Slow Cooker Country Style Ribs

These Slow Cooker Country Style Ribs are an incredibly easy and delicious way to cook fork tender pork ribs. This easy recipe uses only 4 ingredients and has no preparation time!

Easy Slow Cooker Country Style Ribs Recipe

Use your favorite bottle of barbecue sauce, freshly ground black pepper and salt, and either bone-in or boneless pork ribs to make the simplest slow cooker country ribs. It's an easy and foolproof recipe that makes wonderfully tender country style pork ribs with minimal effort from you!

You can cook the pork ribs on their own and serve with a side of air fried baby potatoes and vegetables, like green beans or asparagus. Or make it a one pot slow cooker dinner by adding potatoes and carrots to the slow cooker with your country ribs.

Either way, making country ribs in a crock pot is so simple, budget-friendly, and family-friendly.

What Are Country Style Ribs?

Country style ribs are rib-like cuts of pork meat that come from the shoulder area of the pig so they aren't ribs at all. They are usually boneless, but when they do have a bone in, it is not a rib bone and instead is a bone from the shoulder blade. They are slow cooked in the oven or crock pot, usually in barbecue sauce or with other bold flavors, til the meat is fall-off-the-fork-tender.

Recipe FAQs

Ingredients

• Pork country style ribs: this cut of meat may be called a few different things, such as pork shoulder or pork shoulder butt country ribs. Use bone-in ribs or boneless ribs.
• Barbecue sauce: use your favorite brand of bottled bbq sauce or a homemade sauce. My favorite is Sweet Baby Ray's barbecue sauce.
• Pepper: freshly ground black pepper is preferable.
• Salt: freshly ground salt is preferable, but table salt works just as well.

How To Make Country Pork Ribs In A Crock Pot

STEP 1: Place the ribs in the slow cooker in an even layer or layers, depending on how many pounds of meat you're using. Sprinkle evenly with freshly ground black pepper and salt.

STEP 2: Cover and set the crock pot to slow cook on LOW for 6 hours. After 4 hours, remove the pork ribs and carefully drain the liquid in the slow cooker. Brush one side of the ribs with half of the barbecue sauce and put the ribs back into the crockpot with the sauced side down.

STEP 3: Brush the top side of the ribs with the remaining bbq sauce. Put the cover back on and cook for 1-2 hours more, until the meat is very tender and falls apart easily.

*When the ribs have cooked for 5 hours time, check that the internal temperature has reached 160 degrees Fahrenheit with a digital thermometer. If it has, remove the ribs to a serving dish and check for tenderness. Brush with additional barbecue sauce if desired and serve. If the ribs have not come to temperature or still appear tough, continue to cook in 15 minute increments until done.

Enjoy!

What To Serve With BBQ Country Style Ribs

Easy Variations

• make it a one pot dinner by adding potatoes and carrots.
• add onions and garlic to the bottom of the pot.
• add seasonings like chili powder or cumin.
• make them sweet and sticky by adding some brown sugar.
• mix the bbq sauce with liquid smoke for a little extra flavoring.

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