How to Cook Ribs in Ninja Foodi Pressure Cooker

Making tender, juicy, and flavorful ribs can be an intimidating experience due to the balancing act between tenderness and a nice crust formed on ribs. Enter the Ninja Foodi — a genius kitchen appliance aimed at bridging the gap between pressure cooking and air frying, it simplifies this process, enabling you to replicate that restaurant standard rib straight from your house. This guide will help you make delicious ribs in your Ninja Foodi pressure cooker.

Ninja Foodit is a multi-purpose kitchen appliance used for pressure cooking and air frying. It allows you to pressure cook quickly and then use the air fryer for a crisp finish. In the case of ribs, that translates to meat that’s meltingly tender and can be pulled apart in familiar fashion at the end. This cooking technique also results in a delicious, caramelized crust.

Selecting the Right Ribs before Cooking This covers the more popular types:

• Baby Back Ribs: These ribs come from the top part of the ribcage, they are shorter, leaner and more tender.

• Spare Ribs: These are bigger and meatier ribs cut from the belly area, they have more fat too, which is good for flavor.

• Country Stype Ribs: Not actually ribs, these are a shoulder cut. These can be bone in or boneless, but are usually meatier.

Baby back ribs are the best choice for this recipe. Since they come out so tender and melt-in-your-mouth good, you might as well condense them into a little package that fits nicely in your Ninja Foodi.

These ribs are as good as they get, but unless otherwise prepared they’re not very good at all. Follow these steps:

1.Take off the Membrane: On the back side of ribs — where the bones are located — there’s a silver membrane that cooks into tough and chewy food. Loosen it at one end with a knife, then grip onto it using a paper towel and peel.

2.Season Ribs: Rub your favorite dry rub generously on both sides of the ribs. You can use a combination of brown sugar, paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, salt and black pepper for simplicity. For extra flavor let the ribs sit in the refrigerator for an hour, or preferably overnight.

Ingredients	Quantity
Baby back ribs	1 rack (approximately 3 pounds)
Water or apple juice	1 cup
Barbecue sauce	1 cup (your favorite)

1. Add Liquid: In the inner pot of the Ninja Foodi pour 1 cup of water or apple juice. You need this liquid to produce the steam required for pressure cooking.
2. Arrange the Ribs: Place the seasoned ribs into the pot. You may cut the rack to fit if it is too large. Stand them up on their edges in a circle so they cook evenly.
3. Pressure Cooker: Close the lid of the pressure cooker and turn the valve to ‘Seal’ position. Choose the function of ‘Pressure Cook’ on high pressure, set it to 30 minutes. After the cooking cycle is complete, let the pressure release naturally for 10 minutes and then do a quick release of any remaining pressure.
4. Apply BBQ Sauce: Remove the ribs and place them on a baking sheet. Coat liberally with barbecue sauce on all sides.
5. Carrying out air-Crisp: Pour off the juice of inner pot and wipe it dry. Put in the air crisp basket, place ribs that you have sauced. Set the crisping lid (the one on the unit), choose ‘Air Crisp’ function, 400°F (200°C) for 8-10 minutes. This will caramelize your sauce and crisp the outside just a bit.
6. Rest and Serve: After making ribs allow the ribs to rest for 5 minutes then slicing. Optional: Serve alongside some extra barbecue sauce.

Liquid Choice: Our go-to uses apple juice instead of water for a little bit of sweetness in the ribs.

Sauce Use: If you add sauce before air crisping, it will caramelize and stick to the meat better.

Resting: After cooking, ribs need to rest so that the juices can be preserved in order to have more flavorful meat.

• Ribs Too Tough: If your ribs are not fall-off-the-bone tender, more time under pressure may be needed. Continue to add 5 minutes at a time until the desired tenderness is achieved.

• Burn Notice: Make sure there’s sufficient liquid in the pot to avoid the ‘Burn’ warning Always use minimum 1 cup of liquid

• Too much unstaked: Making sure that ribs are prepared in the pot properly as well as not overlapping allows for even cooking of them.

So you have cooked something and now you are cleaning your ninja foodi:

• Inner Pot: Wash in warm, soapy water after use. It’s also dishwasher safe.

• Cleaning lids: Clean the pressure cooker lid and crisping lid with a damp cloth. Keep all seals and valves clean of food debris.

• Air Crisp Basket: Warm water and soap, or dishwasher safe

With regular maintenance, you will keep your appliance at optimal performance, and this can help in extending the life of relevant appliances.

Now, making ribs in the Ninja Foodi pressure cooker is pretty easy and gives delicious results. Through a dual method of pressure cooking and air crisping, you get perfectly cooked ribs that are juicy every time without sacrificing tenderness while getting that great exterior crispness. With a little confidence and detail orientedness, your era extortioner can be your one stop establishment for perfect ribs at home.

Cook country-style ribs on high pressure for 30–35 minutes in the Ninja Foodi, followed by a natural pressure release for 10 minutes, ensuring tender and flavorful results.

To pressure cook, add liquid to the Ninja Foodi, place the food in, secure the pressure lid, set the valve to “Seal,” choose “Pressure Cook,” select the time, and start cooking.

Pressure cooking ribs is faster and yields tender meat, while slow cooking enhances flavor but takes longer. Both methods work well; choose based on time and flavor preference.