Spicy-Sweet Ribs and Beans

Will try again, but the beans burned on the bottom. Maybe my slow cooker is hotter than it should be, but with some changes, I think it will be a winner. Now, what to change.... :-)

This is unreal good!!! I made this this for my self one day ended up taking it to work. Now all I hear from my co-workers is PORK N BEANS. This is how I did it 4.5lbs country style pork ribs rubbed them with sea salt and pepper put in broiler 10min each side. Put beans and cut up onion in slow cooker. Heated up Jack Daniels spicy BBQ sauce with green hot sauce. I couldnt find any jalapeno jelly so this is what I did. Found I can 5oz of roasted jalepenos and took 5oz stawberry jelly put in with BBQ mixture heated up until boiling. Took ribs out of oven put on a plate and covered with hot BBQ mixture. Let stand for 10-15min. Took soaked ribs put on top of bean in the slow cooker. Took half remaining BBQ mixture and covered ribs. Set slow cooker to low and waited 8 hours unreal good

the rib part great the beans not to impressed

I used about a quater pound dried pintos which I soaked the night before. I added about 2 cups water to compensate and got a runny sauce, but otherwise worked well. I'll try 1 cup water next time. There will be a next time.

This recipe was good but it wasn't outstanding. First I dont cook with 'country style ribs' often so I would have liked a little more information on trimming it, does that mean all the fat? some of the fat? the stringy bits? Cut the long ribs in half? Putting the recipe together was quite easy though. I agree that browning isn't a neccesary step. The flavor was good, a bit spicy for me, not enough spicy for my boyfriend. The beans were definatly the best part, the meat was ok but im not much of a meat eater. It was very moist but seemed a bit greasy to me even after removing all the fat from the sauce. I wouldn't use this exact recipe again but I would use it as a good base to create something else.