Crockpot Indonesian-style Country Ribs

Description
Easy to put together in the crock and go. Goes great with steamed jasmine rice and fresh pineapple and stir-fried veggies cooked with a little bit of the sauce from the ribs (I had some mushrooms and snow peas). This was inspired by KitchenManiac's recipe #62470 Curry Devil, a dish that I really love and prepare whenever I have the time and ingredients.



Ingredients

 * 2 lbs pork country-style spareribs, trimmed
 * 1 onion, sliced
 * ¼ cup ketjap manis (dark sweet soy sauce)
 * ¼ cup pineapple juice
 * 1 lime (juice of, no seeds)
 * 2 tablespoons tomato ketchup
 * 1 tablespoon brown sugar
 * 1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger
 * ½ teaspoon ground turmeric
 * ½ teaspoon ground cayenne pepper

To Serve

 * 3 – 4 Thai red chili peppers, slice thin (optional)
 * 3 cups steamed jasmine rice (optional)

Directions

 * 1) Place ribs in the bottom of the crockpot.
 * 2) Separate onion into rings and place on top of pork.
 * 3) In a small bowl, mix together ketjap manis, pineapple juice, lime juice, ketchup, brown sugar, ginger, turmeric, and cayenne pepper until blended.
 * 4) Pour mixture over pork and onions.
 * 5) Cover crockpot and cook on low for 6–8 hours or on high for 3–4 hours or until pork is tender and cooked through.
 * 6) Serve pork with rice (if desired), garnished with slices of hot chiles.

Serving suggestion
For my dinner, I also took some sliced crimini mushrooms and snow peas (about 2 cups each), and stir-fried those with some hot chilies until they were partly cooked, then added a ladle of the sauce from the crock and allowed it to thicken onto the veggies until the veggies were crisp tender; I served the veggies also with chunks of fresh pineapple on the side.