Instant Pot Kalua Pork
Instant Pot Kalua Pork is the easiest, most flavorful Instant Pot Pork recipe ever. You're only 3 ingredients away from the most tender, fall-apart, flavorful, Aloha-inducing pork ever!
Servings: 20
Calories: 543kcal
Ingredients
- 8 1/2 pound Boston butt pork roast or picnic shoulder bone in pork butt preferred
- 1/4 cup Hawaiian sea salt
- 2 tablespoons liquid smoke
- 1 1/2 cups water divided
Instructions
- Rinse the pork roast and cut it into large, uniform chunks, keeping the bone intact. Leave the bone as it's own chunk with meat left on it.
- Add all pork pieces to the Instant Pot liner. Add 1/2 cup water, liquid smoke, and Hawaiian sea salt. Toss to coat, then cover and refrigerate overnight (or at least 8 hours.)
- Place the Instant Pot liner into the base of the Instant Pot. Add 1 cup of water to the meat. Lock the lid, turn the sealing knob to the Sealing position, then cook on Manual or Pressure Cook for 120 minutes and a full natural pressure release (or 30 minutes.)
- Because the Instant Pot liner was cold from the fridge, it will take a while for it to come to pressure. Allot at least 30 minutes on the pressure building side and the natural pressure release on top of the 120 cook time.
- Open the lid, and remove pork to a large serving dish. Pour some of the cooking liquid over the top of the meat to keep it moist. Sprinkle with additional salt to taste and serve with rice and shredded cabbage.
- This meat would also be delicious served as a sandwich or slider with slaw, teriyaki sauce, or bbq sauce.
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Nutrition
Serving: 4oz | Calories: 543kcal | Protein: 47g | Fat: 38g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 20g | Cholesterol: 175mg | Sodium: 1406mg