Quick Instant Pot Boneless Pork Ribs

By @chef1
Tender and flavorful baby back ribs cooked in the Instant Pot in under an hour. Perfect for a quick and easy weeknight meal.
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Ingredients
- ●900g Boneless pork rib meat, raw
- ●1 cup BBQ sauce
- ●1 cup Water
- ●1 tablespoon Paprika
- ●1 teaspoon Garlic powder
- ●1 teaspoon Onion powder
- ●1 teaspoon Salt
- ●1/2 teaspoon Black pepper
Instructions
- 1In a small bowl, combine paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and pepper.
- 2Rub the spice mixture all over the ribs.
- 3Place a trivet in the Instant Pot and add water.
- 4Place the measured boneless pork rib meat on the trivet.
- 5Close the lid and set the Instant Pot to manual/pressure cook on high for 23 minutes.
- 6Let the pressure release naturally for 10 minutes, then quick release any remaining pressure.
- 7Remove the boneless pork. Combine all measured BBQ sauce with all the pot cooking liquid and pork drippings. Bring to a simmer and cook for 5 minutes, stirring. Brush the pork with some of this sauce and retain all remaining sauce for serving.
- 8Broil the coated boneless pork for 3-5 minutes until caramelized, watching closely. Divide all meat and all remaining sauce into four servings; no pork drippings or cooking liquid are discarded.
Recipe details
- Category
- Main course
- Preparation
- 24 minutes
- Cooking
- 65 minutes
Estimated total: 102 minutes. Planning estimate: stated duration ranges use their midpoint; standard preparation, heating and handling allowances are included. Overlapping tasks are counted once. Resting/chilling is included in total time.
How these estimates were calculated
- Prepare measured ingredients: 10 min planning allowance (vegetable_prep)
- mix: 3 min planning allowance (mix)
- simple prep: 5 min planning allowance (simple_prep)
- transfer: 2 min planning allowance (transfer)
- transfer: 2 min planning allowance (transfer)
- pressure heat: 15 min planning allowance (pressure_heat)
- quick release: 3 min planning allowance (quick_release)
- Heat all drippings and BBQ sauce: 3 min planning allowance (sauce_heat)
- Brush pork; reserve all sauce: 2 min planning allowance (transfer)
- oven preheat: 15 min planning allowance (oven_preheat)
- Chosen 10-minute initial preparation allowance includes implicit chopping and measuring; written preparation is not counted here again.
- All measured cooking liquid and pork drippings are served; no retention factor inferred.
- Replace bone-in baby back ribs with newly specified boneless pork rib meat; no edible yield inferred.
- BBQ sauce: USDA cup portion weight
- Water: USDA liter portion weight
- USDA plain tap drinking water; unknown amount includes only documented zeros and omits nonzero sodium.
- Paprika: USDA tbsp portion weight
- Garlic powder: USDA tsp portion weight
- Onion powder: USDA tsp portion weight
- Salt: USDA tsp portion weight
- Table salt; unknown quantity means sodium is omitted, not guessed.
- Black pepper: USDA tsp, ground portion weight
- USDA black pepper; documented seasoning allowance applies only to to-taste/pinch amounts.
- Boneless pork rib meat, raw: Source method now serves all pressure-cooking liquid and pork drippings in the BBQ sauce, rather than incorrectly calling used steaming water plain and discarding it. Original: {"item":"Boneless pork rib meat, raw","amount":"900g"}. Authored: {"item":"Boneless pork rib meat, raw","amount":"900g"}.
- Boneless pork rib meat, raw: Source method now serves all pressure-cooking liquid and pork drippings in the BBQ sauce, rather than incorrectly calling used steaming water plain and discarding it. Original: {"item":"Boneless pork rib meat, raw","amount":"900g"}. Authored: {"item":"Boneless pork rib meat, raw","amount":"900g"}.
- Boneless pork rib meat, raw: 900 g · USDA reference 167853
- BBQ sauce: 279 g · USDA reference 174523
- Water: 236.59 g · USDA reference 173647
- Paprika: 6.8 g · USDA reference 171329
- Garlic powder: 3.1 g · USDA reference 171325
- Onion powder: 2.4 g · USDA reference 171327
- Salt: 6 g · USDA reference 173468
- Black pepper: 1.15 g · USDA reference 170931
baby back ribs · Instant Pot
Estimated nutrition per serving
753 calories · 35.9 g protein · 30.6 g carbohydrate · 53.3 g fat · 1.5 g fiber · 1487 mg sodium
Source and basis: USDA FoodData Central and reviewed product references; ingredient-based calculation per serving. Documented USDA or manufacturer portion weights; all listed ingredient mass included before cooking losses. Full ingredient matches and assumptions below.
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