Hello Everyone and Welcome Back to Great Chow !
I really wanted to spend the time and show everyone how to make pressure cooked ribs in the Instant Pot Pressure Cooker. Ultimate BBQ Spareribs. My first pressure cooked rib video has been very popular on YouTube and I have had so much fantastic feedback. Thank you so much for the support and all of the thumbs up likes. Now I wanted to release a new video where we take BBQ ribs to the NEXT LEVEL of the BBQ rib game that incorporates pressure cooking. As always, everyone with a pressure cookers and non pressure cookers are invited to cook up and enjoy these Ultimate Ribs.
In this episode:
We use a 3.5lb rack of St.Louis Style Spare ribs (because those are my favorite on the grill). We create a delicious brown sugar based universal rub that is engineered for maximized deliciousness and caramelization and then we apply the rub to the ribs. Next we pressure cook(STEAM) them in the Instant Pot Pressure cooker (any pressure cooker will do) for 20 minutes and then we leave on low for 5 minutes. Remove the ribs, re-rub them with our reserve rub mix, then grill them; 5 minutes on each side with the lid open, then glaze them with a combination of your favorite BBQ sauce and duck sauce; we also add an optional glaze ingredient called Tiger Sauce (the link is below). These ribs are amazing!
Full Video:
Total Cook and Prep Time 1 hr
Recipes and Directions
The RUB: Its delicious universal rub – engineered for maximized deliciousness and caramelization !
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons paprika
- 1 tablespoon dry mustard
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion salt
- 1 teaspoon dry thyme
- 1 teaspoon celery salt
The Finishing Glaze (Our Sweet and tangy BBQ Sauce) – I have been using the combination of BBQ sauce and duck sauce for at least 20 years of grilling. Its my favorite sauce combo and wanted to share it with you.
1 cup Duck Sauce – Duck sauce is a Cantonese style sweet and sour apricot fruit glaze and its fantastic- found in your Asian or ethnic section in your grocery store.
1/2 cup your favorite BBQ sauce (My favorites are Sweet Baby Rays – Original or Hickory and Brown Sugar)
…and our Optional Ingredient called TIGER SAUCE – Which is a rich red sweet and tangy pepper sauce that has a little heat kick (not hot, just enough zing) which adds a different dimension to our finishing glaze.
Click Here for Tiger Sauce from the Cajun Grocer
Directions:
1. Remove the St. Louis spare ribs from the packaging, clean and trim some access fats away and remove the under rib membrane then cut the ribs in half in preparation for rub and steaming.
-
- The Greatest Ribs Ever !
2. Combine all rub ingredients and mix together to combine the brown sugar with all dry seasonings and herbs.
3. Reserve some of the rub in a small dish for re-seasoning after the ribs come out of the pressure cooker. Then Rub the tops and the bottoms of the ribs well coating all surface area.
4. Time to steam in the pressure cooker – Insert your pressure cooker steam rack into the pressure cooker and fill with 2 cups apple juice (or water) to the bottom of the steam rack and insert the ribs buy standing them upright (refer to my video). Set the pressure cooker to 20 minutes, after the 20 minutes finish keep on low/warming for an addition 5 minutes then vent. NOTE: please watch the time as you do not want the ribs to steam to long or they will be hard to handle and “Fall of the Bone.”
5. While ribs are steaming make the BBQ Sauce – Combine the duck sauce and the bbq sauce and stir. If you have the optional Tiger sauce add 2 tablespoons.
6. Remove the ribs from the pressure cooker to a platter or cutting board and use the reserved rub to re-season the ribs on the top and bottom.
7. Time to Grill ! Have the grill pre-heating, keeping the grill lid open, On a low medium / Low flame lay the top side down first , grill for 5 minutes and flip. We are only finishing and caramelizing the ribs in this step.
8. After the first flip, the tops of the ribs will be up, apply a nice coating of the BBQ sauce to glaze the top, after 5 min, flip and glaze the bottoms off the ribs, flip 1 more time for 2 minutes, and re apply glaze to the top and remove to plate or cutting board. DONE !!! Now you have ultimate RIBS ! DIG IN ! ~~~~ Enjoy !~
Serve with corn bread / corn muffins, coleslaw, potato / macaroni salad, corn, creamed spinach, beans, grilled veggies…Whatever makes your belly happy.
