Crock Pot Southwest Country-Style Ribs - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 dried New Mexico chiles
2 cups boiling water
2 tablespoons oil
4 lbs pork country-style pork ribs
1 tablespoon cumin seed
10 garlic cloves, peeled
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 (28 ounce) can whole tomatoes, drained and chopped
2 tablespoons vinegar

Preparation

Soak dried New Mexican chiles in boiling water for 30 minutes.
Remove chiles from water, dry off, and chop finely, discarding stem and seeds; set aside.
Brown ribs in oil in skillet over medium heat on both sides.
Place browned ribs in the bottom of the crock pot.
Toast cumin seeds in a small dry skillet until just fragrant but do not burn; allow to cool.
Stir together oregano, salt, pepper, chopped tomatoes, vinegar, chopped chiles, and toasted cumin seeds in a small bowl.
Pour mixture over ribs in crock pot.
Spread garlic cloves over the top of sauce.
Cover crock pot and cook on low for 8 hours or on high for 4 hours or until ribs are done and tender.
Serve ribs with sauce.