1/2cupbarbecue saucemore or less according to your taste
Instructions
Put ribs in a bowl and add coarse salt, ground black pepper, garlic powder, cayenne powder and smoked paprika. Mix well, rubbing the spices onto the meat.
Pour water and apple cider vinegar into the pressure cooker pot. Try to have the ribs stand up as much as possible, don’t stack them on top of each other in the pot. This will help them cook evenly. Put the lid on and turn to sealing. Press pressure cook or the manual button in some models and set the time to 20 mins.
For most pressure cookers, after the unit comes to full pressure, when the valve floats up, cook 20 mins after that. It takes about 10 minutes for the valve to come up, so from start to finish, the total time is 30 minutes.
Do a quick release. Use tongs to turn the valve to venting to release the pressure. When the float valve drops down, open the lid. Check a piece to make sure it’s cooked. It’s well cooked without the meat completely falling off the bone. If you like it extremely soft and falling off the bone, cook for 25 minutes instead of 20.
Take the ribs out and set aside. The remaining liquid has tons of flavor, use it to cook a one pot meal like rice and sausage or in a stew. After you refrigerate it, the fat will solidify on top and you can remove it easily. This meat tastes really good on it’s own, so you can even serve it without sauce for those who don’t like sauce.
Wipe out the excess grease on the bottom of the pot. Put a little bit of barbecue sauce all over the ribs. To caramelize sauce on the ribs, turn the pressure cooker pot on to saute. Pour 1/4 cup sauce in the pot. Coat the ribs in sauce and cook for 2 or 3 mins until the sauce is bubbling and sticks to the ribs. Do this in batches and add more sauce to pot if needed. Turn the cooker off if the sauce starts to stick to the pot. It happens very quickly. Leave them saucy or a little more caramelized if you cook it longer. The ribs taste delicious, the meat comes off the bone easily but isn’t overcooked.
Recipe Notes
2 Comments
Thaddeus H. Adams
on October 13, 2021 at 6:11 am
Very nice recipe Anita! I adjusted the recipe to use 7.5 lbs ribs for six people and we had enough for 2 next-day leftovers. I increased the cooking time to 30 mins for the rib crowdedness in our 6Q instapot. Thank you for an easy meal that everyone loves.
Very nice recipe Anita! I adjusted the recipe to use 7.5 lbs ribs for six people and we had enough for 2 next-day leftovers. I increased the cooking time to 30 mins for the rib crowdedness in our 6Q instapot. Thank you for an easy meal that everyone loves.
Glad you and family enjoyed the ribs, Thaddeus 🙂