Instant Pot Pressure Cooker:
If you want a fantastic modern day Instant Pot Pressure Cooker as seen in this episode; here you go!
Great Chow Instant Pot Link on Amazon: IP-DUO60 7-in-1 Multi-Functional Pressure Cooker, 6Qt/1000W only & FREE Shipping to anywhere in the world Link: http://goo.gl/uOhBM3
For Desert Enjoy Great Chow’s Fox Peach Ice Cream Sundae!
Click Here to try Great Chows Amazing Grilled Sausage, Peaches and Onions! Its Super delicious !!!
Thank you for joining me!!!
Jason ( Great Chow Jay)
DON’T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE GreatChowTV RECIPES and UPDATES!
GREATCHOWTV ON SOCIAL MEDIA:
Official Website: GreatChowTV.com
Website: https://goo.gl/frS3mr
YouTube: https://goo.gl/9WhRHS
Facebook: https://goo.gl/DuJL1d
Pinterest: https://goo.gl/PtoLao
Instagram: https://goo.gl/EPRswi
Twitter: https://goo.gl/IGlRLz
GreatChowTV Website Quick Links: GreatChowTV.com
All Recipes: https://goo.gl/MKeJUc
Instant Pot and Pressure Cooking Recipes: https://goo.gl/Duq30W
SHOP for the Best Kitchen and Blogging Products: https://goo.gl/s9y34d
Great Chow TV works very hard to bring you tasty recipes to try, easy and fun original videos to follow along with as well as great products in the Great Chow TV Shop (Great Chow TV is an Amazon Affiliate and may receive compensation for goods and advertisements sold on Great Chow TV to pay the bills and ensure long term operational sustainability) : ) Thanks so much, ~Jason! 
Can I finish the ribs in the oven instead of the grill? If so, should I adjust the time in the Instant Pot?
Hi Shawna! Sure you can finish in the oven if you need too. Grill is preferable, but oven totally works too. In the winter when there is too much snow, I will use the oven. No need to adjust time in the Instant Pot; They will just finish up nicely in the oven. Good Luck ! Hope they turn out great!
Thank you for trying out the recipe Shawna!
Thank you,
~Jason
Hello Shawna,
You can finish the ribs in either the the oven or the grill, either are excellent methods to finish the ribs! No need to adjust the finishing time, just make sure that the grill lid stays open, we are just finishing them off at that point.
Sorry for the delayed response, I have been busy working on another engagement for a couple of weeks. Hope this helps Shawna! All the best to you.
Thank you
~Jason
Can I finish the ribs in the oven instead of the grill? If so, should I adjust the time in the Instant Pot?
Hi Shawna! Sure you can finish in the oven if you need too. Grill is preferable, but oven totally works too. In the winter when there is too much snow, I will use the oven. No need to adjust time in the Instant Pot; They will just finish up nicely in the oven. Good Luck ! Hope they turn out great!
Thank you for trying out the recipe Shawna!
Thank you,
~Jason
Hello Shawna,
You can finish the ribs in either the the oven or the grill, either are excellent methods to finish the ribs! No need to adjust the finishing time, just make sure that the grill lid stays open, we are just finishing them off at that point.
Sorry for the delayed response, I have been busy working on another engagement for a couple of weeks. Hope this helps Shawna! All the best to you.
Thank you
~Jason
Gottem going in pressure cooker.
Hi Diana, I hope they came out great ! Thanks for trying!
Sorry for the delayed response, I have been working hard for the past couple of weeks on another video engagement!
All the best!
Thank you,
~Jason
Gottem going in pressure cooker.
Hi Diana, I hope they came out great ! Thanks for trying!
Sorry for the delayed response, I have been working hard for the past couple of weeks on another video engagement!
All the best!
Thank you,
~Jason
You’re right. These are amazing!
Awesome Brian ! Thank you for leaving a message my friend! All the best!
Thank you,
~Jason
You’re right. These are amazing!
Awesome Brian ! Thank you for leaving a message my friend! All the best!
Thank you,
~Jason
You and your recipes rock! I did a hybrid of your rib recipes: put the dry rub on my baby backs, 30min in the IP with apple juice/vinegar (I only had ~1.75lb slab), and then they went into the oven.
