Yield: 10 servings
Easy Instant Pot Kalua Pulled Pork
An easy smokey pulled pork you can make in your pressure cooker or crock pot! It's a great freezer staple and makes for lots of quick and easy meals!
Prep Time
5 minutes
Cook Time
1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time
1 hour 35 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 5-lb pork shoulder (butt) roast
- 5-6 peeled garlic cloves
- 1 tablespoon Red Alaea Hawaiian sea salt (fine grain), (or kosher salt)
- 1 tablespoon Liquid Smoke (Hickory if available)
- 1 cup water
Instructions
- Trim excess fat from pork roast. Using a sharp knife, make 5-6 large slits in the roast, and insert the peeled garlic cloves. Try to distribute evenly throughout roast. Sprinkle salt evenly over both sides of roast.
- Place roast in bottom of slow cooker or pressure cooker pot. Pour Liquid Smoke over roast. Then carefully add the cup of water around sides of roast.
To Cook In Pressure Cooker:
- Cook on High pressure for 90 minutes with natural pressure release.
- When pressure has released, remove pork from pressure cooker and shred with two forks.
To Cook in Slow Cooker:
- Cook on Low for 12-16 hours until pork is tender.
- Remove from slow cooker and shred with two forks.
To Freeze:
- Place measured amounts of shredded pork into freezer ziptop bags. Label and date, then freeze. Pull out and thaw to use in quick meals.
Notes
You can use kosher salt if you don't have access to Red Alaea. Or go really wild and try a smoked gourmet salt. ;)
I prefer the Hickory variety of Liquid Smoke, but any of them will do in a pinch.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
10Serving Size:
10 servingsAmount Per Serving: Calories: 543Total Fat: 32gSaturated Fat: 11gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 17gCholesterol: 200mgSodium: 767mgCarbohydrates: 1gFiber: 0gSugar: 0gProtein: 60g
Nutrition information provided as an estimate only.