Slow Cooked Pork Ribs

Pork ribs are sooo good. And believe it or not really easy to prepare. The most important step is browning the ribs on both sides first, which gives the ribs a better taste and keeps them cooking at a hotter temperature to begin with. Experiment with whatever sweet and tangy sauces you have in your refrigerator. And...any left overs can be shredded and used for spicy pork tamales!

Ingredients:

• 1.5-2lb pork ribs
• Catalina dressing
• BBQ sauce
• Honey
• Hot Sauce
• Worcestershire sauce
• Garlic
• Onion Powder
• Water

Directions:

• Brown ribs in a cast iron pan
• Heat sauces and water in crock pot
• Coat ribs in sauce
• Cook ribs on high for 2-3 hours
• Bones should easily be removed from meat

Serve and Enjoy!

Spicy Pork and Eggplant Stir fry

This is another good left over dish. I used rib meat and japanese eggplant. The dish gets it's spicyness from hot sauce, red pepper flakes and charred poblano peppers and the sweetness from the left over bbq sauce that marinated the ribs. Because I used left overs, everything was already cooked, which cut done prep time and frying time to about 15 minutes. I felt there was enough protein in this to skip adding an egg. Which gave a nice Mexican themed stir fry as opposed to an Asian one. The vegetables are a nice addition to this dish. Feel free to add/substitute other beans or types of meat that you already have on hand.

Ingredients:

• Pulled pork or rib meat taken off from bones
• Steamed eggplant
• Grilled and charred poblano pepper
• Left over rice and red beans or spanish rice mix
• Roma tomato
• Scallions
• Cilantro
• Red Pepper Flakes
• Hot sauce

Directions:

• Heat ribs and remove meat from bones, ligaments and fat
• Heat oil in frying pan
• Add cold rice, beans, eggplant
• Chop tomato, pepper, scallion and cilantro
• Add red pepper flakes
• Stir fry until all ingredients start to brown and are hot
• Serve with a drizzle of hot sauce on top

Enjoy!