16 hours to make this?? Don’t freak. There’s only 3 ingredients – trust me, you won’t even have to work for it.
ingredients:
one 4-5 lb pork butt/shoulder
1 Tablespoon Hawaiian salt
1-1/2 Tablespoons liquid smoke
Place the pork in the slow cooker. Pierce it all over with a paring knife.
For the salt I used a mix of regular, coarse Hawaiian salt and a specialty Black Lava salt that I got from Hawaii. The charcoal, smokiness gives it a little something extra.
If you can’t find the ‘special’ salt, don’t sweat it. Just use the coarse Hawaiian salt by itself – you can get a ton of it for a couple of bucks at a Japanese market.
Rub the salt into the top of the pork. Then pour the liquid smoke over and rub that in. Turn the slow cooker on to low…
Midway around the 8 hour mark, this is what your pork will look like. At this point turn the pork over,then walk away for another 8 hours…
Once the 16 hours is up, shred the pork using two forks, moisten with the juices if necessary, and serve.
Super simple! This is great for parties because there is NO work involved – just serve it with some Hawaiian sweet bread rolls, and you’re done!














i was waiting for this one. my family is sick of the other pork recipe
16 hours…that’s nothing! i’ve been working on my oxtail soup recipe and sadly, i have yet to figure out how to crock pot it. 16 hours on top of the stove…ugh! and i refuse to leave it on at night! hey, maybe you have some suggestions? btw, wth is liquid smoke?
Oh, it’s on, sooooo on. PORK!
16 hours!? Kalua Pork is the first think we ate when we got to Hawaii a few weeks ago, it was delicious and lured me into the false sense that it would be good everywhere, I was wrong!
This looks delicious though and looks worth the wait!
wonder if it would alter the taste or cooking process if you wrapped the pork in banana leaves?
I make this all the time, even though I live in Hawaii I don’t have an imu (not much people do. My recipe is the same except I add a little water to keep it moist and not dry. If you have a ton of Kalua Pig and cabbage left, make them into springrolls and serve with some sweet chili sauce. So ‘ono.
Can Kosher or extra coarse salt be substituted for it by any chance?
@A
Yep, kosher salt can be substituted no prob!