Description
Instant Pot Cajun Ribs. Baby back ribs come out of the pressure cooker fall-apart-tender with about an hour of total cooking time.
Ingredients
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- 1 slab baby back ribs (about 3 pounds)
- 1 cup water
- 1 tablespoon liquid smoke (optional)
Cajun Rub (or use your favorite store-bought Cajun spice blend)
(NOTE: This is 2 tablespoons of my Cajun Rub Recipe plus 2 teaspoons of salt)
- 1 ½ teaspoons of paprika
- 1 ½ teaspoons garlic powder
- 2 teaspoons fine sea salt
- ¾ teaspoon onion powder
- ¾ teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
- ¾ teaspoon dried oregano
- ¾ teaspoon thyme
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
Barbecue sauce (1 cup of my Easy BBQ Sauce), or use your favorite store-bought sauce
- ¾ cup ketchup
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 2 tablespoons cider vinegar
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard (or cheap yellow mustard)
- ½ teaspoon soy sauce
- ½ teaspoon Tabasco
Instructions
- 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 the membrane with a paper towel and pull it off the ribs. (If it tears while you're pulling, work the knife under the remaining pieces and pull them off as well.)
- Mix the Cajun rub and BBQ Sauce: In a small bowl, stir the Cajun rub ingredients, breaking up any clumps of brown sugar with your fingers.
- Season the ribs and put them in the pot: Sprinkle both sides of the ribs with the remaining rub (about 3 tablespoons). Cut the rib rack into 4 pieces, cutting between every third bone. Pour a cup of water and the liquid smoke into an Instant Pot or other pressure cooker, then add the pressure cooker rack. Stack the ribs loosely on top of the rack.
- 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 pressure cooker, or for 24 minutes in a stovetop PC. (Use Manual, Pressure Cook, or Pressure Cook - Custom mode in an Instant Pot.) Let the pressure come down naturally, about 15 more minutes.
- Sauce the ribs, then (optional) broil and sauce again: Gently lift the ribs out of the pressure cooker and put them on a rimmed baking sheet, bone side down. Brush the ribs with barbecue sauce and put the sheet under a broiler set to high. Broil the ribs until the sauce is bubbling and just starting to brown, about 5 minutes (depends on your broiler). Remove the pan from the broiler and brush the ribs with another layer of sauce. Serve and enjoy!
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Category: Sunday Dinner
- Method: Pressure Cooker
- Cuisine: Cajun
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Nutrition
- Serving Size: 3 bones
- Calories: 694
- Sugar: 20.9 g
- Sodium: 1500.5 mg
- Fat: 33.8 g
- Carbohydrates: 26.1 g
- Fiber: 0.8 g
- Protein: 71.9 g
- Cholesterol: 225.7 mg