Instant Pot Poor Man's Burnt Ends are tender with a smoky sweet glaze. They taste like they cooked all day on the BBQ, but can be on your table in less than 30 minutes.
2TablespoonsHoneyoptional and in place of 2 TBL sugar
Instructions
Remove any large chunks of fat and cut chuck roast into 1 inch pieces. Place into medium bowl.
Sprinkle salt, pepper and garlic powder over meat and rub the seasoning mix into the meat so that the seasoning absorbs into the meat. *
Add liquid smoke, smashed garlic and apple cider vinegar to cooking pot.
Place chunks of meat into cooking pot.
Lock on lid and close pressure valve. Cook at high pressure for 4 minutes.
When beep sounds, wait 10 minutes and then release the rest of the pressure.
In a separate bowl, add barbecue sauce, honey and brown sugar and whisk together well.
Remove meat from pressure cooker and place meat into bowl of sauce and mix around.
Turn off Instant Pot or Pressure Cooker
Crisping using Mealthy Crisplid
Place long legged trivet into cooking pot and place CrispLid basket on top of trivet.
Add meat to Crisplid basket, spreading out the meat.
Place Crisplid over stainless steel pot on Instant Pot/Pressure Cooker and plug in.
Set temperature to 300 degrees and set timer for 8 minutes. Flip meat over after 4 minutes
Remove lid and baste with more barbecue sauce and sprinkle with a little brown sugar.
Set temperature to 450 degrees and set timer for 8 minutes. Watch meat though lid and flip over after 5 minutes. Continue cooking until charred and sauce is bubbling.
Crisping using Oven
Turn oven on to low broil setting
Place meat onto baking sheet and broil for 6 minutes, turning over halfway.
Baste meat with more barbecue sauce and sprinkle with brown sugar.
Turn over to high broil setting.
Cook for about 5 minutes more, flipping the meat at the halfway mark. Keep an eye on the meat as not all ovens cook exactly alike.
Crisping using Air Fryer
Add meat to air fryer basket, spreading out the meat.
Set temperature to 300 degrees and set timer for 8 minutes. Flip meat over after 4 minutes
Remove lid and baste with more barbecue sauce and sprinkle with a little brown sugar.
Set temperature to 400 degrees and set time for 9 minutes. Watch meat though lid and flip over after 5 minutes. Continue cooking until charred and sauce is bubbling.
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Notes
Buy a chuck roast with as much intramuscular fat as you can. This is not the big thick chunks of fat. This is the fat that is running through the muscle of the meat.
Massaging the seasonings in will help break down the meat a bit and make it more tender. Think about a shoulder massage. After some rubbing, the muscles are nice and loose. This is very important.
Whether you use hickory, mesquite or applewood, the flavor this will infuse into the meat will be amazing. And, you won't smell like smoke!You could even add a shot of vanilla extract to give the Instant Pot Poor Man's Burnt Ends a bourbon-ish flavor.The reason is that before we give the meat a high temperature cook to char, we want to first cook the meat at a very low temperature so that the sauce will penetrate into the meat.When I use bottle sauces, my preferences are Sweet Baby Rays for this recipe and to change it up a bit, I like this Korean Barbecue Sauce.Honey is optional. It gives the Instant Pot Poor Man's Burnt Ends more of a sticky feel.The additional brown sugar at the end during the high temperature cook, will help to quickly caramelize the meat and make the tips somewhat "chewy."Also yummy on a squishy hamburger bun piled high with homemade coleslaw and pickles.
Can Pork Be Substituted?
Chuck roast and pork shoulder can be used interchangeably in any recipe. Their cook time is exactly the same and would be wonderfully delicious.
The picnic or butt (both parts of the shoulder) work just as well.
The process is exactly the same, from beginning to end. In fact, since pork shoulder has more fat running through the meat, it will be so sweet, chewy (the caramelized tips) and crisp.
If you do not have a Mealthy CrispLid, you can use any air fryer or place pieces of meat on a sheet pan and place under the broiler in your oven.