Oven Roasted Kalua Pig

"This recipe comes from a recipe book called "Kona on My Plate". It serves well with a salad called DaKine Macaroni Salad (also from "Kona on My Plate")."
 
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Ready In:
6hrs 30mins
Ingredients:
8
Serves:
10
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ingredients

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directions

  • In a small bowl, mix salt, Worcestershire sauce, shoyu, ginger, garlic and liquid smoke.
  • Place pork roast on ti leaves.
  • Rub pork roast with marinade and let stand 1 hour.
  • Fold ti leaves over to enclose pork, then wrap in aluminum foil.
  • Place in roasting pan and bake in a preheated 325F oven for four to five hours until done.
  • Unwrap, shred and serve.

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Reviews

  1. This recipe produces an authentic-tasting kalua pig that every resident and visitor to Hawaii loves.
     
  2. Being from Hawaii we've made kalua pig tons, but I decided to try this since it had some added ingredients. I omitted the ginger and used garlic powder instead. This was really good. We always cook two 5lb. pork roast at the same time and it takes the same amount of time as it does for one. We usually freeze one for a later quick meal. You can also use banana peels over your meat if you don't have ti leaves for some added flavor. You need to cover you meat completely and don't leave openings or it'll dry out. Also, after skimming off the fat from the juice that comes out, you can use this to flavor your meat.
     
  3. This was just like the Kaulua pig we have had at luaus. I have made this recipe twice, both times without the Ti leaves and it comes out great. This second time our party time was extended and the meat cooked atleast an extra hour. The juices had all cooked away. I just quickly heated all the other ingredients (except the liquid smoke) on the stove top and poured over the meat. It still turned out wonderfully! Thanks so much for sharing this recipe!
     
  4. I did a little experement- I bought a huge piece of pork for a party(pork shoulder from Costco- it was actually two pieces in one package). Half I put in the oven and followed the directions exactly and the other I put in a crockpot with the same ingredients except that about 1/2 hour before it was done I added half a head of chopped cabbage (just like my favoite plate lunch resturant in Kauai). When it was done I served the two side by side and asked for everyone's opinion. Everyone liked the one in the crockpot better. I must say though that the one cooked in the oven shredded beautifully while the crockpot one had to be chopped into small pieces. The flavorings in the recipe were perfect though- only I used real ginger. Mahalo
     
  5. Reading everyone else's recipe, I must have done something wrong, but I can't imagine what. The only thing I did differently was use banana leaves instead of ti leaves. Just couldn't find them. Anyway, this made my house smell Terrible. The meat had the same smell only milder. Maybe bad ingredients? Sadly, it was so awful, my family has begged me not to try this one again. Found another that came out wonderful.
     
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Tweaks

  1. Wow! My husband and i were married in Hawaii and ate Kalua pork at a Luau, this tastes just as delicious and is now a regular on our dinners list. I have been asked for the recipe by everyone who has tried it. The only difference i made was to cook in oven bags (as suggested) and replace the liquid smoke with a smokey chipolte liquid - I'm in the UK and cant get hold of the leaves or liquid smoke :-(
     
  2. Being from Hawaii we've made kalua pig tons, but I decided to try this since it had some added ingredients. I omitted the ginger and used garlic powder instead. This was really good. We always cook two 5lb. pork roast at the same time and it takes the same amount of time as it does for one. We usually freeze one for a later quick meal. You can also use banana peels over your meat if you don't have ti leaves for some added flavor. You need to cover you meat completely and don't leave openings or it'll dry out. Also, after skimming off the fat from the juice that comes out, you can use this to flavor your meat.
     

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My husband and I moved to Las Vegas after retirement in 2000. We lived in South Bend, IN for about 26 years. We both like to travel and we have taken up RV camping and enjoy it a lot. Most of our camping is done in Nevada Utah Arizona and So. California. During the summers our (almost) 9 year old Granddaughter will go with us sometimes. Our Daughter, Son-in-law, and Granddaughter have lived in Las Vegas since January 2001.
 
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