Pressure Cooker Ribs

I've been getting sick of ribs because I've been eating it too much (ultimate first world problem I know...). Ever since a friend introduced me to this method of making ribs, it's just so darn easy to whip up so I've been making them too much.

Here's what you do:

1. Cut up ribs into sections that can fit into a pressure cooker.
2. Put rib sections into pressure cooker, cover with water (don't overfill!) and salt generously, and bring to a boil
3. Skim off the gross stuff that rises to the top when you boil meat, then cover and pressure cook for about 20 minutes.
4. Preheat oven to 400F. When the ribs are done in the pressure cooker, transfer to an oven-safe pan, smother with your sauce of choice, and bake for 20-30 minutes (turning occasionally and brushing on more sauce as necessary). Alternatively, you can use a grill for this too.

So easy. Boiling ribs sounded like an odd concept initially, but I became a convert after I tried it and the meat is so moist and tender. Better yet, you have ribs that are ready to eat in under an hour - no annoying three hour roasting time like with traditional baked ribs. And you get a big thing of delicious pork broth for soups and stews (I like drinking it as a soup with bok choi and ginger). 

Pictured here are honey hoisin sticky ribs -- I prepped them using my directions above, using the sauce from this recipe by simply mixing together the following ingredients:

• 2 Tbsp hoisin sauce
• 2 Tbsp oyster sauce
• 1 Tbsp rice wine vinegar
• 2 tsp soy sauce
• 1 tsp sriracha sauce
• 1/3 cup honey

Give it a try and lemme know what you think!