Foryoueats: Instant Pot Honey Spare Ribs

Ingredients

• 3 lbs spare ribs (full rack; ask the butcher to cut into 1-inch cubes as we eat spare ribs with chopsticks and they cook faster)
• 1 tsp Diamond Crystal kosher salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• ½ onion (4 oz, 113 g)
• 1 tsp ginger (grated, with juice; from a 1-inch, 2.5-cm knob)
• 1 clove garlic
• 1 Tbsp neutral oil
• 4 Tbsp sake (for deglazing; or substitute dry sherry or Chinese rice wine)
• For the Seasonings:
• 4 Tbsp mirin
• 3 Tbsp sugar (you can adjust the amount; after I tried different amount of sugar, my family all agreed 3 Tbsp yields the best result)
• 1 Tbsp rice vinegar (unseasoned)
• 4 Tbsp soy sauce (I use Kikkoman Gluten-Free Tamari Soy Sauce)
• 4 Tbsp honey