Name: Fall Off the Bone Instant Pot Baby Back Ribs
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 rack baby back ribs; 1 cup cold water; 2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar; 2 Tbsp pork dry rub recipe or store-bought; Optional - BBQ sauce for serving

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Instant pot baby back ribs are tender, juicy, and fall off the bone by cooking them for just 30 minutes! No need to slow cook all day long when you can make tasty and delicious pressure cooker ribs quickly in your kitchen.

If you’re following a special health plan or have food restrictions, you’ll be pleased to know that the instant pot BBQ ribs are also low carb, gluten free, paleo, Whole30, dairy free, sugar free, and keto friendly ribs. If you decide to buy rib rub instead of making your own or add BBQ sauce, be sure to check the ingredient list to make sure the condiments work for your program.

The baby back ribs in instant pot are delicious with instant pot corn on the cob, Mexican street corn salad, cold broccoli cauliflower salad, or a bacon curry coleslaw.

And be sure to try our instant pot country style ribs, instant pot brats, or instant pot Italian sausage and peppers recipes next time you’re planning to make a pork recipe for dinner.

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Baby Back Ribs in Instant Pot

If you’ve been wondering what the secret is to QUICK fall off the bone baby back ribs, the secret my friend is using your pressure cooker. I guess you could call these perfectly lazy ribs since no other cooking method can cook ribs fast like an instant pot.

If you’re like our family, when you first think of summertime recipes making either ribs or corn on the cob might come to mind. We LOVE eating ribs in our house, and while many might save them for a warm weather BBQ, we don’t mind eating them all year long.

Ever since my husband splurged and bought a Big Green Egg, that I still don’t know how to use (or maybe I don’t have permission to use haha?), I’ve learned to master instant pot baby back ribs and baby back ribs in the oven that you’d never know weren’t slow grilled!

Why This Recipe Works

A simple sugar free pork rub adds big bold flavors make these flavorful ribs without needing BBQ sauce.
Using a pressure cooker means you get 30 minute ribs that taste like they were slow-grilled all day long.
You can bend the rack of ribs in a U shape, no need to take extra time cutting them into sections.
With just 5 minutes of of prep, you can put together an amazing, family-friendly recipe others will devour.

Ingredients for Instant Pot Ribs

1 rack baby back ribs
1 cup cold water
2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
2 Tbsp pork dry rub recipe or store-bought
Optional – BBQ sauce for serving

The instant pot baby back ribs take just 4 simple ingredients, I guess 5 if you decide to add BBQ sauce! Our homemade dry rub for pork recipe packs tons of flavor and we felt just using water for cooking worked well. Feel free to substitute the water for chicken broth, apple juice, or cola.

The dry-rubbed ribs are SO tasty, BBQ sauce truly isn’t even necessary. That being said, if you’re someone who just couldn’t imagine eating pressure cooker ribs without BBQ sauce, then it can definitely be brushed on at the end.

How to Make Instant Pot BBQ Ribs

Remove the membrane layer from the bottom of the ribs, this will help the baby back ribs in the instant pot turn out extra tender. Here’s a Youtube video on how to do that if you haven’t done it before.

Sprinkle the rib rack with 2 Tbsp of pork rib seasoning on the top side and press it into the pork.

Insert the rack into the pot. Add 1 cup of water to the bottom of the instant pot.

Put the baby back ribs in the instant pot by bending it into a U shape and set it on top of the pressure cooker rack, with the ribs on it’s side as shown in the photo. There’s no need to cut the ribs into sections before cooking! Easy peasy.

Drizzle the apple cider vinegar over the ribs.

Cook on the Pressure Cook setting (or Manual depending on your model), for 30 minutes. Do a quick release of the pressure and wait to open the lid once all of the pressure is released and the pin drops.

This recipe makes SUPER duper moist ribs! We highly recommend taking some of the juice left in the bottom of the pot and pouring a little over the ribs before serving. So tasty!

We LOVE our homemade rib rub so much, we often eat the instant pot baby back ribs recipe without adding BBQ sauce. If you prefer pressure cooker ribs with BBQ sauce, baste the ribs after they’re done cooking and broil them for just 1-2 minutes to give them a grilled appearance.

Each rack of ribs serves 4 people. Enjoy! We highly recommend serving the baby back ribs with Mexican street corn or Mexican street corn salad! You’ll never go back to regular corn again.

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Fall Off the Bone Instant Pot Baby Back Ribs

Yield: 4 servings

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 45 minutes

Easy instant pot baby back ribs that cook in just 30 minutes, yet are so tender and delicious. Get fall off the bone ribs in your pressure cooker that's full of flavor yet doesn't add sugar, gluten, or dairy. Feel free to add your favorite BBQ sauce.

Ingredients

1 rack baby back ribs
1 cup cold water
2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
2 Tbsp pork dry rub recipe or store-bought
Optional - BBQ sauce for serving

Instructions

Remove the membrane layer from the bottom of the ribs. Sprinkle the rib rack with 2 Tbsp of pork rib seasoning on the top side and press it into the pork.
Insert the rack into the pot. Add 1 cup of water to the bottom of the instant pot.
Put the baby back ribs in the instant pot by bending it into a U shape and set it on top of the pressure cooker rack, with the ribs on its side. Drizzle the apple cider vinegar over the ribs.
Cook on the Pressure Cook setting (or Manual depending on your model), for 30 minutes. Do a quick release of the pressure and wait to open the lid once all of the pressure is released and the pin drops.
The instant pot ribs are delicious just with a dry rub added, but to add BBQ sauce simply baste the ribs after they're done cooking and broil them for just 1-2 minutes to give them a grilled appearance.
This recipe makes SUPER duper moist ribs! We highly recommend taking some of the juice left in the bottom of the pot and pouring a little over the ribs before serving. So tasty!
Each rack of ribs serves 4 people. Enjoy!

Notes

Use chicken broth, cola, or apple juice instead of the cup of water.

Serve with just the dry rub or add BBQ sauce, if desired.

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