Slow Cooker Country Style Ribs with Sauerkraut and Potatoes
A great fix it and forget it meal. Slow Cooker Country Pork Ribs. Pork ribs slow cooked with sauerkraut, apples & carrots, this is comfort food at its best.
10new red potatoes (or two large russets cubed or thick sliced)
2medium carrotssliced thick
1onionsliced and then halved
1-15ouncecan sauerkrautdrained
1/2cupapple juice
1teaspooncaraway seed
1Tablelspoon fennel seed
1wholeapplecored and sliced
salt/pepper to taste
1Tablespoonflour
2Tablespooncold water
Instructions
Place the flour on a plate. Salt and pepper ribs and dredge the ribs in the flour until coated. Shake off excess flour. In a large fry pan, heat the oil until hot and sear the ribs until golden on each side. Remove to paper towel to drain.
In the crackpot layer, potatoes, carrots, onion, and sauerkraut. Pour on the apple juice, sprinkle on the spices and then add the whole apple on top. Season with salt and pepper and then snuggle the ribs on top of the ingredients. Cook on low all day.
If you'd like, remove ingredients from crockpot and place juice in a small saucepan. Bring to a simmer combing water/flour mixture and apples. Simmer for a couple of minutes and use as gravy.