Tangerine Sticky Ribs – Slow Cooker Style

You'll love the flavor combination of these Slow Cooker Style, Tangerine Sticky Ribs!  Bursting with flavor and fall off the bone tender.

Total Time: 6 hours 10 minutes

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Every time I use my slow cooker I swear that I’ll start using it more often! And when I cook up deliciousness like these amazing Tangerine Sticky Ribs it makes even more of a believer of slow cooking.

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The recipe is really simple and by stocking up on a few Asian Cooking Ingredients, you’ll have everything you need for a delicious week night splurge.

Let’s start by gathering our ingredients. (aka Mise en Place)   Now that you have the ingredients on hand you can make more Asian inspired dishes, using chicken and seafood to perk up your menu options.

Then it’s a simple as arranging them in the slow cooker, placing the lid on top and setting the timer. Wow, I need some break now after all that work!

There’s only one step left after your timer goes off. Take all th liquid from the slow cooker and place it in a sauce pan. Let the liquid reduce by 50% or until its thick enough to be used as a sauce for the ribs.

Brush the sauce on and serve, these OMG delicious Tangerine Sticky Ribs! This sauce would be great with chicken wings and its on my to do list!

If you love your slow cooker you might also enjoy these recipes:

• Guinness BBQ Beef Ribs
• Chicken Merlot
• Ginger Beer BBQ Baby Back Ribs
• Wild Boar (and pulled pork sliders)

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Tangerine Sticky Ribs

You'll love the flavor combination of these Slow Cooker Style, Tangerine Sticky Ribs!  Bursting with flavor and fall off the bone tender.

Author: Chef Dennis Littley

Nutrition Facts

Tangerine Sticky Ribs

Amount Per Serving

Calories 534 Calories from Fat 117

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 13g 20%

Saturated Fat 2g 10%

Cholesterol 83mg 28%

Sodium 127mg 5%

Potassium 630mg 18%

Total Carbohydrates 84g 28%

Dietary Fiber 1g 4%

Sugars 80g

Protein 23g 46%

Vitamin A 11.3%

Vitamin C 40.8%

Calcium 6.9%

Iron 11.4%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Prep Time: 10 mins

Cook Time: 6 hrs

Total Time: 6 hrs 10 mins

Servings: 4

Calories: 534 kcal

Ingredients

• 1 pounds rack baby back pork ribs about 3
• 2 tangerines coarsely chopped
• 1 cup tangerine juice
• 1 cup orange blossom honey
• cup ¼ hoisin sauce
• cup ¼ toasted sesame oil
• 1 clove large garlic coarsely chopped
• 1 tablespoon tangerine zest
• 1 inch knob fresh ginger peeled and coarsely chopped, 2-
• 1 teaspoon Szechuan peppercorns
• 1 teaspoon Chinese five- spice powder
• 1 tablespoon sambal oelek or your favorite chili pepper sauce
• 2 tablespoons chopped tangerine peel for garnish
• 1 tablespoon chopped parsley or cilantro for ganish

Instructions

1. Cut baby back ribs into portions that will fit into your slow cooker.
2. Add the sesame oil, garlic, ginger, peppercorns and tangerine zest to the bottom of your slow cooker.
3. Place ribs on top of seasonings
4. Add tangerine juice, honey, hoisin, chili pepper sauce and five spice powder to slow cooker pouring over ribs. Don't worry it will all come together.
5. Set timer for 4 hours on fast or 6-7 hours on slow. Ribs should be cooked till tender, not falling off the bone.
6. Remove liquid from slow cooker when the time goes off and place in a small saucepan.
7. Allow liquid to reduce by half, or until nicely thickened. You want the sauce to seriously cling to the ribs.
8. Brush generous amounts of sauce on ribs, serve and enjoy!
9. * you can place them in the broiler for a few minutes if you like, but I don't think they need it.