Hello and welcome to “Adventures in Slow Cooking!” .. is
what I feel like in my house these days, ever since I unwrapped my slow cooker on Christmas day. I can’t help it, I love experimenting with my slow
cooker!
And I also have to offer up some apologies - I've neglected the blog the last week or so because I have been super duper cramming for an exam. It is now thankfully over, and I am making the most of my new-found free time! Basically, while I wait nervously for the result, I take my mind off it by cooking some delicious new foods. Win win.
I have long been told that my (vegetarian!) aunt has a great
knack for making ribs in the slow cooker, and this was one of the first things
I was keen to make in mine. You can of course use a “bought” BBQ sauce and that
would make this recipe incredibly quick and easy (even moreso than it already
is), but where is the fun in that?! You could also substitute the beer for chicken stock, or even water.
I’ve adapted the BBQ sauce recipe from a Jamie Oliver one,
and I really love the depth of flavour and spice in it, alongside a tempered sugary-ness.
I cannot stand sweet and sour/tangy, and this is more smoky/spicy with a hint
of fruity-sweetness. I’ll be using this exclusively for any BBQ sauce related needs I may have in the future.
I served mine with a bunch of sweet potato fries and the
end product was DELISH.
serves 2 hungry people
