Hawaiian-Style Smoked Pork (Kalua Pork)

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Appears in Cook's Country August/September 2011

Wrapping a suckling pig in banana leaves and roasting it in a hole in the ground was a non-starter. But to replicate the flavors of this luau dish, we tried just about everything else.

SERVES 8

TIME 5¼ to 6¼ hours, plus 6 hours marinating and 45 minutes resting

Hawaiian-Style Smoked Pork (Kalua Pork)

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

This Hawaiian-style barbecued pork is typically made by slow cooking a suckling pig in a pit made out of hot rocks, banana leaves, and kiawe wood, the Hawaiian version of mesquite. The resulting pork has a silky, tender texture and an inten...

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