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Kalua Pork Recipe

Our 3-ingredient homemade Kalua pork recipe is tender, smoky, and slow-cooked to Hawaiian-style perfection!
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time9 hours
Total Time9 hours 5 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Servings: 6
Author: Kristyn Merkley

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 7 pound bone in pork butt, or shoulder
  • 1 tablespoon liquid smoke
  • 1 tablespoon sea salt, or kosher salt

Instructions

  • Place pork roast fat side up in your slow cooker. Rub all over with Liquid Smoke and salt.
  • Cook on low for 10-12 hours (We like to let ours cook overnight or start it early in the morning).
  • Shred meat in the slow cooker and serve hot.

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Notes

Recipe Tips.
  • The more marbling the pork butt has, the more tender and flavorful the shredded pork will become.
  • Low and slow is the way to go. For fall-apart fork-tender pork, use the LOW setting for at least 10 hours.
  • Authentic kaula pork is cooked in an underground oven. To help mimic the flavor, we like to add kiawe, mesquite, or hickory flavored liquid smoke to the crock pot. 
STORE. For optimal storage, keep the juices from the crock pot to use when storing leftovers. Put pork and some juice from the crock pot in an airtight container, if applicable, freezer-safe container.
Store in the refrigerator for 3-4 days or in the freezer for up to 6 months.

Nutrition

Calories: 698kcal | Protein: 99g | Fat: 30g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 317mg | Sodium: 1512mg | Potassium: 1793mg | Calcium: 74mg | Iron: 6.4mg