Description
Instant Pot Boneless Pork Ribs (Country Style Shoulder Ribs). Boneless "ribs" from the pressure cooker in a little over an hour.Â
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 pounds pork shoulder ribs (pork shoulder cut into 1½- to 2-inch thick strips)
- 1 tablespoon barbecue rub (or 2 teaspoons of my salt-free homemade BBQ rub and 1 teaspoon of fine sea salt)
- ½ cup water
- ½ teaspoon liquid smoke (optional)
- 1 cup barbecue sauce (Use my homemade BBQ sauce, or your favorite BBQ sauce)
Instructions
- Season the ribs: Sprinkle the boneless pork ribs evenly with the barbecue rub.
- Everything in the pot: Pour the ½ cup water into an Instant Pot or other pressure cooker. Add the (optional) liquid smoke. Add the ribs in a loose stack, then pour ½ cup of barbecue sauce over the ribs. (Don't stir - we want the sweet barbecue sauce to float on top to keep it from burning.)
- Pressure cook the ribs for 45 minutes with a natural pressure release: Lock the lid on the pressure cooker and cook at high pressure for 45 minutes in an Instant Pot or other electric pressure cooker, or for 40 minutes in a stovetop PC. (Use Manual, Pressure Cook, or Pressure Cook - custom mode in an Instant Pot). After the pressure cooking finishes, let the pressure release naturally, about 15 more minutes. (You can quick release any remaining pressure after 15 minutes.)
- Serve: Unlock the lid, tilting it away from you to avoid any hot steam. Move the boneless ribs to a platter using tongs or a slotted spoon - be gentle; they will be fall-apart tender. Brush the ribs with the BBQ sauce. Serve, passing extra BBQ sauce at the table. Enjoy!
Notes
I make my own homemade barbecue rub and barbecue sauce. My homemade rub is salt-free; if you use a store-bought rub, and it has salt as the first or second ingredient in the ingredient list, skip the kosher salt - the rub is salty enough.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
- Category: Weeknight Dinner
- Method: Pressure Cooker
- Cuisine: American