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Instant Pot Ribs

Instant pot baby back ribs with cilantro ginger, garlic, honey and lime sauce with peanuts
  • Serves:  8
  • Prep Time:  20 min
  • Cook Time:  1 hr 5 min

Ingredients

  • 4 lbs baby back ribs (or your favorite beef or pork rib! See cooking times for each type in the notes.)
  • 1 tbsp kosher salt
  • 1/4 cup minced fresh ginger
  • 2 tbsp minced fresh garlic
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • ¼ cup lime juice
  • 3 tbsp garlic chilli paste, sambal
  • ½ cup soy sauce or tamari
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 shallot, minced
  • Cilantro
  • Crushed peanuts

Method

  1. Pat ribs dry and season with salt.
  2. In a small bowl combine ginger, garlic, brown sugar, honey, lime juice, chili paste and soy sauce.
  3. With your Instant Pot on sauté mode, heat olive oil. Add shallots and cook just until softened.
  4. Arrange ribs standing up around the edge of pot, working in a circle and into a second layar if needed. Pour sauce over the ribs. Cover and seal the pot with the lid, making sure that the vent valve is closed.
  5. Using manual mode, cook ribs on high for 30 minutes. Allow pressure to naturally release for 15 minutes, release any extra pressure manually.
  6. Remove ribs from the pot and arrange on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
  7. Set Instant Pot to sauté mode and allow sauce to boil until reduced by half, about 8 minutes.
  8. Brush ribs generously with the reduced sauce and broil on high until they’re crispy on the outside, about 3-4 minutes. Flip the ribs and brush with more sauce. Broil for another 3-4 minutes until all sides are crispy.
  9. Serve topped with fresh cilantro and crushed peanuts.


Note : this recipe works for both beef ribs and pork ribs! You’ll just want to take note of the slightly different cooking times.

We tested it with:

Beef Short Ribs: 38 min pressure cook time

Beef Short Back Ribs: 35 min pressure cook time

St Louis: 32 min

Baby Back: 30 min