Fiancé said “Why don’t we eat this every night?” so I think he’s happy.
Keep it up! I’m a loyal supporter here on out!
Hi Michelle! Thank you so much for the awesome message! Great to hear that you had success with the ribs and you customized them to your liking, that’s fantastic!
I am so happy to have you as a loyal supporter! Thank you for the support and I am so happy that you have found me and that I was able to bring some great food and fun to you and your fiance! More videos and recipes will becoming shortly. You Rock too!
Thank you again Michelle!
~Jason
You and your recipes rock! I did a hybrid of your rib recipes: put the dry rub on my baby backs, 30min in the IP with apple juice/vinegar (I only had ~1.75lb slab), and then they went into the oven.
Fiancé said “Why don’t we eat this every night?” so I think he’s happy.
Keep it up! I’m a loyal supporter here on out!
Hi Michelle! Thank you so much for the awesome message! Great to hear that you had success with the ribs and you customized them to your liking, that’s fantastic!
I am so happy to have you as a loyal supporter! Thank you for the support and I am so happy that you have found me and that I was able to bring some great food and fun to you and your fiance! More videos and recipes will becoming shortly. You Rock too!
Thank you again Michelle!
~Jason
On your first rib video (no rub), you set the PC for 32 minutes, but this one is only 20 minutes. Any reason for the change? If I wanted to cook 2 racks together using your newer method (the one with the rub), would I have to increase the time? Again, thanks for your awesome video.
Hello Charles, thank you for visiting and that’s an excellent question. The time difference is because of the method that we are using to pressure cook these ribs. In the first video we are brazing and applesauce and apple cider vinegar. Brazing is a gentler way for cooking with liquid and that’s why the time is a little increased. The newer method (with the rub) we are steaming which is more of an aggressive approach for cooking with liquid. This is why were down to 20 minutes. If you doing two racks ribs I believe you can keep the time the same (The amount of pressure is still the same) maybe allow three to five extra minutes for natural release then release the steam. Hope this helps, and Im so glad you visited and enjoyed the video! All the best! Thank you, ~Jason
On your first rib video (no rub), you set the PC for 32 minutes, but this one is only 20 minutes. Any reason for the change? If I wanted to cook 2 racks together using your newer method (the one with the rub), would I have to increase the time? Again, thanks for your awesome video.
Hello Charles, thank you for visiting and that’s an excellent question. The time difference is because of the method that we are using to pressure cook these ribs. In the first video we are brazing and applesauce and apple cider vinegar. Brazing is a gentler way for cooking with liquid and that’s why the time is a little increased. The newer method (with the rub) we are steaming which is more of an aggressive approach for cooking with liquid. This is why were down to 20 minutes. If you doing two racks ribs I believe you can keep the time the same (The amount of pressure is still the same) maybe allow three to five extra minutes for natural release then release the steam. Hope this helps, and Im so glad you visited and enjoyed the video! All the best! Thank you, ~Jason
I have all the ingredients and am cooking the “fall off the bone” baby backs in a couple of hours. My slab of ribs looked a tad small, so I am adding a St. Louis pork steak along with the ribs. Can’t wait to see how they turn out-will let you know. Thanks Jay for all the YUMMY recipes for the Instant Pot.
Hello Marlene. Thanks for letting me know that you’re making the ribs ! I hope they came out great! I love that you added St. Louis pork seasoning. Thank you so much for taking the time for watching and taking the time to write. I’m glad that you enjoyed all of the yummy recipes for instant pot. I will be making more recipes and videos over the summer and into the fall. Yes let me know how those ribs came out I would love to know. Thank you and All the best, ~Jason
I have all the ingredients and am cooking the “fall off the bone” baby backs in a couple of hours. My slab of ribs looked a tad small, so I am adding a St. Louis pork steak along with the ribs. Can’t wait to see how they turn out-will let you know. Thanks Jay for all the YUMMY recipes for the Instant Pot.
Hello Marlene. Thanks for letting me know that you’re making the ribs ! I hope they came out great! I love that you added St. Louis pork seasoning. Thank you so much for taking the time for watching and taking the time to write. I’m glad that you enjoyed all of the yummy recipes for instant pot. I will be making more recipes and videos over the summer and into the fall. Yes let me know how those ribs came out I would love to know. Thank you and All the best, ~Jason
Will smoked paprika work?
