Barbecue Ribs - Wheat Free, Sugar Free, Dairy Free

Barbecue Ribs - 

Cooked to tender in a Crockpot and then grilled - Perfect!

Have you checked the label on your favorite barbecue sauce?  Mine had high fructose corn syrup as the first ingredient!  So, time to come up with a new recipe for barbecue.  I've always done ribs in a crockpot or slow cooker first - it makes them perfectly tender!  But I basted them with a store bought barbecue sauce, so this is my first attempt at making my own - and it turned out perfect!

Ribs
2 full racks pork ribs
1 t red pepper
1 t cayenne pepper
1 t black pepper
2 t salt
1/4 C onion
3 cloves garlic

Sauce
6 oz can tomato paste
1 C liquid from crockpot
1 T Mustard
2 T apple cider or red wine vinegar
1 T olive oil
3 T sugar substitute - Truvia, Swerve, Splenda or a few drops Stevia

Mix the dry ingredients and rub on top and bottom of the ribs.  Cut up the racks into sections that will fit in a crock pot.  Add garlic and onion and water to cover (if your ribs stick out, that's fine, just turn them around halfway through cooking).  Cook on low 4-6 hours.

When you are within an hour of eating, remove the ribs to cool slightly, add 1 C of the sauce to a small saucepan and add the rest of the sauce ingredients.  Boil and stir until reduced and thickened.  Add more spices or sugar substitute to taste.
Place ribs on foil on a grill and baste with sauce.  Cook until slightly charred at the edges.  This will be "fall off the bones" tender from pre-cooking in the crock pot and from now on, this is the way you'll always cook ribs!

Makes enough for about 6 servings:  490 calories per serving, 7 grams carbohydrates, 1.5 grams fiber.