Tender beef short ribs made easily in the instant pot or electric pressure cooker, complete with a mildly spicy ancho chili sauce from scratch.

Instant Pot Beef Short Ribs

By Sue  Lau | Palatable Pastime

My recipe of the day is for  beef ribs cooked easily in the Instant Pot or electric pressure cooker, with  my newest cooking and blogging group: Multicooker Monday.

I have been meaning to do more recipes  this year using some of my various small appliances, such as the instant pot, slow cooker,  sous vide and air fryer. I think making a group was an  excellent way to stick to that protocol and not  just start the year with high hopes and simply forget about it.

And it seems to be working, as I already am starting to stack up  and backlog a number of wonderful recipes I am looking forward to sharing with you.

The Instant Pot essentially does a braise on the ribs, with the cooking liquid in this case being lager beer (such as Budweiser). I  added various ground chilies  to this as well to make a mildly spicy, but not overly hot, beefy gravy.

I often see this kind of thing served with a coffee flavored sauce, which has almost become synonymous with the short rib. But you can do  this other ways,  so don’t be fooled-  and this definitely does not  lack in flavor.

It doesn’t matter  too much whether you toast and grind your own chilies or use what they sell bottled  in jars- it is all the same. With the exception that doing it yourself makes it fresher. Just be sure to use chilies ground  within the last  few months.

The ribs are perfectly  comfy sitting  on top of polenta- or whichever base you prefer, such as mashed, rice, noodles and the like. And while the beef has that spicy southwest flavor, it is also very much comfort food and might remind you of something your grandmother made.

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Instant  Pot Beef Short Ribs

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Instant Pot Beef Short Ribs

Instant Pot Short Ribs

Sue Lau

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 45 minutes mins

pressurize and depressurize time 19 minutes mins

Course Main Dish

Cuisine American, Southwest

Servings 4

Equipment

• Instant Pot or Electric Pressure Cooker

Ingredients

  

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• 4 pounds beef short ribs
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• salt and black pepper (for seasoning beef)
• 1 large onion (chopped)
• 4-6 cloves chopped garlic
• 16 ounces lager beer
• 8 ounces tomato sauce
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 2 teaspoons beef base or bouillon
• 2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 tablespoon ground ancho chili
• 1-1/2 teaspoons ground pasilla chili
• 1 teaspoon ground chipotle chili
• 1-1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1-1/2 teaspoons black pepper
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch

Instructions

 

• Season beef with salt and pepper, then sear to brown in oil along with the onion, either using a skillet or the sear function of the instant pot. With the amount of beef, I find it faster in the skillet.
• Stir remaining ingredients (except cornstarch) and pour over the ribs in the pot.
• Seal the lid and cook on manual/high for 45 minutes.
• Use the quick release and do not remove lid before the steam subsides.
• Remove ribs and skim any fat from the top of the sauce.
• Mix a cornstarch slurry of 3 tablespoons starch with 1/2 cup cold water.
• Stir into the sauce and set the cooker to sear, stirring sauce until it thickens up.
• Serve the ribs over corn polenta, mashed potatoes, rice, etc. Polenta is shown in photos.

Notes

From the kitchen of palatablepastime.com

Keyword ancho chili sauce, short ribs

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