Kalua Smoked Boston Butt Food

3-INGREDIENT KALUA PORK (INSTANT POT OR OVEN)

Steps:

• Cut the pork butt into 3 pieces:
• Press the "saute" button on the Instant Pot. When the pot is hot, add a little oil and brown the pork pieces on all sides. Remove pork onto a plate and turn off the Instant Pot.
• Add the water to the Instant Pot. Stir to scrape up all the brown bits (that's the good stuff!) on the bottom of the pot.
• Add the liquid smoke and sea salt, and stir to mix.
• Place the pork pieces back into the Instant Pot. Cover and select the 'High-Pressure." Cook for 90 minutes. Allow pressure to release naturally. This is what the Kalua Pork looks like right after it's finished cooking:
• Remove the pork to a bowl. Pour the remaining pork drippings/juice into another bowl.
• Shred the pork, and add back as much juice as you'd like to keep it moist and tender. Traditional way is to shred the Kalua Pork super find, but people like to keep chunkier pieces of pork. Either way is delicious.
• Serve hot! With a bowl of rice ^_^

LOGAN'S SMOKED BOSTON BUTT KALUA

Steps:

• 1. Combine garlic, olive oil, parsley, pepper flakes, sea salts, and onion in a small container.
• 2. Pierce pork all over with a sharp knife. Stick slices of garlic along with marinate down each whole. Rub remaining marinate all over pork. Cover and marinate overnight.
• 3. Prep smoker to 250-275 degrees.
• 4. Completely wrap pork with damp banana leaves. Wrap pork in foil tightly.
• 5. Smoke for 3 hours, poke holes just though the foil on top and sides. This will allow the pork to get additional smoking. Continue to smoke for 4-4 ½ hours.
• 6. Remove pork from foil and banana leaves, on middle rack in oven and broil on high for 5 minutes or so to brown the skin.

KALUA PIG

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 500°F.
• Lay 2 sheets of foil (each about 1 feet long) on a work surface with long sides overlapping by about 4 inches. Cut 2 (12-inch) lengths from banana leaf and center 1 on foil. Put pork on banana leaf and sprinkle with salt and liquid smoke. Cover top of pork with other 12-inch length of banana leaf and 2 overlapping sheets of foil (each about 1 1/2 feet long). Crimp edges of foil tightly to form a packet and put in a large roasting pan. Add 1 inches of water and cover pan tightly with more foil.
• Bake pork in middle of oven 4 hours. Pour off liquid from pan and, when pork is just cool enough to handle, shred with 2 forks in a bowl. Serve warm.