3-Ingredient Slow Cooker Kalua Pig

🌺 Why You’ll Love This Recipe

• Only 3 Ingredients: No marinade, no prep work, no stress.
• Set It and Forget It: Let your slow cooker do all the work.
• Big Flavor, Minimal Effort: Tastes like it cooked all day in a traditional imu — because it did (kind of).
• Versatile: Serve it with rice, in tacos, on buns, or over salad.

🥄 Ingredients

• 1 (4–6 lb) pork shoulder (also called pork butt)
• 1 tablespoon Hawaiian sea salt (or kosher salt)
• 1 tablespoon liquid smoke (hickory or mesquite)

Optional: Add chopped cabbage during the last hour of cooking for a classic Hawaiian side.

👩‍🍳 Instructions

1. Prep the Pork
   Pat the pork shoulder dry with paper towels. Use a knife to make a few small slits in the meat to help the flavors soak in.
2. Season
   Rub the salt all over the pork, making sure it’s evenly coated. Drizzle the liquid smoke over the top.
3. Slow Cook
   Place the pork in a slow cooker and cook on low for 8–10 hours or high for 5–6 hours, until the meat is fall-apart tender.
4. Shred and Serve
   Remove the pork from the slow cooker and shred it using two forks. Return it to the juices for extra flavor. Discard any large fat pieces.

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