Crock Pot Laulau
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Laulau or lau lau is one of very few traditional Hawaiian dishes. They are usually pork and salt fish wrapped in luau (taro) leaf, wrapped in ti leaf, then wrapped either with the stem of the ti leaf or a piece of string and then put into a pressure cooker to cook. We would get together to make these at times and sit and talk while it cooked, then take home our green packets of goodness :) When I saw this recipe to cook it in the slow cooker, I had to make it. It was delicious.
Unfortunately, this is a dish that only locals (from Hawaii) or people with access to taro and ti leaves can make, sorry. There really isn't a substitute. Some places do a mock laulau with spinach, but it really is not the same.
6 lbs. boneless pork butt or country-style ribs
2 lb. fresh luau leaves, cleaned and washed.
Hawaiian salt, to taste (approx. 3 Tbsp.)
3 Tbsp. shoyu
6 ti leaf, cleaned and thick rib removed
1/4 c. water
Cut pork butt into 1-1/2 inch cubes and place in large bowl. Add salt and shoyu, mixing so that all pieces are covered evenly. Line 5-quart crock-pot bottom and sides with 4 ti leaves, shiny side up (facing food). Place slightly more than half the luau leaves over the ti leaves, forming a slight basket up the sides of the crock pot. Place pork on the luau leaves and cover with remaining luau leaves. Place remaining ti leaves over top (shiny side down, facing food), tucking in edges. Add water down the sides of ti leaves. Cover tightly with foil and crock pot cover. Cook on low for 8 hrs. or until luau leaves are fully cooked (dark green and soft). I received feedback that the fast 4 hr. version caused their mouth to itch. Luau leaves need to be thoroughly cooked so that this does not happen, so I encourage you to do the 8 hr. version.
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I live in Florida but I am crazy about Hawaiʻi - so besides studying the language, I also cook Hawaiian. Now, on the mainland, if you have Jamaican stores like we do, taro leaves (luʻau) are called callalou. (I grow my own). The Spanish speakers call one type of taro malanga and it makes great poi. We have deorative ti leaves all over the place and even tho they are red, they work great for laulalu. So, yes, we can copy island culture here.
I love this recipe!! Made Lau-Laus several times using this recipe at 'low' for 8 hrs and they come out perfect every time! Today I'm cooking some at 'high' for 4 hrs. Waiting to see how they turns out... Mahalo for sharing!!!
That looks great! For people who live in the south, your Taro leaves here are called Elephant Ears. People plant them in their yards. They don't know they are safe to eat. I actually grow these, but have never cooked with them before. Thanks for sharing. Noreen : )
Elephant Ears are different. They are poisonous. The Taro plant you can use the whole plant. We make poi from the root of this plant.
We visited Big Island and had the Pork Lau Lau's at Super J. We fell in love with them. So happy to find your crock pot version. We wrapped the pork in Swiss Chard and used Banana leaves. Our one "cheat" was using chicken stock in place of water. We were both shocked how well they came out. As a side dipping sauce, we used pickled hot pepper juice which was also similar to what they had at Super J. Fantastic! Mahalo.
I had relatives in the Big Island. We all got together to to a pig and the women made LauLau. That was many years ago, but I can still remember how good the taste and I miss it so!
I made it once 9 years ago when I first got married. I told my husband, never again. I felt that it was too much work. (I didn't like it, though.) Divided the luau leaves in half and put the pork pieces in the middle. Then after done, I shredded the mixture. Your instructions, I made a dozen bundles. The cost I spent on the luau leaves and pork butt is equivalent a pre-packed tray of 3 laulaus! Thank you again.
Hi girl! This dish is crazy cool for me to see made! As you know I'm from KY living in MN, and this is so amazing to see! Our food is so terribly boring in the winter. Nothing fresh, just frozen from the garden :). I am sending all my love and positivity to Mom, and to you! I wish your family all the best right now!
I used collard greens to wrap Laulau an they worked really well.
Shawnee Phillips Ohhhhh. I’m trying this.
I use the same..
Collard greens is a little bitter though not to mention small. I wonder how that would work.
Amazing recipe! Never seen this done before!Thank you for sharing!
Laulau is one of the most favorite Hawaiian food next to Poke and steam rice. Don't forget Spam and Portuguese sausage.
I make it in the steamer, but your way is really convenient for when you're craving that flavour without the hassle. You are awesome. Mahalo!!
mahalo for sharing...I made some chicken laulau last night in Orem, Utah in my daughters crock pot...it was amazing. I didn't have ti leaf or banana leaf, but will try the banana leaf I know we do have banana leaves at some of the mexican stores here in utah. Didn't think to use banana leaves. So grateful for the demonstration...and aunty is great. Missing everyone in hawaii.
