So, I made some St.Louis ribs in the Instant Pot last night and wanted to make a BBQ sauce to glaze them with. I used the left over liquid from the Instant Pot for the base of the BBQ sauce.
In this case, the liquid I used in the IP was coffee and a bit of apple cider vinegar plus any flavouring from the rib dry rub and fat drippings.
I also added some coffee grounds to the BBQ flavoured dry rub I used. I don’t have an exact recipe for the dry rub but the recipe below is pretty close:
BBQ Dry Rub
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 T smoked paprika
2 T chili powder
2 t black pepper
2 t cayenne pepper
2 t onion powder
2 t garlic salt
1 t salt
1 t turmeric
1/2 t cumin
I added about 3 T coffee grounds to the above mixture and rubbed it all over the ribs.
I used roughly 1.5 cups black coffee and 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar for the IP liquid. The ribs cooked for 25 minutes with a slow release. I strained and chilled the remaining liquid in the fridge for a few hours which helps to solidify the fat for easier removal. You don’t want pork fat in your BBQ sauce!
Black Coffee BBQ Sauce
1.5 cups of the left over IP coffee liquid mentioned above
6 T honey
2 T brown sugar
1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
1/4 cup minced red onion
extra smoked paprika, chili powder, garlic salt and cumin to taste
Bring the above to a boil
and then simmer for 30 minutes or so, until nice and thick.
Use it as a BBQ sauce or glaze on anything you like!
The Instant Pot did a great job of tenderising and tastifying the ribs but St.Louis style ribs have a lot of fat on them so they need to be finished in the oven after using the Instant Pot to render off the fat.
I baked the ribs for about 20 minutes at 375’ before applying the BBQ sauce. I lowered the temp to 325’ and let the ribs soak up the sauce in the oven for another 20 minutes or so.
