Auntie Maebelles Oven Kalua Pork Recipes

KALUA PORK - A SIMPLE OVEN RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 300 degrees
• Season pork liberally on all sides with salt and pepper. (Be generous, you're seasoning a lot of meat!) Place on aluminum foil of a large enough size to completely wrap the roast. Pour liquid smoke over roast and seal foil tightly.
• Place pork roast in a roasting pan fat side up. Add stock to pan and place in oven for four hours.
• Remove, shred with forks and serve over rice using pan juices as a sauce if desired. Optionally, garnish with thin-sliced scallions.
• Serve piping hot and enjoy!

KALUA PORK

Steps:

• Cut deep slices in pork, make criss cross pattern.
• take handful hawaiian rock salt and rub it into the meat, making sure to get into the slices.
• drizzle one bottle of liquid smoke over pork, making sure it gets into cracks.
• sprinkle garlic and pepper over top of pork.
• lay onion rings on top.
• slice bananas into halves or thirds and lay on top of pork and in cracks.
• put a little water on bottom of pan.
• cover tightly with foil and slow bake over night at 250 to 300 degrees.
• when done, remove onions and bananas and shred meat.

OVEN KALUA PORK

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Rub liquid smoke and 1 1/2 tablespoons of the salt into the skin of the pork. Wrap well in foil, and seal completely. Place in a roasting pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until an internal temperature of 145 degrees F (63 degrees C) is reached, about 5 hours. Remove from oven and let cool before shredding. Sprinkle the shredded meat with the remaining 1 tablespoon of salt.

SLOW-COOKER KALUA PORK & CABBAGE

Steps:

• Line bottom of a 6-qt. slow cooker with 4 bacon strips. Sprinkle all sides of roast with salt; place in slow cooker. Arrange remaining bacon over top of roast., Cook, covered, on low 8-10 hours or until pork is tender. Add cabbage, spreading cabbage around roast. Cook, covered, 1 to 1-1/4 hours longer or until cabbage is tender. , Remove pork to a serving bowl; shred pork with 2 forks. Using a slotted spoon, add cabbage to pork and toss to combine. If desired, skim fat from some of the cooking juices; stir juices into pork mixture or serve on the side.

KALUA PORK

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Place pork fat-side up in a roasting pan or deep casserole dish. Combine water and liquid smoke; pour over meat. Sprinkle with salt. Cover and roast in a preheated oven for three hours. Remove from pan and shred.

OVEN (OR CROCKPOT) KALUA PORK

Steps:

• Put pork shoulder in a crock pot and set to low for 10 hours or high for 6 hours. Or, put in a dutch oven or similar covered pot and put into a 275 degree oven for 4 hours.
• When finished, save the cooking liquid. Skim off the fat (and save for cooking!). Reserve the juices.
• Remove bones and cartilage from the shoulder and pull with forks until shredded.
• Add the liquid smoke, 1/2 the salt and a cup of the reserved juices to the pork. Continue adding the cooking liquid until the meat will not absorb any more. If it absorbs all of it, add hot water until it cannot absorb any more. Continue adding salt until it tastes on the edge of too salty.

3-INGREDIENT KALUA PORK (INSTANT POT OR OVEN)

Steps:

• Cut the pork butt into 3 pieces:
• Press the "saute" button on the Instant Pot. When the pot is hot, add a little oil and brown the pork pieces on all sides. Remove pork onto a plate and turn off the Instant Pot.
• Add the water to the Instant Pot. Stir to scrape up all the brown bits (that's the good stuff!) on the bottom of the pot.
• Add the liquid smoke and sea salt, and stir to mix.
• Place the pork pieces back into the Instant Pot. Cover and select the 'High-Pressure." Cook for 90 minutes. Allow pressure to release naturally. This is what the Kalua Pork looks like right after it's finished cooking:
• Remove the pork to a bowl. Pour the remaining pork drippings/juice into another bowl.
• Shred the pork, and add back as much juice as you'd like to keep it moist and tender. Traditional way is to shred the Kalua Pork super find, but people like to keep chunkier pieces of pork. Either way is delicious.
• Serve hot! With a bowl of rice ^_^

KALUA PORK

Steps:

• Pierce pork with a fork; rub with liquid smoke and salt. Place pork in a 6-qt. slow cooker. Cook, covered, on low until pork is tender, 8-10 hours. , Remove roast; shred with 2 forks. Strain cooking juices; skim fat. Return pork to slow cooker. Stir in enough cooking juices to moisten; heat through. If desired, serve with rice. Freeze option: Freeze cooled meat mixture and juices in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally; add broth if necessary.

AUNTIE MAEBELLE'S OVEN KALUA PORK

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 500deg.
• Slit pork in several places, rub salt and liquid smoke into pork.
• Wrap pork with ti leaves, then in the foil, place on a small rack in a baking pan,.
• Lower heat to 400deg.,
• bake for 4hrs.
• Shred pork and add juices from the pan to the pork, according to your taste. Enjoy!
• (note: Liquid Smoke is available in supermarkets.
• in the BBQ section).

OVEN KALUA PORK

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Make several slashes along the surface of the pork butt. Rub with salt, then liquid smoke. Prepare ti leaves by removing the rib. Lay out a large piece of heavy-duty aluminum foil, and place 4 ti leaves on top. Place pork on leaves and wrap them around the pork. Cover with remaining leaves in the opposite direction until pork is completely wrapped. Wrap the foil tightly around the pork to make a watertight seal.
• Place package in a large roasting pan. Fill with two inches of water and cover pan tightly with foil. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour. Lower temperature to 325 degrees F and cook for 3-3 1/2 hours or until tender. Unwrap pork from package and shred before serving.