Instant Pot Quick Apple Barbecue Ribs ⋆ Skinny Me Recipes

Last night my son and I had these quick and easy Ribs. Perfect for when you don’t have a lot of time (love my Instant Pot). I had wanted to get Baby Back Ribs but my market didn’t have any so I went with St. Louis style ribs and they were delicious although you could use any form of pork ribs in this recipe. I had also made my own Barbecue Sauce which has 0 SmartPoints so I was thinking that these would be really low in points. Turns out that ribs are pretty point heavy so this ended up being 10 points total but it was worth it to me. It’s also just 5 Carbs so that’s really great for a low carb diet. Keep in mind that if you use your own sauce (or a store bought sauce) that it will change the nutritional values a little.

We liked them so much that we had leftovers again for dinner tonight. Yum!

Instant Pot Quick Apple Barbecue Ribs

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Serves: 5-6, Serving Size: 2 Ribs, Calories, 489, Fat 14 g, Saturated Fat 6 g, Carbs 5 g, Fiber 0 g, Net Carbs 5 g, Sugars 4 g, Protein 46 g, Weight Watcher’s Points Plus: 8 points, Weight Watcher’s SmartPoints: 10 points.

Ingredients:

4 cups apple juice
1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
3 pound Rack of Ribs, fat trimmed as much as possible
1 tablespoon Salt
1/2 tablespoon black pepper
1/2 tablespoon garlic powder
Southern Apple Cider Barbecue Sauce (or your favorite BBQ sauce)

Directions:

Sometimes your butcher will have removed the membrane (the white stuff on the back of the ribs) on the back of the ribs. However, if you purchased prepackaged ribs like I did, you’ll need to take that off yourself. It’s pretty simple to do by grabbing it with a paper towel and pulling it off.

Pour the apple juice and apple cider vinegar into the Instant Pot. Set the pot to Saute/More to heat it up.

While the Instant Pot is heating up, sprinkle both sides of the ribs with the salt, pepper and garlic powder. Rub it in with your hands.

Cut the ribs up into 2 rib pieces.

Once the apple juice mixture starts to steam, add the ribs.

Set the Instant Pot on Meat/Stew for 30 minutes. Once done, leave the ribs in the pot for 10 more minutes then Quick Release (QR).

Heat oven to 400 degrees F. Cover a baking pan in aluminum foil and place cooked ribs on top of the foil

Spread 1 tablespoon of barbecue sauce on each side of the ribs. Cook for 5 minutes in preheated oven.

Take out of the oven and enjoy!

Instant Pot Quick Apple Barbecue Ribs

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Prep time

10 mins

Cook time

35 mins

Total time

45 mins

Author: Donna Anthony

Serves: 6

Ingredients

4 cups apple juice
½ cup apple cider vinegar
3 pound Rack of Ribs, fat trimmed as much as possible
1 tablespoon Salt
½ tablespoon black pepper
½ tablespoon garlic powder
Southern Apple Cider Barbecue Sauce (or your favorite BBQ sauce)

Directions

Sometimes your butcher will have removed the membrane (the white stuff on the back of the ribs) on the back of the ribs. However, if you purchased prepackaged ribs like I did, you'll need to take that off yourself. It's pretty simple to do by grabbing it with a paper towel and pulling it off.
Pour the apple juice and apple cider vinegar into the Instant Pot. Set the pot to Saute/More to heat it up.
While the Instant Pot is heating up, sprinkle both sides of the ribs with the salt, pepper and garlic powder. Rub it in with your hands.
Cut the ribs up into 2 rib pieces.
Once the apple juice mixture starts to steam, add the ribs.
Set the Instant Pot on Meat/Stew for 30 minutes. Once done, leave the ribs in the pot for 10 more minutes then Quick Release (QR).
Heat oven to 400 degrees F. Cover a baking pan in aluminum foil and place cooked ribs on top of the foil
Spread 1 tablespoon of barbecue sauce on each side of the ribs. Cook for 5 minutes in preheated oven.
Take out of the oven and enjoy!

Nutrition Information

Serving size: 2 Ribs Calories: 489 Carbohydrates: 5 Fiber: 0 Net Carbs: 5 Sugars: 4 Protein: 46 Fat: 14 Saturated Fat: 6 Weight Watchers Points Plus: 8 Weight Watchers SmartPoints: 10

Yum

Come and get it!