Cornbread and Instant Pot Ribs

It's been a few months since I last wrote, and even longer since I was first introduced to the Instant Pot and made pork ribs using said pot for the first time.

Since then I've made those ribs a number of times and have improvised a bit.

To make life a little easier and save a little more time in an already pretty quick process, I've been using pre-made rubs. The latest star is the Garlic and Chili Pepper rub by Traeger.

I smother the ribs in rub. If I remember early enough I'll do so the day before or a few hours ahead, but you don't need to. Wrap the ribs around the inside of the pot, pour in 1 cup water, 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar and 1/4 tsp liquid smoke. Hit the meat button, set it for 25 minutes and walk away. (Let them natural release for 10 minutes and finish as previously written about).

Instead of walking away tonight, I decided to be a little ambitious and make cornbread. Dear Husband loves cornbread, but I've never found a recipe that I like. It's always dry and crumbly, and gritty, and just not that great.

Well, those days are over folks. Pop on over to Cooking on the Ranch for the best, and most moist cornbread you've ever had.

While gathering the ingredients, I realized that this recipe calls for a can of creamed corn. This is not something I have in the house often because Dear Husband is not a fan. There have been many incomplete ham dinners since we met.

But I was determined to make this recipe, and since COVID-19 says not to make unnecessary trips to the store for one item, I decided to make my own for the first time ever.

Let it be known that I will never again buy canned creamed corn. Today I used a recipe from Spend With Pennies. I almost regretted that I was making it to be an ingredient in bread.

Husband now likes creamed corn.

Back to the bread... So simple. So easy. I didn't have fresh jalapeno or muenster cheese either so I substituted plain old shredded mozza and cheddar, and pickled jalapeno.

Little loaves of deliciousness

In under 45 minutes, we had 'fall off the bone' BBQ ribs, creamed corn from scratch, and the best ever cornbread.

Creamed corn not pictured -- It's in the bread!

No regrets👌

Except next time, there will be bacon. Mmmm, bacon and jalapeno creamed corn.