Oven Roasted Kalua Pig

Since moving to Vancover,WA in 2008 I have had a new experience of making Kalua Pig over here in the mainland.  In Hawaii my Native Hawaiian husband did Kalua Pig in the imu.. so the recipe below is how I do it here.

Ingredients:

pork butte

kosher salt or seasalt

liquid smoke

water

Directions:

using a fork , poke with the tines of a fork into the meat as far

as you can all over the pork butte.

take some kosher or sea salt in your hand and rub all over the

pork top,sides and underneath

I don't measure the liquid smoke I just pour a good bit

all over the pork butte making sure to rub it down into the holes made with the tines of the fork.  The amount varies with the size of the meat. Use your own judgement.

Set the port butte in the roasting pan adding some water. cover with tin foil and  slow cook it 300 degrees .

When done take out of the roaster onto a cutting board and with two forks shred the meat.  When the meat is all shredded place the meat back in the roasting pan and and mix the meat into the drippings left from roasting the meat .. by mixing in the liquid you won't have a dry shredded kalua pig.