These Instant Pot Baby Back Ribs are fall off the bone tender! Bursting with flavor, these ribs taste like they were made at your favorite BBQ joint! Make the best pork ribs in under an hour with your pressure cooker.
The Best Instant Pot Baby Back Ribs
Who doesn’t love a good fall of the bones rack of baby back ribs! When I was younger I used to be obsessed with baby back ribs from a local restaurant called Dustin’s. My parents and I used to go there what seemed to be once a week and I always got the ribs.
Fast forward a whole bunch of years and now these ribs rival them! Or dare I say these Instant Pot baby back ribs are BETTER!
My boyfriend, his parents, and his best friend all devoured these last night while we were watching the Lightning game. His friend even went to a rib restaurant in Tampa the night before and he said my baby back ribs were better!
I told him to be straight up honest with me because I need to know what I could do to make them better, but they all said nothing!
Why you’ll love this recipe
- Make tender baby back ribs in less than an hour! The pressure cooker not only makes the ribs super tender, but it speeds up the cooking time!
- Almost not hands on time! No worrying about boiling ribs on the stove and then cooking them on the grill and watching them constantly.
- Save money! Making restaurant quality ribs at home for a fraction of the cost.
These ribs were legit falling off the bone! See picture below for reference 🙂
The best thing about these ribs, besides how amazingly delicious they are is that they take hardly any time at all to prepare or cook! No slaying over the oven for hours, or boiling them on the stove and then throwing them on the grill or other crazy cooking methods.
These pork ribs are simply cooked in the Instant Pot and then slathered with your favorite BBQ sauce and then finished under the broiler for a few minutes to get that delicious caramelized BBQ sauce.
Baby Back Ribs Instant Pot Ingredients
- 3-3.5 pounds of baby back ribs
- 1/2 cup water
- rib rub seasonings: coarse salt, black pepper, cumin, paprika, garlic powder, onion powder
- 1/2 cup keto BBQ sauce or favorite BBQ sauce
- OPTIONALLY can add 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
I use the same ingredients for this baby back rib rub as I do for my Instant Pot Beef Rib recipe. It’s so good and super versatile!
Equipment Needed
- Instant Pot – I used this 6 quart Instant Pot but any 6 or 8 quart Instant Pot will work
- Baking Sheet
- Aluminum Foil
- Tongs
- Instant Pot Trivet
How to Make Instant Pot Baby Back Ribs
- First make the Pork Rib Rub: Combine all of the spices into a small bowl and mix.
- Season the pork ribs. Coat pork ribs evenly with dry rub all over the top.
- Insert the Trivet. Put the trivet and 1/2 cup of water into the bottom of the Instant Pot.
- Insert the ribs. Place the raw baby back ribs into the Instant Pot, curling it or slicing it in half so it’ll fit into the Instant Pot.
- Set the Instant Pot. Place the lid on the Instant Pot and make sure the knob is set to sealed. Hit “manual” then select “high” and change time to 18 minutes.
- Natural Pressure release. Once the timer is up, allow the Instant Pot to perform an 10 minute “natural pressure release.” Meaning once the cooking timer is up, allow the pressure to dissipate from the Instant Pot by itself. Once the timer reaches 10 minutes, manually release the rest of the pressure by carefully switching the knob to open.
- Broil the ribs. Turn your oven to broil (high). Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil. With tongs transfer the cooked baby back ribs to the baking sheet.
- Baste the Ribs with BBQ sauce. Generously coat your ribs with barbecue sauce. I use this homemade keto BBQ sauce. Then place the ribs under the broiler for 6-7 minutes or until the barbecue sauce starts to caramelize.
- Remove the ribs from the oven and coat with a little more BBQ sauce if desired.
Best dry rub for ribs
Step by step photos how to make Baby Backs Ribs in an Instant Pot
How to Reheat Baby Back Ribs
These Instant Pot baby back ribs are perfect to have leftovers for lunch the next day! Simply reheat them in the microwave for 1.5 minutes or place them in your oven or air fryer to reheat.
What to eat with baby back ribs
- Caesar Salad
- Roasted Garlic Parmesan Asparagus
- Sweet potato or baked pototoes
- Low carb vegetables
More Instant Pot Recipes to enjoy
- Instant Pot Mashed Cauliflower
- Instant Pot Chicken Curry
- Instant Pot Beef Brisket
- Instant Pot Shredded Chicken breast
- Instant Pot Keto Cheesecake
If you want to start a keto diet and don’t know where to start, check out my Ultimate Guide to Clean Keto. Check out my 2 week keto diet meal plans if you need some meal prep inspo! They use a bulk meal prep technique and are meant to save time and money! If you loved this recipe, sign up to my newsletter to be notified when a new recipe is released!
Instant Pot Baby Back Ribs
Equipment
- Instant Pot
- Small trivet for Instant Pot
- Cookie Sheet
- Aluminum Foil
- Tongs
Ingredients
- 3.5 pounds of baby back ribs
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1/2 cup keto BBQ sauce or favorite BBQ sauce
- 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar optionally in addition to the 1/2 cup of water
Instructions
- First combine all of the spice ingredients into a small bowl.
- Coat pork ribs evenly with dry rub.
- Put the trivet and 1/2 cup of water into the bottom of the Instant Pot.
- Place the raw baby back ribs into the Instant Pot, curling it or slicing it in half so it’ll fit into the Instant Pot.
- Place the lid on the Instant Pot and make sure the knob is set to sealed. Hit “manual” then select “high” and change time to 18 minutes.
- Allow the Instant Pot to perform an 10 minute "natural pressure release."
- Turn your oven to broil (high). Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil. After 10 minutes, carefully release the rest of the pressure. Next, with tongs transfer the cooked baby back ribs to the baking sheet.
- Generously coat your ribs with barbecue sauce. I use this homemade keto BBQ sauce. Then place the ribs under the broiler for 6-7 minutes or until the barbecue sauce starts to caramelize.
- Remove the ribs from the oven and coat with a little more BBQ sauce if desired.
Notes
- Place ribs on a microwave safe plate and microwave on high for 1.5-2 minutes
- Place ribs in your air fryer, preheat to 390F and cook for 3-4 minutes
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