Recipe This | Slow Cooker Chinese Spare Ribs (2024)

Slow Cooker Chinese Spare Ribs. Falling off the bone Chinese spare ribs in the slow cooker. Perfect for sharing and the only washing up is the slow cooker. Loaded with your favourite Chinese spare rib flavours including garlic, BBQ sauce and honey.

Slow Cooker ChineseSpare Ribs

Our Slow Cooker Chinese Spare Ribs were originally published on Recipe This between2015 and 2016. We have expanded on the Chinese spare ribs recipes to make itbetter than ever.

Today aswe publish this update on our Slow CookerChinese spare ribs our eldest son will turn 18 yearsold. He absolutely loves it when I cook him Chinese spare ribs, though he willoften complain at me that I HAVENOT MADE ENOUGH. Though isn’t that every teen lad onthe planet?

When weposted the original version of our Chinese spare ribs in the slow cooker, poorKyle was at school and you would have thought we had turned off his internetfor his reaction. So, this time he was present during the latest slow cookerspare rib taste tests.

Falling Off The Bone Chinese Spare Ribs

I recently read an article on afood blog, well more specifically a barbeque food blog and it was a big heateddebate about what falling off the bone ribs meant.

Well there were some serious grillers insisting that you should never serve ribs “falling off the bone” as this meant that they were burnt and had lost their flavour.

Yet there were others that were saying the complete opposite and that it has its nicest flavour when it is slow cooked and is falling off the bone.

Personally, I amall for the latter, and couldn’t imagine my ribs any other way than falling offthe bone and hate it when ribs are not slow cooked.

I remember having ribs at anoutdoor barbeque restaurant and because they had just been cooked on the grill andthey hadn’t been marinated or slow cooked they were so chewy and gave metoothache. I was not impressed and didn’t even finish the one I was eating.

It was tough and it felt likesomething cheap (which of course ribs are) but it didn’t have the lovely texturethat slow cooked ribs have or a taste that I liked.

It is safe to say that if I am going to eat ribs they must be cooked slow in the slow cooker.This recipe is very much my favourite for a romantic night in for two.

Serve your Chinese Spare Ribs with some fresh bread and a movie and you have the perfect night in.

This is also perfect for a girl’snight in, a boy’s night in or a romantic night in for two. However, we preferour Chinese spare ribs in either summer or winter. In winter with a Chinese bar,or in summer to keep us cool.

Also, if you’re a follower ofPaleo you will be pleased to know that our Slow Cooker Chinese Pork Ribs are paleofriendly or suitable for those on a low carb diet.

Slow Cooker ChineseStyle Spare Ribs

My slow cooker Chinese style spare ribs bringtogether your favourite slow cooker spare rib ingredients. I love it because itbrings together a love for Chinese BBQ spare ribs as well as Chinese garlicspare ribs.

The main ingredients for my slow cooker Chinese stylespare ribs includes:

• Garlic
• Honey
• BBQ Sauce
• BBQ Dry Rub
• Pork Seasoning
• Chinese Five Spice

Best of all of the ingredients to make my Slow Cooker Chinese Spare Ribs can be found in a typical pantry. Just make sure you add some pork ribs to your shopping list and you’re ready to go!

How To CookChinese Spare Ribs In The Slow Cooker?

I would describe my Chinese spare ribs as dump, mix andeat. You literally dump the marinade ingredients into the slow cooker, givethem a mix, toss in the pork spare ribs and cook.

You can cook your Chinese spare ribs on high for 4 hours or on low for 8 hours. I prefer to cook my slow cooker grub on high and put it on early afternoon for our supper.

This recipe keeps your washing up pile to a minimum. Themarinade is prepped inside the slow cooker so the only washing up you have isyour slow cooker and your spoon. That is literally it.

Also because of the fat from the spare ribs, the slow cookeris very easy to wash up afterwards and doesn’t need an overnight soaking.

Or for a quick banquet my favourite summer supper is to have our Chinese spare ribs in one slow cooker and then our Slow Cooker Asian Pulled Pork in another.

Grab some tortilla wraps and add in some Air Fryer Potato Wedges and its heaven. Because both the 3 recipes are so easy to prep, it makes an ideal Friday or Saturday night meal.

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