The original recipe is fairly large and should be made in a large oval slow cooker. I scaled it down as I only bought 2 lbs of ribs and cooked them in my small round 3.5 quart slow cooker. It served two rib-loving adults a reasonable portion without making pigs of ourselves (that would be some sort of weird cannibalism wouldn’t it?). I tried the little one with them, but like 99% of the food I cook, I got a happy but firm ‘nope!’. This is one time we were quite happy not to share. I’ll put the full recipe quantities in parenthesis but the recipe is written with my adjustments. You can use your own homemade barbecue sauce or your favourite store-bought. Since this was a last minute decision and I was short on time, I did use store bought with fantastic results. Right now we have a Budweiser BBQ sauce from Costco on the go.
Easy Barbecued Ribs
- 1.5 tbsp sweet paprika (3tbsp) (Edited Feb ’12 to say I’ve also used mild smoked paprika with fantastic results)
- 1 tbsp light brown sugar, lightly packed (2 tbsp)
- 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper (1/4 tsp)
- S&P to taste (about 1 tsp each is what I used)
- 2 lbs pork (baby) back ribs (6 lbs) – leave the membrane on the ribs to help hold them together
- 1 cup barbecue sauce (3 cups)
- Vegetable oil spray.