Hello TabJo – I usually use regular paprika, never really used smoked paprika with the spareribs, BUT I do love paprika though. So what I can say is; If you love smoked paprika, then use it. I think you will be just fine with it. Start with a slightly smaller amount for the first try and then taste the ribs, you will know for next time if you should add the full amount of smoked paprika or just use regular paprika. Play the “Taste Game.” : ) You inspired me to pickup some smoked paprika to try this weekend! Hope this helped : ) feel free to let me know how things turned out. All the best.
Thank you
~ Jason
Thank you so much for your reply. I have some ribs thawing right now! First, to make sure I will use regular paprika. So I’ll know the taste before. Then the next batch I’ll try the smoked. If you try it before I get a chance let me know how yours turned out with smoked paprika. 🙂 Thanks!
Sure thing ! Sounds like a plan ! Good luck on your first batch of ribs ! Your welcome ! And thank you !
Sounds great I will! I made a batch and they were really good! I found out I’m not a fan of Thyme. 🙂 And, possibly not celery salt. I will leave it in and try again without the Thyme plus the smoked paprika! Loved the sauce! Keeper recipe. I can’t wait to try your others!
Smoked paprika was awesome! I made sure I used a lot to see if it was really good or not , but ribs came out awesome ! Go right ahead and use it ! Enjoy my friend ! Thank you!
~Jason
Will smoked paprika work?
Hello TabJo – I usually use regular paprika, never really used smoked paprika with the spareribs, BUT I do love paprika though. So what I can say is; If you love smoked paprika, then use it. I think you will be just fine with it. Start with a slightly smaller amount for the first try and then taste the ribs, you will know for next time if you should add the full amount of smoked paprika or just use regular paprika. Play the “Taste Game.” : ) You inspired me to pickup some smoked paprika to try this weekend! Hope this helped : ) feel free to let me know how things turned out. All the best.
Thank you
~ Jason
Thank you so much for your reply. I have some ribs thawing right now! First, to make sure I will use regular paprika. So I’ll know the taste before. Then the next batch I’ll try the smoked. If you try it before I get a chance let me know how yours turned out with smoked paprika. 🙂 Thanks!
Sure thing ! Sounds like a plan ! Good luck on your first batch of ribs ! Your welcome ! And thank you !
Sounds great I will! I made a batch and they were really good! I found out I’m not a fan of Thyme. 🙂 And, possibly not celery salt. I will leave it in and try again without the Thyme plus the smoked paprika! Loved the sauce! Keeper recipe. I can’t wait to try your others!
Smoked paprika was awesome! I made sure I used a lot to see if it was really good or not , but ribs came out awesome ! Go right ahead and use it ! Enjoy my friend ! Thank you!
~Jason
Just wanted to let you know that I have been making these ribs with incredible results for the past few months since I stumbled upon your youtube page. Yesterday for Memorial Day BBQ I used this recipe with 1 rack of baby back and 1 rack of st. louis style (both in pressure cooker at the same time but upped the time to 25 mins). People were losing their minds over these ribs and of all the food we had it was the only thing that was completely gone within minutes of putting out. Thanks so much for making these videos, I think I have tried all of the instant pot ones you made (love the meatballs!!).
Hey Jack !!! Thanks so much for letting me know how much you love the ribs. I’m so glad that you and your family enjoy them so much. Glad to see that you have your process down to perfection. I’m glad that you found my YouTube channel and I’m so glad that you took the time to comment. Sorry for the delayed response I’ve been concentrating on graduating college at the end of June. so I can make more videos and recipes for every body!!! Please make sure you subscribe so you don’t miss anything. Glad you enjoyed the meatballs too; I love them, they are so delicious! Thanks again for watching and commenting, all the best. Thank you ~ Jason
Just wanted to let you know that I have been making these ribs with incredible results for the past few months since I stumbled upon your youtube page. Yesterday for Memorial Day BBQ I used this recipe with 1 rack of baby back and 1 rack of st. louis style (both in pressure cooker at the same time but upped the time to 25 mins). People were losing their minds over these ribs and of all the food we had it was the only thing that was completely gone within minutes of putting out. Thanks so much for making these videos, I think I have tried all of the instant pot ones you made (love the meatballs!!).
