These Instant Pot Short Ribs are melt in your mouth tender and packed with slow-cooked flavor. They are easy to throw in the instant pot and ready in less than an hour with no wine. {gluten free with paleo, whole30, keto options}
Are you so excited for November? I am. There are so many delicious things to cook and this is when I really let myself bake. I don't do it a lot throughout the year but I go a bit crazy in November and December.
Not to mention it starts to be crazy busy! My son started a countdown to Christmas the day after Halloween. Yep, that's right. Some people complain about seeing all those early commercials and hearing Christmas music on the radio... but why?
Let's just embrace the joy of the season and focus on spending time with our loved ones!
So what do we need help with during this busy season? Dinner! We need nourishing meals that will fuel us with energy and don't have us in the kitchen for hours.
These Instant Pot Beef Short Ribs are just what the doctor ordered!
There is so much comforting flavor packed into these babies. The short ribs are cooked for 45 minutes in the Instant Pot and this makes them meltingly tender. I served mine with mashed cauliflower from the frozen section of Trader Joe's (such an awesome shortcut!). My kids eat it with rice. These Instant Pot Short Ribs are good enough for company and easy enough for the weeknight.
And the leftovers? OMG!
Purchasing short ribs:
How to buy short ribs... it can be very confusing!
- Boneless vs bone-in ribs: I always recommend bone in meat. More flavor!
- Check for marbling: marbling is the streaks of fat in the meat and having some marbling is great but avoid ribs that are excessively fatty. The more meat, the better!
So let's plan ahead for our meals next week, shall we? Get yourself some beef short ribs (bone in or boneless) and get this comforting meal on the table in under an hour.
I think you will love these Instant Beef Pot Short Ribs because they are...
- easily made with pantry staples
- meltingly tender like they have been cooked all day
- covered in a flavorful sauce
- gluten free and keto (with almond flour)
- delicious and comforting!
If you prefer to make your short ribs with wine you can sub out half of the beef broth for red wine. My kids prefer them with no wine in the sauce.
Looking for more easy Instant Pot Recipes? Try These...
- Instant Pot Chicken Tortilla Soup
- Instant Pot Easy Peel Hard Boiled Eggs
- Instant Pot Sesame Chicken
- Instant Pot Orange Chicken
Instant Pot Short Ribs
Ingredients
- 6 beef short ribs (about 3-3 ½ pounds)
- 1 onion, chopped
- 3 cloves of garlic, diced
- 2 tablespoon tomato paste
- ½ teaspoon dried thyme
- ½ teaspoon dried rosemary
- 1 tablespoon olive oil or avocado oil
- 1 ½ cups beef broth
- 1 ½ tablespoon cornstarch (or almond flour if keto)
- ¾ tsp Kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
Instructions
- Generously salt and pepper short ribs. I always use Kosher salt.
- Heat Instant Pot on saute and add 1 tablespoon olive oil. Brown ribs on all sides. Let them sit on each side without moving them so they have time to brown. Around 10 minutes.
- Remove ribs. Add a little more oil if pan is dry. Add onions and garlic and saute in all that goodness in the bottom of pan. Saute for about 5 minutes then add all ingredients except cornstarch. Nestle ribs back down in the sauce.
- Put lid on to sealed and turn Instant Pot to the stew setting. Set timer for 30 minutes. Once the timer beeps let the pot naturally release and do not open. This is when the ribs get tender. If you use bone in ribs you will need to add 15 minutes to the time.
- Remove the meat to a plate and turn pot to saute. Add the cornstarch with 3 tablespoon water in a small bowl and whisk well. Add to sauce in bottom and pan and stir well. Get all those brown bits up from the bottom of the pan. Let cook until desired thickness is reached.
- Serve with cauliflower mash, mashed potatoes or rice. Salt and pepper to taste.
Marissa
I'm cracking up that your son is already counting down the days to Christmas!
These ribs really do look melt in your mouth! I'd love to be sitting down to this for dinner tonight!
Kelsie | the itsy-bitsy kitchen
I'm fully in holiday mode, which means tons of baking and not much time for anything else! So I'm all about easy dinners right now--this sounds great!
Tisha
I love how quick the instant pot can make these ribs!!! Delicious!!
Catherine Brown
Ooooh, these look perfectly delicious! What a great idea to serve them over mashed cauliflower too. 🙂
Andrea Metlika
The Ribs looks so wonderfully tender. My family is going to love these.
Valentina
That sauce seeping into the mashed cauliflower! Oh my that look so divine. These short ribs sound phenomenal!
Dianna
Delicious looking sort ribs recipe. I know my family would love this recipe. Thanks for sharing.
Diana Gilles
I made this and my family LOVED IT!!! It was super easy to make. The most time consuming part of the recipe was browning all of the edges. I ended up using my cast iron skillet to help speed up the process. I also added extra water because I have extra ribs. I also cut then in half so that they would all fit inside the insta pot. I didn't have any tomato paste on hand so I just omitted it. I highly recommend this recipe!
Karen Kelly
Yay, I'm so happy to hear this. Glad your family liked it.