Slather with about half of the BBQ sauce.
- Cook on low for 8-9 hours, or on high for 4-5 hours.
- Once cooked, carefully remove the ribs from slow cooker and place on foil-lined (for easier clean up) baking sheet.
- Heat oven to 400 F.
- Slather ribs with more of the BBQ sauce and cook for 10-15 minutes in oven until slightly crispy on the edges.
- Serve immediately with remaining BBQ sauce.