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Instant Pot Baby Back Rib Sandwich (With Real Baby Back Ribs)

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  • Author: Mike Vrobel
  • Total Time: 1 hour
  • Yield: 4 sandwiches 1x

Description

Instant Pot Baby Back Rib Sandwich. Made from a real slab of baby back ribs, and ready in about an hour thanks to pressure cooking.

Ingredients

Scale
  • 1 meaty slab baby back ribs
  • 1½ teaspoons fine sea salt
  • 1 cup water (or the minimum liquid amount for your pressure cooker)
  • 1 tablespoon liquid smoke (optional)

Barbecue Rub (2 tablespoons of my Homemade Barbecue Rub), or use your favorite store bought rub

  • 3/4 tablespoon paprika
  • 3/4 tablespoon brown sugar
  • 1/2 tablespoon chili powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1/8 teaspoon dried thyme

Barbecue sauce (1 cup of my Easy Barbecue Sauce), or use your favorite store bought sauce

  • 3/4 cup ketchup
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • 1/4 cup cider vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon Franks Red Hot sauce

Sandwiches

  • 4 sub rolls
  • 1 medium onion, sliced thin
  • Pickle chips

Instructions

  1. Remove the membrane from the ribs: On the bone side of the ribs, work a butter knife between the membrane and the bone, then grab with a paper towel and pull the membrane off of the ribs. (If it tears while you’re pulling, work the knife under the remaining pieces and pull them off as well.)
  2. Make the rub and sauce: In a small bowl, stir the barbecue rub ingredients, breaking up any clumps of brown sugar with your fingers. Set aside. In a medium bowl, whisk the barbecue sauce ingredients until smooth. Set aside.
  3. Season the ribs and put them in the pot: Sprinkle both sides of the ribs with the salt and rub. Cut the ribs into 4 pieces, cutting between every third bone. Pour a cup of water and the liquid smoke into an Instant Pot or electric pressure cooker, then add the pressure cooker rack. Stack the ribs on top of the rack.
  4. Pressure cook the ribs for 30 minutes with a Natural Pressure Release: Lock the lid and pressure cook at high pressure for 30 minutes in an Instant Pot or other electric cooker, or for 24 minutes in a stovetop PC. (Use “Manual” or “Pressure Cook” mode in an Instant Pot). Let the pressure come down naturally, about 15 more minutes.
  5. Assemble and serve the rib sandwiches: Unlock the pressure cooker lid, and carefully move the ribs to a cutting board - they are fall-apart tender. Brush the ribs on both side with the barbecue sauce, then set them bone-side up and pull the bones out of the slab, leaving the slab of pork together as much as you can. (Some may just fall apart - that is what fall-apart tender means, after all.) Set the slabs of ribs in the sub rolls, top with sliced onions and pickles, and serve.

Equipment

Notes

  • Cole Slaw is another good topping for this sandwich

Tools

  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 45 minutes
  • Category: Sunday Dinner
  • Method: Pressure Cooker
  • Cuisine: American

Find it online: https://www.dadcooksdinner.com/instant-pot-baby-back-rib-sandwich-with-real-baby-back-ribs/