Slow-Cooker Hoisin Ribs

• 3 1/4 pounds pork ribs
• 1 pinch salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 1 cup hoisin sauce
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 1/3 cup white wine
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 4 cloves garlic, crushed
• 2 teaspoons Asian chili-garlic sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder
• cooking spray

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spread pork ribs on a baking sheet; season with salt and pepper.
2. Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned, about 30 minutes.
3. Whisk hoisin sauce, sugar, soy sauce, white wine, tomato paste, garlic, chili-garlic sauce, and five-spice powder together in a bowl.
4. Grease a slow cooker insert with cooking spray. Transfer pork ribs to the pot. Cover evenly with hoisin sauce mixture.
5. Cook on Low, stirring halfway through, until pork ribs are tender, about 8 hours.

pork ribs, salt, hoisin sauce, white sugar, soy sauce, white wine, tomato paste, garlic, asian chiligarlic, cooking spray

Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/256328/slow-cooker-hoisin-ribs/ (may not work)