Name: Pressure Cooker Homemade Carolina BBQ Pork Spare Ribs
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 1 Slab of Pork Spare Ribs; 1 oz BBQ Ribs Rub (3 TBL); 1 cup Water; 1/2 cup Apple Cider Vinegar; 1 Tablespoon Liquid Smoke; 1 Tablespoon BBQ Ribs Rub; 1 oz + 1 Tablespoon Brown Sugar; 8 oz Paprika; 4 oz White Sugar; 2 oz Granulated Onion Powder; 16 oz Ketchup; 8 oz Water; 5 Tablespoons Light Brown Sugar; 5 Tablespoons White Sugar; ½ Tablespoon Freshly Ground Black Pepper (freshly ground); ½ Tablespoon Granulated Onion Powder; ½ Tablespoon Dry/Ground Mustard Seed; 1 oz Lemon Juice; 1 oz Worcestershire Sauce; 4 oz Apple Cider Vinegar; 1 oz Light Corn Syrup; 1 Tablespoon Rub

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Pressure Cooker Homemade Carolina BBQ Pork Spare Ribs is the Pressure Cooker version of My Favorite BBQ Pork Ribs Recipe.

Pressure Cooker Homemade Carolina BBQ Pork Spare Ribs

Hubs and I have, oh, let’s see, five, six, seven or so grills, smokers, fire pits, etc. We love grilling.

Let me interrupt my story to say that I am not a fan of “falling off the bone” ribs. If ribs are falling of the bone, then they are not properly cooked. There, I said it!

When we lived in Boynton Beach, Florida, just about every weekend, we would load up my van with an ice cooler, tons of fish bait, lots of food, a grill and our fishing equipment and drive over to Lake Worth and back up right to our favorite fishing spot.

As the hubs got the fishing rods ready, I would set up one of our Charcoal Grills for cooking lunch and then dinner. We would stay all day and fish and fish and cook and I always brought a book to read while waiting for a bite. I went through so much sun block, as I burn very easily.

I was watching The Neely’s on their cooking show making BBQ ribs, that looked really good and so I tried it and it was fabulous

I have to admit, I prefer the ribs on the grill, but they are still pretty good in the Pressure Cooker, take a fraction of the time and then you can finish them off in the oven or on the Charcoal Grill.

You can even make these Pressure Cooker Homemade Carolina BBQ Pork Spare Ribs a head of time and then bring them to your party and finish on the Charcoal Grill.

If you decide to use your grill from start to finish, try My Favorite BBQ Pork Ribs recipe as it is by far my favorite rib recipe.

First things, first. Make a big batch of the BBQ Pork Spare Ribs Rub now, so that next time you want to make ribs, you’ll have it all ready to go. I keep mine in a Lock N Lock and it stays nice and fresh.

If you prefer a really quick and simple recipe, using bottled barbecue sauce, you may prefer my Pressure Cooker Super Simple BBQ Pork Spare Ribs recipe.

Trim the fat off your ribs and remove the membrane along the curved part of the ribs. Generously massage the BBQ Rib Rub into the ribs.

Wrap your ribs in Saran Wrap and put in the refrigerator overnight….. or for at least two hours.

Place some water, apple cider and a little liquid smoke into your Pressure Cooker cooking pot. Place a trivet over the water and place your ribs inside.

St. Louis style and Spare Ribs will take around 20 minutes, while Baby Back Ribs will take about 15 minutes.

When the ribs are cooked and the pressure has been removed from your Pressure Cooker, remove the ribs and place onto a cookie sheet, lined with foil or with a Silicone Mat. Sprinkle the BBQ Pork Spare Ribs Rub on both sides of your rack of ribs. Turn on your oven to Low Broil.

Toss out the water from your Pressure Cooker and wash the cooking pot, as you will need it again for the Carolina BBQ Pork Spare Ribs Sauce, which will cook while you are browning the Pressure Cooker Homemade Carolina BBQ Pork Spare Ribs in the oven.

Brown both sides of your ribs and when browned to your liking, remove from oven, place foil over and allow to rest for 10 minutes.

Your Pressure Cooker Carolina BBQ Sauce IS A CONDIMENT that you make separately from the ribs and should be served in a bowl at the table only. As you are browning the ribs in the oven, the sauce will cook in the Pressure Cooker and will be nice and hot when you are ready to serve the ribs.

The ribs can be eaten dry or with the Sauce. If you want a thicker sauce, try my Slow Cooker Carolina BBQ Pork Spare Ribs Sauce and let the sauce cook all day. I personally prefer the slow cooked sauce.

If you don’t want to go through the bother of making a homemade rub and/or sauce that you use on the finished ribs, you can always just cook your ribs in the Pressure Cooker and then add whatever bottled barbecue sauce you like to the ribs and then place them under the broiler or Mealthy CrispLid.

Pressure Cooker Homemade Carolina BBQ Pork Spare Ribs

Serve these Pressure Cooker Homemade Carolina BBQ Pork Spare Ribs with Pressure Cooker Holiday Baked Beans and Pressure Cooker Corn on the Cob or Elote (Mexican Street Food, Corn on the Cob). Oh my, you will flip for the Elote!

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