Instant Pot Rosemary Fig Jam BBQ Pork Rib Sandwich

Rosemary fig jam bbq braised pork rib sandwich with celery, onions and carrots 🍖🍞🥕 I made this on a whim using what we had in the fridge and wanting an easy weekday dinner. Literally chopped everything up, threw it in the pot and let it go til we got home to eat after work.

Marinated the pork rib ends the night before then I tossed everything in before I went to work, set it on delay start so that it would be ready when we got home! Then added a nice fig jam BBQ sauce on top, broiled for a quick minute and put between two crispy garlic toast 😍 Love the sweetness of the fig that comes through in the sauce, and a kick from the hot sauce too!

Honestly instant pot is like my new best friend for braising meat. It makes my life so much easier and the meat is always juicy and tender, whether it be chicken, pork or beef! The celery, carrots and onions were also super soft from the pressure cooking and we just piled it up in the sandwich with the pork after removing the bones (it literallt falls out of the meat because it is so tender)! This sandwich would probably go well with some crisp cole slaw too!


INGREDIENTS:
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PORK & MARINADE
• 3 Pork loin end ribs
• 1/2 tbsp worcestshire sauce
• 3 teaspoon salt
• 2 tsp black pepper
• 1/2 cup chopped scallions
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1/2 tbsp paprika
• 1/2 tbsp oregano
• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 3 cloves garlic chopped


INSTANT POT
• 1 large chopped carrot
• 3 stalks chopped celery
• 1/2 chopped onion
• 6 cloves garlic chopped
• 1 cup low sodium chicken stock or vegetable stock
• 2 tbsp tomato paste


SAUCE FOR RIBS
• 1/3 cup fig jam
• 1/4 cup BBQ sauce of choice, we used Sweet Baby Ray's
• 2 tbsp hot sauce (we used Frank's red hot)


DIRECTIONS

1. Prepare marinade ingredients and marinade the pork rib ends for at least 1 hour or overnight.
2. Set instant pot on sauté mode, add 1 tbsp olive oil and sauté onion and garlic until translucent and fragrant.
3. Add chopped celery and carrots, tomato paste and mix. Put the pork rib ends on top and dump in the marinade. Pour 1 cup chicken stock in.
4. Close the Instant Pot and set on High Pressure cook for 30 minutes.
5. Allow Instant Pot to vent. Prepare 4 slices of toast or bread of choice with fresh garlic and butter to make as garlic bread.
6. Mix the fig jam, bbq sauce and hot sauce together. Take the vegetables and pork rib out and put onto oven safe tray. Pour the bbq sauce mixture onto the meat and broil on high for 2 minutes.

Eat the meat and veggies in a sandwich and enjoy!

Until next time,
Jenny