Homestyle Kalua Pork with Cabbage in a Slow Cooker
6 Reviews- Prep: 10 min
- Cook: 10 hr 30 min
- Ready In: 10 hr 40 min
“Inspired by the luaus in Hawaii, I set out to make an easy, tasty slow-cooker version of kalua pork. The meat is fall-off-the-bone yummy. This recipe is not overly smoky, but you may add more smoke if you like. Serve with rice, buns, or poi.” - by Mei
Ingredients
Adjust Servings
Original recipe yields 10 servings
Directions
- Mix kosher salt, black pepper, and ground ginger in a bowl; rub evenly into surface of pork roast; place seasoned roast in a slow cooker.
- Stir soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, and liquid smoke together in a bowl; pour over the pork roast.
- Cook on Low 10 hours. Add cabbage to the pork and sauce in the slow cooker; cook another 30 minutes. Shred pork to serve.
Nutrition
Amount Per Serving (10 total)
- Calories
- 501 cal
- 25%
- Fat
- 40.6 g
- 62%
- Carbs
- 4.8 g
- 2%
Based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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"Having been to a couple of luaus now, this effectively recreates the taste as well as you can without burying a pig in your back yard. We used a low sodium soy sauce, which was fine as their is more t..." See morehan enough salt in the recipe. We cooked a 4 lb butt in the slow cooker for about 8 hours, steaming with the cabbage for the last 30 minutes. The result was great. I served it with Guam styled fried rice, so it was a real gut buster feast. While buns or rolls are somewhat traditional, as a low glutein household we don't feel they are required. in fact, the first time I served this with hot dog buns the bread was ignored entirely, as everyone was perfectly full with pork, cabbage, rice and vegetables. while not anyone's idea of a health nut dinner, this is certainly a good option if you want a breadless meal."
Hawkeyelisa
"This was pretty good. I followed the recipe exactly, except I used low sodium soy sauce and a bag of shredded red cabbage. I also added ~1/2 cup of water to the crock pot. It was a bit salty, so ne..." See morext time I will cut back on the kosher salt, and increase the pepper, ginger and liquid smoke."
MPMommy
"I followed the recipe, but added 1/2-1 cup of chicken broth and discovered that was totally unnecessary as it was a little soupy. It was still delicious, but I, too, would cut the salt down a little ..." See morenext time (I also used low sodium soy sauce). The next night I reheated some (it makes A LOT!) of the meat in a pan so it got a little crispy and made burritos. Super yummy!"
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