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Kalua Pork
Kalua Pork
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Instructions
- Press [Sauté] to pre-heat the cooker. When the word “Hot” appears on the display add oil to the cooking pot. Brown each half of the roast separately. Remove to a platter when browned.
- Turn pressure cooker off and add water and liquid smoke to the cooking pot. Add browned roasts and any accumulated juices to the pot. Sprinkle the salt over the top of the pork roasts.
- Press [Pressure Cook] and then use the [+] button to set 90 minutes of pressure cooking time. When beep sounds, use a natural release to release pressure (approximately 20 minutes). When valve drops, carefully remove lid.
- Remove the meat from the pressure cooker and shred with two forks, discarding excess fat as you shred. Add some of the juices from the pressure cooker to moisten the meat. (I used a fat separator to remove fat from the juices.)
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Super yummy! My husband made gravy out of the drippings.
So easy to make, tastes great, cheap and lasts for days with just the two of us.
This was fabulous. I served it over sweet potatoes. The whole family loved it.
Not quite as tender as if done in a smoker. But considering the huge time difference, it was terrific.
Easy and excellent. Served it with a Honey Cilantro glaze on rolls and it was divine!
This is my family’s favorite pork recipe! I make pork roasts all the time for carnitas or Hawaiian recipes and this is the easiest, tastiest recipe of them all. I never make the other recipes I used to use. This one supercedes them all. :-9
Love this …as a personal touch for the smoke flavor I brown 2 smoke bacon strips and add 1/8 tsp paprika 1/8 tsp cummin while I was browning the meat. By far my favorite recipie.
Soooo good!
So easy. So good. Highly recommended even for IP Noobs.
Super easy and everyone loved it! We did a bone in shoulder, and it pulled out clean.
Im not a great cook. But this was so easy and my family loved it. Highly recommend.
Loved the flavor and the ease of making this pork.
I used this recipe as my “first” after buying my Insta-pot. I chose it because it was simple and didn’t need lots of ingredients. It was delicious. When i make it again, I’ll add cabbage!
How do i see recipe
How can i transfer the ingredients to the grocery list?
Has anyone done this Recipe on a bigger scale. Im looking to do a 15lb
I have a 5lb pork shoulder, anyone know how much I will need to increase the cooking time?
I thought the Instant Pot had to have at least 1 cup of water (the Ultra states it needs at least 2 cups) for pressure cooking…. I want to make sure that this recipe is ok with just 1/2 cup of water for 90 minutes? Also, is this ok for the 6 quart Instant Pot cookers? Thank you!
I steam some cabbage in the juices for about 3 minutes. Serve with rice. As close to Hawaii roadside cooking as you can get…
Hi Mary E Hamel,
Typically yes, but some ingredients give off liquid which adds to the amount of cooking liquid. It is okay to use less if the recipe recommends it. Most recipes are developed for the 6 quart.
Calls for oil but doesnt say how much
Does the meat need to be browned or can this be made without the saute step?
Hi LSladko,
Saute is used to brown the meat. Pressure cooking is wet heat and doesn’t brown meat. You can skip sauteing, but it adds a level of flavour to the dish.
I made this with 1 cup of pineapple juice, 2 tblsp of liquid smoke and some garlic powder for 7 pounds of pork cut into 14 chunks for browning and it was done in 65 minutes. Very flavorful!
One of my favorites!
Does the pork shoulder need to have the bone removed or is bone in ok?
Easy and authentic as you would eat at a luau!!!
Cooking time for only 2 pounds? I am going to try 65. Help me if otherwise.
1st meat dish in my new machine. Is it high or low pressure??
Very good!!!
I’ve been making this basic recipe in my slow cooker for years and love it. Took 6-8 hours in the slow cooker; 1 1/2 hours (plus time to brown the meat) in the Instant Pot! And I was cooking 5 1/2 pounds of pork butt.
I use garlic salt on all sides and I used 1 cup chicken bone broth instead of water with the liquid smoke. 6 pounds for 90 minutes cut into 4 pieces.
OMG so good, the only change I made was adding 1/2 cup of pineapple juice. After removing the meat i added a cornstarch slurry for sauce, even my husband, the doubter loved it!
How many minutes for a 3lb pork roast?
Awesome and easy! I love it
I know its been asked, but not sure if its been answered, but if you have a 7lb bone in pork butt how long are you cooking it. And I am assuming we are cooking this on the meat/stew setting. I know may sound funny but others (friends) have found other settings cook things better.
My first recipe with Instapot. I loved the time of cooking and the tender pork. I marked down 1 star because I found it to be bland. I read other reviews and added garlic powder which helped. I used pineapple juice instead of water and I think that helped. Next time I will try a rub with more spices.
I agree that the instructions do not say to press stew/meat button. Sounds obvious but not to a new user
I made a smaller butt roast and adjusted the ratios of recipe and time. Really tasty and easy.
Added a tablespoon of teriyaki sauce and replaced the water with stock. This came out wonderful. Perfect for sandwiches.
how long for a 2lb would you think?
Tasty and easy!!
I brown it using pork lard, and then pressure cook it wrapped in banana leaf (I’m from Florida)
Serve with pineapple (from can) and with cooked white rice (rinse pineapple chunks then sprinkle lemon juice, it need to be tart)
I replaced water with chicken broth. Added butt rub spices after searing. Added tablespoon of apple cider vinegar.
I used a smaller piece of meat and reduced the time per pound. Came out as a tasty pork roast but not Kalua pork.
I doubled this recipe, and used pineapple juice and Trader Joe’s ginger miso broth as the cooking liquid. Also added some onions, garlic and ginger root in the sautee step. Sautee was going too slow for me in the Foodi, since I had to do it in batches since I doubled. I found it quicker on the front end to do the sear in my cast iron -got nice browning quickly that way. (An extra pan to clean at the end though…) Delicious! And I’m not really a meat eater. I needed to feed a crowd of 20 and this did it easily and cheaply with great flavor.
The first step is to add oil but oil is not listed in the ingredients. Can you please correct?
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