This recipe will be first of my 5 ingredient recipes- for the 5x5x5 challenge. I've already shared one way to do ribs in the crock pot (your basic barbecue ribs), but here's another. Today I did most of the moving out of my old apartment. I wanted to make dinner for my helping hands, and since it was going to be a crazy, tiring, long day, a simple crock pot recipe sounded perfect. It helped that country style pork ribs were $1.99/lb at Safeway.
The Basics:
Prep time: About 5 minutes, then in the crockpot all day.
Good for leftovers: yes!
cost: depends on what kind of meat and how much. Slow cooking makes even the cheap cuts of meat tender, so go ahead and go for the cheap on this one.
servings: 4-8
The ingredients:
Prep time: About 5 minutes, then in the crockpot all day.
Good for leftovers: yes!
cost: depends on what kind of meat and how much. Slow cooking makes even the cheap cuts of meat tender, so go ahead and go for the cheap on this one.
servings: 4-8
The ingredients:
beef or pork ribs- as much as you want. just make sure it will fit in your crockpot
1 onion, chopped
1 can beer (a regular sized can if you're doing about 4 servings, or one of the big pint cans for a larger crowd
dried thyme
salt
The Process: Oh, by the way. While today's recipe has 5 ingredients including salt, I've decided that since you are always going to have salt/pepper in your house, salt/black pepper won't count toward the 5 ingredient limit.
Layer the meat in the crock pot. On top of each layer, sprinkle salt and thyme. Add chopped onion and beer. Cook on low for 8 hours, or on high for 4. Remove from liquid to serve.
Each person will want to salt to taste. I hadn't unpacked the salt yet when we ate, so ours was a little less salty than I would have preferred, but the meat was very tender and had a good flavor. It would be great to add garlic to this one too.
Enjoy! There are leftovers if you want some tomorrow.
love,
Joy
Enjoy! There are leftovers if you want some tomorrow.
love,
Joy
