Ingredients
1rackof baby back ribs,cut in half to fit the slow cooker
½tspsalt
¼tspblack pepper
1cupketchup
¼cupwater
¼cupapple cider vinegar
2tbsplight brown sugar
1½tbspyellow mustard
1½tbsponion powder
1½tbspgarlic powder
1tbspliquid smoke
1½tspcayenne pepper
1tspsweet smoked paprika
4hoagie rolls
2tbspof unsalted butter
12pickles
½cupchopped onions,in a large 1-inch dice
Preparation
Put the ribs in the slow cooker and top with salt and pepper.
Cook on Low for 7 to 8 hours.
While the ribs are cooking, make the bbq sauce.
Add the McDonalds BBQ Sauce ingredients into a saucepan and cook on Low for 15 to 18 minutes or until sauce is thickened enough to coat a spoon and leave a line when a finger is swiped across the spoon.
When ribs are done remove them from the slow cooker and put them onto a sheet pan.
Cover with bbq sauce.
Broil for 1 to 2 minutes on the top shelf of the oven.
Spread butter on hoagie rolls and toast.
Slide the bones out of the ribs (they should come right out with a little twisting).
Use ¼ of the ribs on each hoagie, then top each one with three pickles and a sprinkling of onion.
