Maui- Kalua Pork & Cabbage

Okay you are visiting from da mainland or somewhere else, one local dish that sells here is the kalua pork and cabbage, you can get this in some, not all plate lunch establishments sells this. If you are on Maui, there's several places you can get kalua pork with cabbage.

L&L Drive Inn (Lahaina in Cannery Mall, Honokowai across from Kaanapali Shores, Piilani Shopping Village in Kihei, food court Maui Market Place on Dairy Road)

Da Kitchen (Rainbow Mall in Kihei, Triangle Square in Kahului, the Wharf Cinnema in Lahaina)

Aloha Mixed Plate (Lahaina on Front St. behind Safeway)

Honolua Store in Kapalua Resort

Old Lahaina Luau




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Here is a simple recipe for kalua pork with cabbage you can make in your home.

1. 4-5 lbs. of pork shoulder fat on
2. Hawaiian sea or Kosher salt, rubbed over the pork generously.
3. 4 tbsp.liquid smoke
4. 6 cups of water
5. Preheat oven to 375 deg. f.
6. In a roasting pan, deep enough, place the water in it, then place the pork in to the pan.
7. Spread liquid smoke over pork, then cover with foil, and roast for about 3 hours. Let it rest covered.

8. Take a small head cabbage slice it into 1/2 inch strips and half it, then stir fry it in some vegetable oil to wilt it. Then in the roasting pan, drain the liquid, then shred the meat, next add in the cabbage and mix it well.

Serve with rice either brown or white, and macaroni salad.