Instant Pot Baby Back Ribs
Instant Pot Baby Back Ribs
Equipment
- 1 Instant Pot
- 2 Tongs
- 1 Trivet
- 1 Foil-lined Cookie Sheet
Ingredients
Meat
- 3-4 lbs Baby back ribs or other pork ribs
Dry Rub
- 1/4 cup Brown sugar
- 2 tsp Paprika
- 1 tsp Onion powder
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1/2 tsp Black pepper
- 1/2 tsp Cayenne pepper (optional)
Sauce
- 3/4 cup BBQ sauce (home made or store bought)
Liquid for the instant pot
- 1 cup Apple juice or water
- 1/2 cup Apple cider vinegar
- 1/4 tsp Liquid smoke (optional but highly recommended)
Instructions
Preparing pork rib
- Clean and pat dry pork rib.
- Remove membrane from the bottle of the rib by gripping it with a paper towel and tear it out.
Dry Rub
- Combine dry rub ingredients in a small bowl and mix well. Apply dry rub generously to both sides of the pork ribs. Pad it tight with your hand.
Pressure Cooking
- Place the trivet into the bottle of the instant pot. Pour in liquid (apple juice or water, apple cider vinegar, and liquid smoke if using.)
- Place pork rib onto the trivet standing up in a coiled position (with the thicker side towards the bottom.)
- Close the lid, turn pressure nob to sealing position.
- Set to high pressure with cook time of 25 minutes. After that, natural-release for 15 minutes. If there's any pressure left after that (the pin hasn't dropped) then quick-release the remaining pressure.
- Remove ribs with 2 sets of tongs onto foil-lined cookie sheet, laying flat.
Broiling
- Brush BBQ sauce onto the ribs generously.
- Place ribs under the broiler for 3-5 minutes until desired crispness.
- Remove from oven and flip pork rib to the other side.
- Repeat from step 1 on the other side.