Kalua Pig Recipe

A recipe for Kalua Pig. See also more Recipes from Hawaii, about Hawaii Dining and our Hawaii Travel Guide.

Traditional Kalua Pig is pork roasted in an underground oven called an Imu, but simpler versions can be cooked in a modern oven or a crock pot. Modern recipes sometimes add seasonings like garlic, soy sauce, and ginger, but more traditional recipes are often seasoned only with salt and smoke from the Imu.

Oven Roasted Kalua Pig #1

Ingredients
-4 pound pork butt roast
-1 tablespoon liquid smoke
-2-1/2 tablespoons Hawaiian salt

Instructions
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Rub pork with liquid smoke and 1-1/2 tablespoons of the slat. Wrap pork in foil and seal tightly. Place foil packet in a baking pan (to prevent drippings from getting on your oven) and bake for 5 hours. Shred pork and sprinkle with remaining Hawaiian salt.

Oven Roasted Kalua Pig 2

Ingredients
-3 to 5 pound pork butt roast
-6 ti leaves or 2 banana leaves
-3 teaspoons of salt
-1/2 cup tamari soy sauce
-2 teaspoons worcestershire sauce
-5 garlic cloves, crushed
-2 inch piece of ginger, crushed
-2 teaspoons liquid smoke

Instructions
Combine seasonings and rub all over pork, and marinate the pork for 1 hour. Wrap roast in leaves, then in heavy foil. Bake at 325 degrees farenheight for 4 or 5 hours. Drain off the fat and shred meat.

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