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Slow Cooker Louisiana Ribs {Cajun-Style}

February 5, 2016 by Sarah Olson 33 Comments

Hello! These Slow Cooker Louisiana Ribs were so good! The recipe is adapted from Kelly at Wildflour’s Cottage Kitchen. Her rib recipe is made in the oven, I converted it to a slow cooker recipe because I know that ribs do well in the slow cooker too! I am participating in a blog hop where we all make a recipe from each other’s blogs, but we don’t know who made who’s recipe until today.

I am new to Kelly’s blog and I was happy to see how delicious all her recipes are. We seem to have the same taste in food. I was eying a few other of her recipes like her Millionaire Pie and her Cerveza Chicken Chimichangas.

The ribs start with a homemade Cajun dry rub. It may seem like a lot of ingredients, but if you cook a lot you will probably have most of the seasonings in your pantry.

Slow Cooker Lousiana Ribs {Cajun Style}

I marinated my ribs overnight in a zip lock bag. It is not mandatory, but I love doing this because if I prep the ribs the night before I won’t have rib mess first thing in the morning as I am trying to fix breakfast.

Slow Cooker Lousiana Ribs {Cajun Style}

I cooked the ribs in my 6-quart slow cooker. I spray the crock pot with non-stick spray so clean up will be easier.

Slow Cooker Lousiana Ribs {Cajun Style}

I also used Kelly’s kicked up barbecue sauce recipe. Use your favorite barbecue sauce and add a few more ingredients to spice up the ribs even more.

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Below is what the ribs look like after 8 hours of cooking with a little more barbecue sauce brushed on. DELISH!

Slow Cooker Louisiana Ribs

I served these beauties with slow cooker baked potatoes and homemade slaw. A perfect Sunday dinner.

Slow Cooker Louisiana Ribs {Cajun Style}

Slow Cooker Louisiana Ribs
 
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Prep time
20 mins
Cook time
8 hours
Total time
8 hours 20 mins
 
Author: Adapted from Wildflour's Cottage Kitchen
Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • 1 rack pork baby back ribs
  • ½ cup water
For the dry rub
  • 1 Tbsp. paprika
  • 2 tsp. salt
  • 2 tsp. garlic powder
  • 1 tsp. pepper
  • ¾ tsp. onion powder
  • ¾ tsp. dried leaf oregano
  • ¾ tsp. dried leaf thyme
  • ½ tsp cayenne pepper
  • ½ tsp. creole seasoning
  • ¼ tsp. crushed red pepper flakes
  • ¼ cup packed brown sugar
For the barbecue sauce
  • 1 cup barbecue sauce (use your favorite!)
  • ½ tsp. molasses
  • ½ tsp. creole seasoning
  • ¼ tsp. garlic powder
  • ⅛ tsp. onion powder
Slow Cooker Size:
  • 6-quart or larger
Instructions
  1. Mix the dry rub ingredients in small bowl, and the barbecue sauce ingredients in a small bowl, set aside.
  2. Put the ribs on a large cutting board, flip them over so the curved side is up. Remove and discard the silver skin, I do this but getting my fingers under middle edge on one side and pulling up, most of the time I can get it off in one piece. Cut the ribs into 4 even portions. I do this because it fits nicely in the slow cooker.
  3. Using your hands rub the dry rub on the ribs on both sides. Place the rib pieces into the slow cooker that has been sprayed with non-stick cooking spray. Take half of the barbecue sauce and spread over the ribs (being careful not to contaminate the rest of the barbecue sauce with the raw meat, that sauce will be used later when the ribs are cooked.) Add the ½ cup water around the ribs.
  4. Cover and cook on Low for 8 hours without opening the lid during the cooking time.
  5. Brush the remaining barbecue sauce on the ribs.
  6. Enjoy!
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Recipe Adapted from Wildflour’s Cottage Kitchen.

Shared at Meal Plan Monday at Southern Plate.

Sarah

Filed Under: Dinner, Pork Tagged With: baby back ribs, bbq, Crock pot, crockpot, dinner, pork, Ribs, slow cooker, spicy

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Comments

  1. [email protected] says

    February 5, 2016 at 6:30 am

    Hi, Sarah, and nice to meet you!! Thrilled to pieces that you enjoyed my ribs!! I hope that you had as much fun as I did, and thank you so much for the kind write-up and gorgeous photos!! 😀

    Reply
  2. Angela says

    February 5, 2016 at 6:38 am

    Sarah, these do sound amazing!!! I’ve never done ribs in the slow cooker but they look like they came out perfect!!! Cant wait to try it out!

    Reply
  3. pattyanderson54 says

    February 5, 2016 at 7:23 am

    Oh my do these look fabulous and done in the slow cooker? Wow. I’ll have to try this. Kudos to Kelly for a fabulous recipe and to your for choosing it. Stunning photos.

    Reply
  4. Mary says

    February 5, 2016 at 8:01 am

    Beautiful ribs! Can’t wait to make these. Pinned. Thanks.

    Reply
  5. [email protected]'s Dinnertime Dish says

    February 5, 2016 at 8:02 am

    We love ribs at our house, so I know my family would go crazy over these. They look amazing!

