Kalua Pig in a Slow Cooker

By lorik

Ingredients

• 1 (3 pound) pork butt roast
• 3/4 tablespoon Hawaiian sea salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons liquid smoke flavoring
• 1 banana, unpeeled, cut in half lengthwise
• 1-2 Serrano chiles chopped, seeded if desired
• 2 bay leaves

Preparation

Step 1

Pierce pork all over with a carving fork. Rub salt then liquid smoke over meat. Place roast in a slow cooker add bay leaves and chiles and lay banana on top.

Cover, and cook on high for 3 hours, reduce to low and cook 4-5 hours more or until tender, turning once during cooking time.

Remove meat from slow cooker, and shred. Discard bay leaves and banana. Pour drippings into a fat separator and allow juices to settle, add de-fatted drippings back to shredded pork.

Serve meat with cole slaw.