Pork Ribs with pepper puree

The Ingredients

• 3 pounds of spare ribs
• 2 cups of beef broth
• 1/2 cup of white wine 
• 1/2 cup of orange juice
• 1 stick of unsalted butter
• 2 peppers (whatever color you have)
• 1 large onion
• 5 cloves of garlic
• 1 tbsp of honey
• 1/4 cup of ketchup
• 2 Tbsp of tomato paste
• Hot sauce
• Paprika
• Chili powder
• Black pepper
• Garlic powder
• Salt 

The Recipe

1. Season your ribs with salt, pepper, paprika, chili pepper, and garlic powder.  Chop ribs into individual pieces.  Pour Orange juice over them and let marinade for a few hours.
2. Melt butter in large deep frying pan and sear all the ribs on both sides. About  7 minutes.
3. Chop the onion and the pepper while the ribs sear.
4. Place some of the ribs on your crock pot or slow cooker then layer the onions and peppers over them.  Place the rest of the ribs on top of the vegetables.
5. Pour wine on to pan and let it reduce while scraping all the flavors off the bottom of the pan.  
6. Pour contents from the pan into the crock pot over all the ribs.
7. Put in the honey, the tomato paste, the ketchup, the hot sauce, the garlic, and the beef broth.
8. Let cook on high for about 4 hours. 
9. Once the meat is falling off the bones remove the ribs and set aside.
10. Pour remaining liquid into blender and blend on low setting until the sauce becomes puree like.
11. Pour the puree over the ribs.  

The Experience

It was the first time I tried making ribs on the slow cooker.  I had done them on the grill before but this was completely different.  I could've just put the ribs in and poured plenty of good bbq sauce over them but I wanted to use the stuff I had in the fridge and try to create something new.  It was totally worth the experience.  I over did it on the salt a bit but it didn't damage the food at all.  I served it with roasted golden potatoes cut potato chip like but length wise.  Can you say AWESOME?  That's what it was!  Coated them olive oil and seasonings on both sides!  Cooked them in 400 degrees for about 20 minutes!  Perfect!  Next time I'll probably try it with a good pre-made bbq sauce from Sticky Fingers or something but I kinda liked this sauce too!