Slowcooker Chinese 5 Spice Short Ribs

Chinese Five Spice Short Ribs
Difficulty: Easy

Ingredients
5-6 beef short ribs
1 sweet onion sliced
3 cloves garlic minced
1 28 oz can of crushed tomato sauce
3 cups beef stock
1 tbsp hoisin sauce
1heaping tbsp chinese five spice
3 tbsp sugar
salt
pepper
1 tbsp tomato paste (optional at the end)

Direction
salt and pepper short ribs and sear on all sides, set a side.  Slice onion and place in bottom of slow cooker, then lay short ribs on top.  in a saucepan heat beef stock, tomato sauce, garlic and all spices until incorporated.
Pour mixture over short ribs,  Cook on high fot 8-9 hours, skim off fat and discard, if the sauce is too loose the add 1 tbsp of tomato paste.  Serve with Jasmine Rice.
Serves 4