Hey Jack !!! Thanks so much for letting me know how much you love the ribs. I’m so glad that you and your family enjoy them so much. Glad to see that you have your process down to perfection. I’m glad that you found my YouTube channel and I’m so glad that you took the time to comment. Sorry for the delayed response I’ve been concentrating on graduating college at the end of June. so I can make more videos and recipes for every body!!! Please make sure you subscribe so you don’t miss anything. Glad you enjoyed the meatballs too; I love them, they are so delicious! Thanks again for watching and commenting, all the best. Thank you ~ Jason
Hi, did you know any easy coleslaw receipt ?
Hello Nora! I just saw your message, sorry for the delay. Ok Here is a very simple coleslaw recipe. Its pretty popular and quick and easy, it has all of the ingredients to make a nice coleslaw quickly:
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/240784/easy-coleslaw-dressing
Hope this helps : ) All the best and thank you for visiting!
Thank you
~ Jason
Hi, did you know any easy coleslaw receipt ?
Hello Nora! I just saw your message, sorry for the delay. Ok Here is a very simple coleslaw recipe. Its pretty popular and quick and easy, it has all of the ingredients to make a nice coleslaw quickly:
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/240784/easy-coleslaw-dressing
Hope this helps : ) All the best and thank you for visiting!
Thank you
~ Jason
Just received my instant pot today was looking for ideas and stumbled here, omg I want to try everything!
Living in NYC no BBQ for me, so when I finish these in the oven do like your baby back ribs recipe 5-10 at 400°F? I also have a grill pan will that work?Thanks for your blog
Hello Ella,
I just saw your message! I’m in NJ , I was just in NYC the other day ! Yes just do like the other ribs 5-10. I’m not sure the grill pan is going to work (I know what it is, and to confirm I did look it up) – You want dry hot heat for the finishing phase. Hope this helps! AND I am so glad you got an Instant Pot , you will love it ! The more you use it, the more you will want to pressure cook everything in site. AND ! LOL – I am so happy you found my blog! That is so awesome! You should subscribe to it and to my YouTube, as i release more you will get a notification. All the Best Ella!
Thank you,
~Jason
Just received my instant pot today was looking for ideas and stumbled here, omg I want to try everything!
Living in NYC no BBQ for me, so when I finish these in the oven do like your baby back ribs recipe 5-10 at 400°F? I also have a grill pan will that work?Thanks for your blog
Hello Ella,
I just saw your message! I’m in NJ , I was just in NYC the other day ! Yes just do like the other ribs 5-10. I’m not sure the grill pan is going to work (I know what it is, and to confirm I did look it up) – You want dry hot heat for the finishing phase. Hope this helps! AND I am so glad you got an Instant Pot , you will love it ! The more you use it, the more you will want to pressure cook everything in site. AND ! LOL – I am so happy you found my blog! That is so awesome! You should subscribe to it and to my YouTube, as i release more you will get a notification. All the Best Ella!
Thank you,
~Jason
Hey Jason,
I’m thinking about doing this but finishing in my electric smoker. I have a very hard time getting my ribs to come out tender when I cook them completely in the smoker, and I just got an instant pot on Amazon prime day — all I’ve done with it so far is hard boiled eggs! I’m thinking about maybe 30 minutes of smoke after cooking them by this method in the instant pot and putting on the sauce. Also FYI for a rub the best commercial rub I’ve ever found is Wegmans own brand of BBQ rub but yours sounds pretty good too!
Awesome Matt, Im so glad you picked up an Instant Pot, seriously soon you will want to pressure cook everything in site! Electric smokers are nice man ! I am thinking about picking up a new smoker at some point. That’s cool you did hard boiled eggs. I’ve seen pictures of how amazing they come out! They are perfect! lol – You know what… I’ve heard Wegmans has a banging bbq rub too. My sister uses it! I have Wegmans a few towns over from me which i stop in from time to time. Next time I will definitely pick some up. I wont forget, its in my head now : )) It was great to hear from you Matt ! Ill let you know what I think of the rub when I try it ! All the best my friend! Thank you ~ Jason
Hey Jason,
I’m thinking about doing this but finishing in my electric smoker. I have a very hard time getting my ribs to come out tender when I cook them completely in the smoker, and I just got an instant pot on Amazon prime day — all I’ve done with it so far is hard boiled eggs! I’m thinking about maybe 30 minutes of smoke after cooking them by this method in the instant pot and putting on the sauce. Also FYI for a rub the best commercial rub I’ve ever found is Wegmans own brand of BBQ rub but yours sounds pretty good too!
