Not-Barbecued Short Ribs

Ingredients

• 3 large onions, chopped
• 7 pounds beef short ribs, or more to taste
• Salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 3 cups water
• 2 (20 ounce) cans pineapple chunks in juice, undrained
• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
• 7 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
• 5 tablespoons ketchup
• 4 cloves garlic, minced, or more to taste
• 1 tablespoon dried sage
• 1 tablespoon dried thyme
• 1 1/2 teaspoons dry mustard

Directions

Spread onion into the bottom of the crock of your slow cooker. Season short ribs with salt and pepper; place atop the onion.

Mix water, pineapple chunks with juice, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, ketchup, garlic, sage, thyme, and mustard together in a bowl; pour over the ribs.

Cook on High for 4 hours (on on Low for 6 to 8 hours).