How Do You Make Kalua Pork In A Slow Cooker?
Kalua pork is a traditional Hawaiian dish, made by building a fire in a deep hole, wrapping a whole pig in layers of banana leaves and burlap and burying it with the hot coals to cook all day long. Well, we can’t all pit cook a whole pig, but this recipe makes it easy for anyone to add this wonderful, smokey dish to a meal. Use a meat fork and prick holes all over the pork roast to allow the liquid smoke and salt to penetrate the meat. Brush on a thick coating of liquid smoke. Rub a generous amount of the sea salt into the surface of the roast. If you have banana leaves available, wrap the roast in one leaf before putting it in the slow cooker. Otherwise place two whole, unpeeled bananas in the cooker with the roast. You won’t eat these, they are just to add flavor. Cover the roast and cook on low for 16 to 20 hours. The idea is to cook it low and slow so that the meat just falls apart when it is done. When the meat is done, pull it apart with a fork and place on a serving tray. It sho
