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102 minutes•Easy•Serves 4

Quick Instant Pot Boneless Pork Ribs

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

  1. 1
    In a small bowl, combine paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and pepper.
  2. 2
    Rub the spice mixture all over the ribs.
  3. 3
    Place a trivet in the Instant Pot and add water.
  4. 4
    Place the measured boneless pork rib meat on the trivet.
  5. 5
    Close the lid and set the Instant Pot to manual/pressure cook on high for 23 minutes.
  6. 6
    Let the pressure release naturally for 10 minutes, then quick release any remaining pressure.
  7. 7
    Remove 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.
  8. 8
    Broil 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"}.

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.

Recipe Context

This recipe was created with the following context in mind:

Tuesday
dinner
winter
Requested: 30 min