    Reply
  6. Michaela - An Affair from the Heart says

    February 5, 2016 at 8:28 am

    I love making ribs in my crock pot! These look fantastic!! Thanks for being a part of our group, Sarah!

    Reply
  7. Rose says

    February 5, 2016 at 8:34 am

    Looks delicious. What did you use to marinate the ribs the night before?

    Reply
    • Sarah Olson says

      February 5, 2016 at 8:36 am

      I used the dry rub in the recipe. It soaks into the ribs and looks moist, sorry that part was confusing!

      Reply
  8. Sandra Shaffer says

    February 5, 2016 at 10:03 am

    I think I could lick the screen! These ribs look amazing! Kelly has so many great recipes!

    Reply
  9. justine @ Full Belly Sisters says

    February 5, 2016 at 12:06 pm

    Whoa, these look phenomenal! Nothing beats ribs in the slow cooker. NOTHING. So darn delish.

    Reply
  10. Jenny | Honey and Birch says

    February 5, 2016 at 2:25 pm

    Oh, man. These ribs look great!! I am totally putting this recipe at the top of my “to-make” list!!

    Reply
  11. A Kitchen Hoor says

    February 5, 2016 at 3:28 pm

    Oh my. I know what I’m making next week for slow cooker Tuesday!! Awesome looking ribs. Yum!

    Reply
  12. auntbeesrecipes says

    February 5, 2016 at 5:03 pm

    I love ribs in the slow cooker! These look AMAZING!

    Reply
  13. Mary says

    February 5, 2016 at 5:37 pm

    These look so good, Sarah! I’ve never made ribs in my slow cooker, so I’ll have to give it a try!

    Reply
  14. Nicole Neverman says

    February 5, 2016 at 6:53 pm

    These ribs look and sound absolutely amazing!! What a fantastic slow cooker recipe! I’d love to make this. Great choice for Freaky Friday 🙂

    Reply
  15. Ashlyn @ Belle of the Kitchen says

    February 5, 2016 at 11:20 pm

    These ribs look beyond amazing! I just want to reach through the screen and start scarfing them down!

    Reply
  16. 1shamrocks says

    February 6, 2016 at 5:04 am

    These look delicious Sarah! Love the jazzed up BBQ sauce, sounds fantastic!

    Reply
  17. kellysparklesshoes says

    February 7, 2016 at 3:58 pm

    These look and sound divine!

    xx Kelly
    Sparkles and Shoes

    Reply
  18. Dini @ The Flavor Bender says

    February 8, 2016 at 8:40 am

    Oh my god! Those are some good looking ribs!! So much flavor 🙂 My husband would devour them for sure!

    Reply
  19. dishofdailylife says

    February 8, 2016 at 9:30 am

    Sarah, these look absolutely amazing! We always do ribs in the oven or smoker outside, but now I’m going to try them in the crockpot too!

    Reply
  20. Grandma Kc says

    February 10, 2016 at 11:06 am

    My husband is always disappointed with my ribs so I am definitely going to try this!

    Reply
  21. Celeste Mayer says

    February 14, 2016 at 11:03 am

    Did anyone actually try making this?
    I am in a hurry, can I put these on high and cook in 4 hours?

    Reply
    • Sarah Olson says

      February 14, 2016 at 12:12 pm

      I think they should do fine on 4 hours on high.

      Reply
      • Celeste Mayer says

        February 15, 2016 at 8:32 pm

        Yep, next time. They came out too dry. I ended up making pulled pork and drowning them in BBQ sauce to compensate.

        Reply
        • Sarah Olson says

          February 16, 2016 at 9:10 am

          Did you add water? If that wasn’t the problem, maybe your slow cooker cooks on the hot side?

          Reply
  22. Badana says

    February 15, 2016 at 5:16 am

    Hello! I will admit that the ribs look beyond delicious…my question is, can this be done to beef ribs?

    Reply
    • Sarah Olson says

      February 15, 2016 at 7:03 am

      I don’t see why not! I love the flavor of beef ribs too.

      Reply
  23. Celeste Mayer says

    February 15, 2016 at 7:59 pm

    Ok, I put them in for the 8 hours and they came out too dry.

    Reply
  24. Judy says

    August 4, 2016 at 5:25 pm

    Just like you I made my own adjustment. You adapted these from an oven method to the crockpot, I adapted them back to the oven, but, I mixed the spices with a half cup of BBQ sauce, coated the ribs and baked them at 325* in a Reynolds cooking bag, for an hour and a half. They were tender, moist and are now our new favorite. But use baby back ribs, not regular sized, as regular ribs are too fatty. Thank you for giving me the confidence to make my own changes like you did.

    Reply
  25. sharon says

    February 18, 2017 at 12:01 pm

    what is the creole seasoning?

    Reply
    • Sarah Olson says

      February 18, 2017 at 12:28 pm

      Here it is, I can find it at most stores. It comes in pretty good sized container. https://www.tonychachere.com/Original-Creole-Seasoning-Multi-Pack-P1268.aspx

      Reply
  26. Azra says

    April 3, 2017 at 6:25 pm

    Will spareribs work? Store was our of baby back ribs 🙁

    Reply
    • Sarah Olson says

      April 3, 2017 at 7:27 pm

      yes they would!

      Reply

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