Sticky beef spare ribs

Submitted by Samantha Cooper

Sticky beef spare ribs

Melt in your mouth delish
5 from 4 votes
Serving: 3
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 7 hours
Total Time 7 hours 5 minutes

Ingredients
 

  • 1kg beef spare ribs
  • 1/3 cup tomato sauce
  • 1/3 cup bbq sauce
  • 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar

Instructions
 

  • Mix the sauces and brown sugar together until the sugar dissolves.
  • Place ribs in slow cooker then pour over the made sauce.
  • Cook on low for 7 hours.
  • I added tea towel under lid with an hour to go
Paulene @ Slow Cooker Central

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12 Comments

  1. Stephen Peters June 26, 2019

    Made these for dinner OMG only thing I did different was add 100ml of coke with the sauce and a bit of gravox at the end to thicken thank you they where delish

  2. Have this cooking at the moment, house smells amazing .only thing i did different was marinated over night
    Cant wait for dinner time

  3. Megan Fisher August 24, 2019

    First time cooking with beef ribs. This was so easy and tastes great. All plates were cleared. Will definately make again

  4. I’ve just made these and they’re delicious! I halved the sugar too.
    Am wondering if you double the recipe, including the marinade ingredients, how would this affect cooking time? Thanks.

  5. Made this using lamb spare ribs (600g only) and substituted Worcestershire sauce for oyster sauce, and sugar for maple syrup and it was delicious!!! Cooked a lot faster in my 5.7 Ltr SC (4 hrs on low) and didn’t need to thicken the sauce further.

  6. I made these but used Pork spare ribs and only cooked for 5 hours. Was lovely and tender and hubby just loved them.Very tasty. They were a winner .

  7. Andrea Crocombe August 23, 2022

    Yum! Easy and delicious. We’ll be having this again!!! Served with mashed potato, baked pumpkin with honey and rosemary (another recipe on this site!) and baby peas.

  8. 5 stars
    Minimum effort and simple pantry ingredients for maximum taste! ?
    Sublimely delicious fall off the bone ribs, seriously saucy, have served with baked spuds & cauliflower bake or a salad/coleslaw and crunchy rolls ?
    PS I put in air fryer to crisp up ?

  9. 5 stars
    Sticky Spare Ribs — the kind of messy that’s absolutely worth it. Fall-off-the-bone tender, they barely put up a fight. Dripping in a rich, finger-licking glaze that hits sweet and savoury all at once. Napkins? Optional. Regret? None 🤷‍♀️

    1. Paulene @ Slow Cooker Central March 24, 2026

      Thanks so much for always taking the time to leave your awesome feedback Meagan! I appreciate you 🙂

  10. 5 stars
    Made these tonight using 1.4kg of beef ribs added a little extra bbq sauce other then that kept the same
    All I can say is Yummo! All plates cleaned

    1. Paulene @ Slow Cooker Central April 20, 2026

      Sounds like it was a huge success Tanya! Thanks for taking the time to leave your feedback 🙂

5 from 4 votes (1 rating without comment)

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