Awesome Matt, Im so glad you picked up an Instant Pot, seriously soon you will want to pressure cook everything in site! Electric smokers are nice man ! I am thinking about picking up a new smoker at some point. That’s cool you did hard boiled eggs. I’ve seen pictures of how amazing they come out! They are perfect! lol – You know what… I’ve heard Wegmans has a banging bbq rub too. My sister uses it! I have Wegmans a few towns over from me which i stop in from time to time. Next time I will definitely pick some up. I wont forget, its in my head now : )) It was great to hear from you Matt ! Ill let you know what I think of the rub when I try it ! All the best my friend! Thank you ~ Jason
Hi there can you clarify this do you use steam setting or pressure setting thanks Iain
Hey Lain, We are steaming them in this video as the sit on top of that steam / trivet rack. But I just use the pressure / manual setting to set the time on the pressure setting to make the ribs. Hope this answered your question. Thank you ~ Jason
Thanks Jason for the quick response I’m going to cook this or the other recipe where you just drop them in and put in apple juice and apple cider vinegar
Im excited
Happy eating Iain
Awesome Lain ! Best of luck, remember if your rack of ribs are between 2-3lbs you can drop the time to between 20-24 min. Sauce and finish in dry oven/grill. I’m excited for your ! Best of luck! and YES …Happy Eating ! Thank you ~ Jason
Hi there can you clarify this do you use steam setting or pressure setting thanks Iain
Hey Lain, We are steaming them in this video as the sit on top of that steam / trivet rack. But I just use the pressure / manual setting to set the time on the pressure setting to make the ribs. Hope this answered your question. Thank you ~ Jason
Thanks Jason for the quick response I’m going to cook this or the other recipe where you just drop them in and put in apple juice and apple cider vinegar
Im excited
Happy eating Iain
Awesome Lain ! Best of luck, remember if your rack of ribs are between 2-3lbs you can drop the time to between 20-24 min. Sauce and finish in dry oven/grill. I’m excited for your ! Best of luck! and YES …Happy Eating ! Thank you ~ Jason
First time I tried ribs in my newly acquired Instant Pot.. your recipe is the one I chose after looking at several. WOW! What a great choice that was..my husband thought they were some of the best ribs ever ! Will try duck sauce next time. Thanks?
Hello Dianne! AWESOME ! I am so happy that you chose my rib recipe! I am honored! GREAT JOB ! I am so proud of you; and on your first Instant Pot use too! I really appreciate that you came back to let me know. Please tell your husband I said hello and I am so glad he enjoyed you fantastic ribs tonight! WINNER ! I love it with the duck sauce too, But when you get around to it; give it a shot! You are very welcome and really… thanks for coming back to let me know of your great success tonight. Thank you so much ~ Jason (PS I finally got my messaging to work on my new website that why you are receiving this duplicate message – : ))
I made this recipe tonight and it was fabulous! I did exactly as recipe says except I used 3# baby back ribs, cooked 15min w/ 10min NPR. I then used broiler for carmelizing the rub and sauce. Extremely delicious! Worth the price of the Instant Pot alone. Oh, and I didn’t have tiger sauce but the BBQ and duck sauce combo was spot on. Thanks for great recipe and fun videos!!
Hi Laurie, I’m so glad that those ribs came out awesome. That’s fine that you dropped on the time, Now you have a process that works for you. I love the barbecue sauce & the duck sauce as well. I definitely had to share that. I’m glad that you experimented and tried. You rock! You’re very welcome and thank you so much for coming back and leaving a message I’m so glad to hear from you. All the best, thank you, ~ Jason
Made these New Years Eve!! They were the BEST ribs I’ve ever made!! Thank you !!