Instant Pot Kalua Pork and Cabbage Mini Tacos
Getting soft and juicy kalua pork at home is easy with a pressure cooker! If you don't have a pressure cooker, you can always cook the pork in a slow cooker on low for 8-12 hours. Create mini tacos by using leftover dumpling wrappers.
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 1 hr
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 3 lbs pork butt
- 1 cup water
- 1 tsp liquid smoke
- 1 tsp Hawaiian salt (plus more to taste)
- 3 cups shredded cabbage
- 3-5 garlic cloves (optional)
- dumpling wrappers (as many as you want)
- nonstick cooking spray
Instructions
- 1
Wedge dumpling wrappers on the bottom of a muffin tin. Spray with cooking oil and bake at 450 degrees F for about 5 minutes.
- 2
Put one cup water and liquid smoke in the instant pot.
- 3
Poke holes in the pork with a fork or knife. If using garlic cloves, wedge the cloves into some of the holes.
- 4
Place pork in instant pot and sprinkle with the tsp of Hawaiian salt.
- 5
Pressure cook on high for 45 minutes and let the pressure release naturally (about 20 minutes). If using a different amount of pork, pressure cook for about 15 mins per pound.
- 6
When pressure is released, take the pork out and shred it. Meanwhile, add in shredded cabbage to the remaining juices. Saute until soft.
- 7
Enjoy with rice or fill in taco shells (see post above).