Eating pork and sauerkraut on New Years Day is well known to be good luck for the New Year. I'm not sure that this always works but who are we to break such a well-known tradition. So, we always have our pork and sauerkraut on New Years Day.
Since Santa brought Fran an Instant Pot for Christmas this year we thought what a great way to make our pork and sauerkraut.
So far we've only made a couple of things in the Instant Pot. Fran made meatballs and tomato sauce the other day in about 30 minutes and it was delicious.
And, this is coming from somebody who likes their tomato sauce cooking for hours. I didn't document the sauce process but, when we make it again I'll post it.
The first thing was to brown the ribs on all sides. To do this, I let the Instant Pot heat, up and then added 2 tablespoons of peanut oil. I added some black pepper and browned the ribs on all sides.
Instant Pot country Ribs and Sauerkraut:
Here is what I used:
1-1/2 lbs boneless Country Ribs
2 tablespoons peanut oil or Olive Oil (For Browning)
2 lbs. sauerkraut (drained)
2 heaping tablespoons brown sugar
1/3 cup water
Instructions:
- First I warmed up the Instant Pot by pressing the saute' button.
- Added the oil, black pepper and browned the ribs on all sides.
- I added the sauerkraut, brown sugar and water.
- Lock the lid in place and make sure the vent is closed.
- Pressed the manual button, then set the time on 20 minutes.
- After 20 minutes I moved the vent to open to relieve the pressure.
- Then pressed the keep warm button for about 5 minutes before opening.
That's all there was to it. In about 30 minutes we were enjoying delicious
Country ribs and sauerkraut.
I highly recommend the Instant Pot for quick and easy meals. I can see why
they say this is a real time saver.
As always thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy!
