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Recipe: Sam Choy's Oven - Roasted Kalua Pig
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1 5- to 51/4-pound boneless pork butt roast
2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons Hawaiian alaea sea salt or coarse sea salt
3 frozen banana leaves, thawed
6 cups water, divied
1/2 teaspoon liquid smoke
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Using small sharp knife, cut 1/4-inch-deep
slits 1 inch apart all over pork roast. Rub 2 tablespoons sea salt all over
pork. Unfold 1 banana leaf on work surface and place pork roast atop leaf. Fold
up leaf around pork, enclosing completely. Repeat wrapping pork in remaining
2 banana leaves, 1 at a time. Tie with kitchen string to secure, then wrap
roast in foil. Place pork in roasting pan; pour 4 cups water into pan.
Roast pork in oven until very tender when pierced with a fork, about 5
hours. Unwrap pork and cool slightly. Shred pork and place in large bowl.
Bring remaining 2 cups water and remaining 2 teaspoons salt to boil in small
saucepan. Add liquid smoke; pour over pork and stir to blend. Let stand 10
minutes to allow liquid to flavor pork. Serve.
Serves 8.
2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons Hawaiian alaea sea salt or coarse sea salt
3 frozen banana leaves, thawed
6 cups water, divied
1/2 teaspoon liquid smoke
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Using small sharp knife, cut 1/4-inch-deep
slits 1 inch apart all over pork roast. Rub 2 tablespoons sea salt all over
pork. Unfold 1 banana leaf on work surface and place pork roast atop leaf. Fold
up leaf around pork, enclosing completely. Repeat wrapping pork in remaining
2 banana leaves, 1 at a time. Tie with kitchen string to secure, then wrap
roast in foil. Place pork in roasting pan; pour 4 cups water into pan.
Roast pork in oven until very tender when pierced with a fork, about 5
hours. Unwrap pork and cool slightly. Shred pork and place in large bowl.
Bring remaining 2 cups water and remaining 2 teaspoons salt to boil in small
saucepan. Add liquid smoke; pour over pork and stir to blend. Let stand 10
minutes to allow liquid to flavor pork. Serve.
Serves 8.
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