Kalua Pig
Kālua is a traditional Hawaiian cooking method that utilizes an imu, a type of underground oven. A whole pig is cooked in the imu. Since most of us don’t have an imu or a whole pig, we make ours in a slow cooker.
Kalua Pig
Kālua is a traditional Hawaiian cooking method that utilizes an imu or a whole pig, a type of underground oven. Since most of us don’t have an imu, we make this in a slow cooker.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 hours
- Total Time: 20 hours 5 minutes
- Yield: 12 servings 1x
- Category: Main Dishes
- Method: Slow Cooker
- Cuisine: Hawaiian
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 (6 pound) pork butt roast
- 1 1/2 tablespoons Hawaiian sea salt
- 1 tablespoon liquid smoke flavoring
Instructions
- Pierce pork all over with a carving fork.
- Rub salt then liquid smoke over meat.
- Place roast in a slow cooker.
- Cover, and cook on LOW for 16 to 20 hours, turning once during cooking time.
- Remove meat from slow cooker, and shred, adding drippings as needed to moisten.
- Serve over hot, cooked rice.
Notes
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