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.
Equipment
- Pressure Cooker
Ingredients
- 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
For Mini Taco Shells
- Wedge dumpling wrappers on the bottom of a muffin tin. Spray with cooking oil and bake at 450 degrees F for about 5 minutes.
For Kalua Pork and Cabbage
- Put one cup water and liquid smoke in the instant pot.
- Poke holes in the pork with a fork or knife. If using garlic cloves, wedge the cloves into some of the holes.
- Place pork in instant pot and sprinkle with the tsp of Hawaiian salt.
- 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.
- When pressure is released, take the pork out and shred it. Meanwhile, add in shredded cabbage to the remaining juices. Saute until soft.
- Enjoy with rice or fill in taco shells (see post above).