Instant Pot or Oven Kalua Pork

Make Kalua Pork in the oven or Instant Pot. It's so easy and 'ono, that you'd probably want to have this meal on your menu weekly.

Course Main Course

Cuisine Hawaiian

Keyword bake, easy, instant pot, oven, pig, pork, pork butt

Select Sauté on the Instant Pot. Drizzle in some oil to the pot and brown all sides of the pork. Remove and set aside.
Add water, liquid smoke, and half of the salt to the pot. Stir and scrape off the brown parts from the pot.
Place the pork back into the pot and sprinkle the salt back onto the pork.
Seal the instant pot and cook on high pressure for 90 minutes.
In the meantime, stir fry the cabbage. Drizzle some oil into a sauté pan and add in the cabbage. Cook until the leaves are tender.
Once the pork is cooked, let the pressure release naturally for about 10-15 minutes or once the metal pin drops.
Remove the pork from the instant pot and let it rest for 10-15 minutes.
Shred the pork using two forks. Then mix in the cabbage.
Serve the Kalua pork hot with your choice of sides and enjoy!

Preheat oven to 325°F.
Score the pork into diamond shapes on the top and bottom.
Rub the salt into the pork on all sides. Coat all sides of the pork with the liquid smoke.
Place pork in a large roasting pan and cover tightly with foil. Or if using banana leaves and ti leaves, line the pan with the leaves and wrap the pork with the ti leaves.
Bake for 3-4 hours, or until the pork is fork tender and falls apart easily.
In the meantime, stir fry the cabbage. Drizzle some oil into a sauté pan and add in the cabbage. Cook until the leaves are tender.
Shred the pork using two forks. Then mix in the cabbage.
Serve the Kalua pork hot with your choice of sides and enjoy!