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Crock pot Country Style Barbecue Ribs and Beans

Ribs!  We love those tender, smoky barbecue foods at our house, but who has time?  Here’s a recipe you put in the crock pot in the morning – give it a quick broil when it’s time to eat – and it’s Slow Cooked Goodness!

Ribs!  We love those tender, smoky barbecue foods at our house, but who has time?  Here's a recipe you put in the crock pot in the morning - give it a quick broil when it's time to eat - and it's Slow Cooked Goodness!

The addition of liquid smoke gives these ribs their smokey taste without all the work of smoking them!  They are so easy to make, you’ll have them every week! 

What you need:

How to Do it:

Mix the spices with the liquid smoke to make a paste.

 

 

 

 

 

Rub on all sides of the ribs and let sit for about 30 minutes.

In the bottom of a crock pot, mix the onions, beans, tomatoes and masa flour.

Lay the ribs on top, fat side up, making sure they are not completely submerged.  Cook on low for about 8-9 hours.

Gently remove the ribs.  Lay on a broiling rack and brush lightly with just a little oil.  Broil for about 3-4 minutes, just enough to crisp up the outside.

Serve hot with the beans!

Serves about 4

 

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Ribbe & Norwegian Christmas Cabbage

Posted By HelenFern On In Cabbage,Christmas,Fruits and Vegetables,Holidays,Main dish,Norwegian,pork | 17 Comments

In modern Norway, this meal is one of the traditional Christmas dinners (right up there with lamb roast).   After I did some research I contacted my niece’s husband who grew up with a very traditional Norwegian mom.  When I asked him about the ribbe, he had never heard of it.  Some families still eat the traditional foods passed down from many generations – some from the great famine.  Pork and cabbage would have been a luxury.  The foods he said he ate were lutefisk (dried and reconstituted cod), ruspekake (a potato dumpling), and lefse (a really good flatbread).  My niece makes lefse and I haven’t tried my hand at it, but I know it’s great.   Well, with this info in hand, I decided to try the dumplings.  Disaster!!  So maybe another year I’ll share ruspekake and lefse – but for this Christmas, it’s this amazingly delicious pork rib!

Let’s start with the Ribbe –

How to Do it:

Cut the fat into a hatch pattern on the back of the roast.

Rub the salt and pepper into the fat.  Place the roast so that is sits evenly in the pan, propping with foil if necessary.  You want to make sure the fat is sitting even and not draining off into the pan while cooking.  Cover the roast and refrigerate for a day – or even two.

Remove from the refrigerator and bring to room temperature.  Preheat oven to 450 degrees.  Pour the water into the pan with the pork and recover with foil.

Place the roast, still covered with foil, and cook for 45 minutes.

Remove the foil, reduce the heat to 375, and continue to cook for an hour and a half.  Remove from the heat and let rest for 20 minutes (this is when I make the cabbage).

When the roast has set, cut into serving sized pieces.  If you have larger bones, as I did, you can carefully remove them, but try to keep the crispy fat attached to the meat.

Makes about 6 servings
And while it’s cooking – here is the cabbage recipe:

How to Do it:

Place all the ingredients into a large skillet or sauce pan, layering the bacon and cabbage.

Bring the water to a boil, then cover and reduce heat to low.  Cook for about 20-30 minutes, until the cabbage is very tender.

 

Drain off the water and serve.

 

Makes about 6 servings

 

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Norwegian Ribbe and Christmas Cabbage

A delicious dish with roots in Norway. A slow roasted pork roast with a rich cabbage side.

Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Christmas, Norwegian
Keyword: cabbage, Christmas, holiday, pork roast
Servings: 6 people
Author: HelenFern
Ingredients
Ribbe
  • 4 to 4 1/2 pouds pork rib roast (not spare ribs)
  • 3 teaspoons salt
  • 3 teaspoons pepper
  • 3/4 cup water
Cabbage
  • 1 head green cabbage, cut into large shreds
  • 8 - 10 slices bacon, cut into large squares (hunter bacon is great)
  • 1- 1/2 cups water
  • 1 teaspoon caraway seeds
Instructions
Ribbe
  1. Cut the fat into a hatch pattern on the back of the roast.

    Rub the salt and pepper into the fat. Place the roast so that is sits evenly in the pan, propping with foil if necessary. You want to make sure the fat is sitting even and not draining off into the pan while cooking. Cover the roast and refrigerate for a day – or even two.

    Remove from the refrigerator and bring to room temperature. Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Pour the water into the pan with the pork and recover with foil.

    Place the roast, still covered with foil, and cook for 45 minutes.

    Remove the foil, reduce the heat to 375, and continue to cook for an hour and a half. Remove from the heat and let rest for 20 minutes (this is when I make the cabbage).

    When the roast has set, cut into serving sized pieces. If you have larger bones, as I did, you can carefully remove them, but try to keep the crispy fat attached to the meat.

  2. Rub the salt and pepper into the fat. Place the roast so that is sits evenly in the pan, propping with foil if necessary. You want to make sure the fat is sitting even and not draining off into the pan while cooking. Cover the roast and refrigerate for a day – or even two.

  3. Remove from the refrigerator and bring to room temperature. Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Pour the water into the pan with the pork and recover with foil.

  4. Place the roast, still covered with foil, and cook for 45 minutes.

  5. Remove the foil, reduce the heat to 375, and continue to cook for an hour and a half. Remove from the heat and let rest for 20 minutes (this is when I make the cabbage).

  6. When the roast has set, cut into serving sized pieces. If you have larger bones, as I did, you can carefully remove them, but try to keep the crispy fat attached to the meat.
Cabbage
  1. Place all the ingredients into a large skillet or sauce pan, layering the bacon and cabbage.

  2. Bring the water to a boil, then cover and reduce heat to low. Cook for about 20-30 minutes, until the cabbage is very tender.

  3. Drain off the water and serve.

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