kalua pork
Luau meat dish
Kalua pork is a traditional Hawaiian dish of slow-cooked, shredded pork with a smoky, savory flavor.
The name comes from the cooking method—meat roasted in an imu, an underground pit oven lined with hot stones and banana leaves.
Modern versions use liquid smoke and slow cookers to approximate the taste: We had kalua pork with rice at the luau.
- luauTraditional island celebration
- pulledDrew with force
- smokyFilled with combustion haze
- tenderSoft or sore
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
pig · roast · low and slow · shredded · cabbage · rice · mac salad · plate lunch · white rice · tropical · feast · slow-cooked · liquid smoke · succulent · banana leaf · salt · mesquite · island
- luauleis, luau feast, lei, hula, hula dancer
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- Hawaiian culturealoha, hula, lei, luau, mahalo
- Hawaiian Foodspoi, poke, taro, ahi, mahi mahi
- island foodpoke, kalua pig, shave ice, plate lunch, taro chips
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