Ribs

This recipe will work on either pork or beef ribs:

Ingredients: Ribs (pork or beef) - 2 pounds
Barbecue sauce - 1 cup
water
Pepper
Garlic powder or essence

Take the ribs and place them in a crockpot with enough water to cover them. Put crockpot on low. Add most of the barbecue sauce, leaving out just enough to put a light coating on the ribs when they come out. Add 1/2 teaspoon garlic essence (or powder). Let simmer for 8-10 hours. Remove ribs and place on plate, spoon barbecue sauce in a light coating on the ribs and pepper to taste. If these ribs are too moist for you you can also place them in the oven at 350 for 30 minutes after removing and saucing them. This will dry them out some.

Alternate method of preparing recipe.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Make sure ribs are thawed and place them in a 13 X 9 pan (deep). Cover halfway with water and add most of the barbecue sauce. add garlic essence or powder (1/2 tsp). Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 90-120 minutes. Remove ribs from oven and place on plate. Cover ribs with a light coating of barbecue sauce, pepper to taste, serve. Once again with this recipe if the ribs are too moist for you you can place them back in the oven without the water and aluminum foil for 30 minutes to dry them some.

Alternate spicings:
Increase garlic essence or powder to 1 tbsp and skip barbecue sauce for garlic ribs.
Replace barbecue sauce with your choice of hot sauce for spicy ribs. In this case you may wish to reduce the overall amount used from 1 cup to 1/2 cup

Makes 4 servings
Pricing per serving: I frequently get pork ribs for 99 cents a pound or cheaper, beef ribs are slightly more expensive on average but figuring on a 1/2 pound serving of ribs pricing is as follows:
beef - $1.00 - $1.50 per serving
pork -$0.75 - $1.00 per serving

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