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Rice with Pigeon Peas and Pork Spareribs – Instant Pot

  • Author: Aida's Kitchen
  • Prep Time: 15 Minutes
  • Cook Time: 55 Minutes
  • Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
  • Yield: 8 Servings 1x

Description

This rice dish is prepared with seasoned pork spareribs, using a pressure cooker, for a savory, juicy and tasty Caribbean favorite meal.

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Ingredients

  • 1½ pounds of Pork Spareribs

Marinating Ingredients for Pork Spareribs:

  • 2 minced garlic cloves
  • 2 tablespoons white vinegar
  • 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • ¼ teaspoon black pepper
  • ½ teaspoon lite salt (or to taste)

Tomato Based Sauce Ingredients:

  • ½ teaspoon of Lite Salt (or to taste)
  • 2 tablespoons tomato sauce
  • 3 sprigs of chopped cilantro
  • 2 minced garlic cloves
  • 10 pimiento-stuffed green olives, cut in halves
  • 2 tablespoons capers
  • 2 tablespoons of sofrito made with culantro
  • 1½ seasoning envelopes with Coriander and Annatto

Remaining Ingredients:

  • 2 cups long-grain white rice, rinsed and soaked for 10 minutes
  • 1 can (15 ounces) pigeon peas, reserve liquid
  • Reserve cooking liquid of pork spareribs

Instructions

Marinating the Pork Spareribs:

  1.  Combine and mix the marinating ingredients in a bowl.
  2.  Pour over pork spareribs and coat evenly.  Place in refrigerator for 4 hours or overnight.

Searing the Pork Spareribs:

  1.  Remove pork spareribs from refrigerator and let stand at room temperature for 5 minutes.
  2.  Sear the pork spareribs for 8 minutes on Normal Temperature, using the searing program on Instant Pot pressure cooker.

Pressure Cooking the Pork Spareribs:

  1.  After searing, pour 1 cup of water in the inner pot along with the pork spareribs.
  2.  Pressure Cook the pork spareribs on High for 25 minutes.
  3.  Close lid into lock position and turn steam release handle into sealing position.
  4.  Set Manual Pressure Cooking program to High Pressure and 5 minutes cooking time.
  5.  Unit will automatically switch to a 10-minute natural release.  Press the cancel button when completed.
  6.  Release the remaining pressure with a quick release.  Move steam release handle to the Venting position.
  7.  Make sure float valve is in the down position before removing lid from pressure cooker.
  8.  Reserve the cooking liquid from pork spareribs.

Saute the Pork Spareribs with tomato-based sauce:

  1.  Prepare the tomato-based sauce.
  2.  Set the sauté program for 5 minutes on Less Mode.
  3.  Add the tomato-based sauce in inner pot and stir.  Place the pork spareribs on tomato-based sauce  and coat the ribs completely with the sauce.
  4.  Sauté the ribs on both sides.

Measure liquid for pressure cooking the rice:

  1.  Open a can of pigeon peas and pour liquid into a large measuring cup.
  2.  Pour the reserved cooking liquid into the measuring cup with liquid of pigeon peas until it measures 2 cups of liquid.

Pressure cooking the rice:

  1.  Pour 2 cups of reserve liquid into the inner pot, add pigeon peas and 2 cups of long-grain white rice.
  2.  Stir rice well into liquid.
  3.  Close lid into lock position and turn steam release handle into sealing position.
  4.  Set Manual Pressure Cooking program to High Pressure and 5 minutes cooking time.
  5.  Unit will automatically switch to a 10-minute natural release.  Press the cancel button when completely.
  6.  Release the remaining pressure with a quick release.  Move steam release handle to the Venting postion.
  7.  Make sure float valve is in the down position before removing lid from pressure cooker.
  8.  Stir rice with ribs and serve warm.

Notes

Read your entire Instant Pot User Manual in its entirety before operating the Instant Pot Pressure Cooker.

View recipe on website for the special ingredients alternative for Sofrito and seasoning envelopes.

Please be advised that some of the preparation time was done while the pressure cooker was cooking the pork spareribs!

  • Category: Rice and Grains
  • Method: Pressure Cooker
  • Cuisine: Puerto Rican

Keywords: Instant Pot Rice with Pigeon Peas and Pork Spareribs, Arroz con Gandules y Costillitas - Olla de Presión

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