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Slow cooked Hawaiian Kalua PigPosted Jan 23rd 2006 11:01AM by Stefania ButlerFiled under: Parties, Dinner, Pork, How To, Islands, Slow cookingI was born in Hawaii, and where I come from, slow
cooking only means one thing: kalua pig. Kalua pig is a lu'au staple. The whole pig (usually around 100 pounds)
is wrapped in banana and ti or ki leaves and slow roasted over hot
stones in an underground pit. There are many websites which outline in detail exactly how to
slow roast a pig. It's not as simple as just digging a hole in the ground and tossing a pig into it. Often the pig has
hot rocks placed into its cavity and is wrapped in chicken wire as well as the leaves so that it doesn't fall apart
when it is being removed. The pig is roasted anywhere from 5 to 24 hours, depending on the size. The
resulting roast pork is incredibly moist and flavorful. It has a lovely smoky flavor and the meat shreds easily. It is
the perfect compliment to a lu'au meal along with lomi salmon (a salad of salted salmon, tomatoes, and onions) and poi
(mashed taro root). If you don't want to expend the time and effort to roast a whole pig in your back yard, you can approximate the recipe (using a pork butt) in your slow
cooker.
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