Pork Riblets in Salsa Verde (Instant Pot)
Another great recipe featuring the Instant Pot. Pork riblets in salsa verde is a fairly easy and very inexpensive meal to make in 1 pot. Pork riblets are cut from the baby back and spare ribs. They are sold for $1.99lb at my local asian market. This meal cost less than $10 to make and serves 2-3 people. If you want to use spare ribs or baby backs, please do. They cost a little bit more, but do have more meat on them. I recommend cutting the ribs in-between the bone so you have individual ribs. They also cook a lot faster.If you don't have a pressure cooker, you can make this in a large sauce pan on the stove top. The ribs will have to simmer covered for at least an hour instead of 30 minutes in a pressure cooker. Either way, it's a win/win in the end.
Ingredients
- 3 lbs pork riblets, spare ribs, or baby backs
- 6 garlic cloves
- 1/2 medium onion
- 1 tbsp vegetable or canola oil
- 2 cups chicken stock or water
- 2 cups roasted salsa verde
- 1/2 cup pork riblet braising liquid
- 2 tsp black pepper
- 2 tsp salt
Instructions
- Turn your Instant Pot to the sauté setting on high heat. Add 1 tbsp of cooking oil. Cut your ribs into individual bones. Add the ribs, onions, and garlic to the Instant Pot. Cook until browned, 8-10 minutes. Add the chicken stock. Turn the Instant Pot to the pressure cooker setting on high or 30 minutes.
- After 30 minutes, the ribs should be very tender.
- Drain the riblets of the cooking liquid, saving about a 1/2 cup, Turn the pot back to the sauté function on medium heat.
- Add in 2 cups of salsa verde, salt, and pepper.
- Simmer for 5 minutes.
- Try not to eat all 3lbs of ribs at once!
