Chipotle Apple Venison Ribs

Well, it's been almost a year since I last posted anything here, so I guess it's time I got back to it. I promise you that it hasn't been a year since I last ate ;-)

My usual slow cooker rib recipe is basically onion, BBQ sauce and beer. I cook them on low for about 8 hours and then finish them off quickly on the BBQ. They turn out tender, delicious and falling off the bone. Laure made some like this last week. She made some pork and some venison but she couldn't fit them all in the slow cooker at once so some of the venison went back into the fridge. I needed to cook them but wanted to try something different, so I did. Here's my recipe from Sunday.

Ingredients
venison ribs (I had 2 nice slabs)
1 onion, sliced
6 whole garlic cloves
1/2 can chipotles in adobo sauce, chopped
1 bottle BBQ sauce (I used some sauce that I bought at Ribfest last year)
apple juice (enough to cover everything in the crock pot, about 3-4 cups)

Directions

1. Place all ingredients in the slow cooker.
2. Cook on high for 6 hours.

I made these on a weekend and only put them on to cook around noon, so I went for 6 hours on high. If it had been a weekday, I would have done 10 hours on low. If these had been pork ribs, I would have decreased the time to probably 4 hours on high or 8 hours on low. I also usually finish the ribs on the BBQ for 10 minutes just to caramelize the sauce a bit, even though the ribs are usually falling apart, but this time, I was hungry and lazy so I ate them straight out of the slow cooker. They were delicious with a nice spice but I might try the whole can of chipotles next time. I might also try less BBQ sauce and more apple juice to bring the apple flavour out a bit more.