Dinner for 4

Instant Pot Kalua Pork

Name: Instant Pot Kalua Pork
Total time: 80 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Hawaiian and Pacific
Ingredients: 4 lb pork shoulder; 1 cup cold water; 1 tbsp coarse alaea red hawaiian sea salt; 1 tbsp liquid smoke; 2 pieces 12x20 inches banana leaves

$10.45for 480 minServes 4

Pork shoulder cooks under pressure with water, sea salt, liquid smoke, and banana leaves until tender and easy to shred.

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What it costs

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Ingredient	Amount	Cost
	Pork roast, shoulder or loin$2.49/lb typical	4 lb	$9.96Typical price
	Bananas$0.62/lb typical	0.55 lb	$0.35Typical price
Total for the servings shown		$10.45

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Swaps

Swap Pork roast, shoulder or loin for Beef chuck roast or stew beefabout $4.50/lb more at typical prices

80 minstart to table
Mediumdifficulty
4servings as written
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Typical price

$2.61 per serving$10.45 for 4

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Ingredients

4 lb pork shoulder
1 cup cold water
1 tbsp coarse alaea red hawaiian sea salt
1 tbsp liquid smoke
2 pieces 12x20 inches banana leaves

Steps

Rub the pork shoulder with sea salt and liquid smoke.
Line the Instant Pot with the banana leaves, place in the pork, and pour in the water.
Cook at high pressure for 60 minutes.
Let the pressure release naturally for 15 minutes, then vent any remaining pressure.
Check that the pork reaches at least 145 F, then shred it with forks.

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