Incredible juicy and tender Hawaiian-style Slow Cooker Kalua Pork with the most amazing flavor! Only requires 3 ingredients and can be served alone or in salads, tacos, and more!
This pork. OHMYWORD. The end.
No but really…. I don’t even know how to describe it’s perfection. I’m searching for the most descriptive phrases I can come up with and they just don’t seem like enough. Can we invent a new word? Yeah let’s do that. Fantasti-good? Tasty-licious? Super-yumm-ified?
It’s ALAKA-ZAM-AZING.
Yep that’s the one.
And I’m not just building this pork up because it’s basically the easiest dish you will ever prepare in your entire life. Even though, it really is. Only 3 ingredients and about 57 seconds of preparation. Then all you have to do is let your slow cooker do it’s magic for a good 8-10 hours. Come back and BAM. The most alaka-zam-azing pork you’ve ever smelled/seen/tasted in your whole existence.
Honest to goodness the flavor of this pork is out of this world delicious. Smoky and salty and gahhhhhhhh, it’s just so good. Hard to believe only three ingredients can deliver this kind of happiness in your mouth but it’s true. And you can use this pork for any number of things. I dare you to resist eating it straight out of your crockpot with a fork, but if you can control yourself long enough to prepare yourself a taco or a salad, it’ll blow your mind. My tip: use a really big roast and keep this shredded Kalua pork covered in the fridge for quick-fixes all week long!!
What people are saying about this Slow Cooker Kalua Pork
“This was AMAZING. Followed recipe as written except that I seared beforehand and added pepper. I’m not a big pork fan at all but I would make this again and again. Could not be any simpler. Thanks for sharing a great recipe. I’m giving it 5 STARS!” – Anne
Slow Cooker Kalua Pork
Ingredients
- 1 4-pound pork shoulder roast - (or similar roast, size can vary a bit too)
- 1 tablespoon liquid smoke - (you can find this in almost any grocery store)
- 1 tablespoon Himalayan pink salt - (sold in most grocery stores)
Instructions
- Lightly grease your slow cooker with nonstick spray. Pierce the roast all over with a fork. Place in slow cooker.
- Pour liquid smoke evenly over the roast, then sprinkle with the salt.
- Cover and cook on low for 8-12 hours. (For a larger roast you'll need closer to the 12 hours)
- Uncover, pull pork apart with 2 forks. Serve alone or you can serve it over rice, in tacos, salads, and more!
I was excited to try this because I had a Pork shoulder in the freezer. I thawed it yesterday and then put it in the crockpot this morning. I did not remember that it was an 8 lb roast and it felt kind of wrong to put 2 TBSP of pink salt and 2 TBSP of smoke because really when do you ever put 2 tablespoons of salt in anything but I did and it turned out so FABULOUS!! Thanks, thanks, thanks!
I made the Kalua pork. It was excellent. I could have used half the salt though. It was tasty though. Thanks!
If I want to add cabbage to this, when would be the best time to do that? and how much should i add for an adequate amount?
There’s confusion about the salt. I grew up in Hawaii and we use Hawaiian rock salt which is chunky like Himalayan. You’re not supposed to grind it. My recipe is as easy as 3-2-1. For every 3lb of pork, use 2 Tablespoons of liquid smoke and 1 Tablespoon of rock salt. I put 1/2 c. Water in bottom of crock, liq.smoke and salt and give it a quick swish then add pork and cook for 8 hours. Before serving, slice up a cabbage, put in microwaveable dish, add a cup of liquid from crock pot and cook for 15 minutes to soften. Shred pork in some of the juice to keep moist. Hope that helps…
Trending on MSN.COM your receipe. Thanks So much it looks delicious. I can’t wait to try this receipe.
Thanks So Much Kate St. James