+Valerie Kahanu I'm glad you were able to make it! I know they have taro leaves in some parts of the mainland (I know in FL they do), but I think it's getting slowly easier for locals all over to be able to make Hawaiian food. I saw they now started freezing the leaves!
@CookingAndCrafting,
Species name: Colocasia esculenta.
Known here as Wild Taro.
I grew elephant ears in the back yard of a house I rented years ago. NOT the same. Taro loves swamps and wetlands, and we have swamps and wetlands everywhere we look. I'm emailing a link to an article on it.
Yes we can get the laulau leaves in California. People from India eat them also in different ways. There is a Figi store in Modesto and we are lucky that he gets leaves once a week. You did good girl
Wow! Crockpot laulau! No way!! Looks like came out on point too. Deffently will try. Quick and easy way to satisfy my cravings rather then planning ahead to make um traditionally. Big mahalos for sharing.🌺🤙
you're welcome! Tastes same same! Now I do it in my pressure cooker too
Aw, your cat's so cute. When it heard its dish, he/she came in and was like "Huh? Early supper? No? Alright.."
Thanks auntie for the recipe! Live mainland so looking forward for to making this! Mahalos!
Mahalo for that video my sister in Kahaluu shared with me. Local boy in New Zealand, hopefully I can source the ingredients here. Aloha! Looks so Ono! Stomach growling. :)
I like to squeeze a little lemon juice on my pork laulau and eat it with rice! Yummmmy
Thank you so much for posting this. I've done the prep work so I'm assembling it tomorrow before I go to work.
Mahalo nui loa for sharing your recipe. This is my go to recipe anytime we feel like eating laulau. Prices of laulaus in stores are insane, why purchase it when you can make it on your own and we always have extra to store in our freezer. I do everything pretty much the same but I do add salted fish and instead of water, we use chicken broth. I learned from my mother to use chicken broth to make it more moist. big mahalos to you, I enjoy watching your videos. Take care and god bless.
It is so stinking cool to see you cook stuff that I would have no idea even existed if it wasn't for you. I am going to see if I can somehow get the leaves just so we can try some traditional Island food.
TFS!
mahalo auntie for another cooking demo... sooo onoloa... so broke da mout your laulau... soo wishing i was living back home... thank you for sharing...
I really hope I get to try this some day ;)
Love watching you put this together even if I can't make it here :)
Looks good! if you have banana leaf or peel, you should add it as imu's are always lined with banana husks and leaves: adds an authentic but subtle flavor. If you can find it, salt smoked with mesquite would be amazing...
Awesome!! I love laulau and sorry to hear about your mom, praying she heals well!
We can get banana leaves and I was thinking to try making it with mustard or collard greens. I love greens Beth I know thats delicious and TY for sharing.
Aloha Sista! Mahalo for this recipe! I am on the mainland now but I'm from Maui. Yes, I find it hard to get the right ingredients for certain foods here, like Luau leaf But I love this recipe and I will try it. Laulau is not only delicious but the luau leaves are very medicinal also. I can't wait to try this out!
My cousin just recently went to California and found "dried taro leaf" in a bag from the PI. He rehydrated, added turkey tail and said was SO ono!! So try checking out 88 Asian Market in Temecula -- if you are close enougH?!?
"another thing you probably won't be able to find are luau leaves" hahaha that made me laugh! I'll be on vaca soon so I'll be able to get my hands on lots of the yummy goodness! Mmmmm drooling*
Interesting recipe! I doubt I can get Ti leaves here, but we sure have bananas, and Taro grows so commonly here it's considered an invasive weed. Looks simple, and it seems like the Taro is the "secret ingredient," contributing the flavor to the pork.
I love laulau (:
You're amazing!!!
So happy to have found your channel! Thank you! Aloha from Kaneohe!
Welcome aboard!
I wonder if bacalao (salted cod) would go good. I make the cuban version of bacalao, which requires soaking and rinsing couple times in 24 hours before using. I have everything else, and am considering using the bacalao. Any thoughts?
The end is my favorite Lau Lau and poi just missing the Lomiga
i tasted my 1st laulau 2 days ago, I was driving up west coast Oahu - Waianae area beach & went saw a home made sign @ boatyard "Lau lau" & I bought x3 parcels wrapped in foil, $10 b/c the Hawaiian family selling it were raising it for one of there kids to go to D.C for schooling - it was very tasty but I didnt like the after taste of the ti-leaf. I really love the Tongan & Samoan version where you leave out the ti-leaf & just use taro leaf. but the pork was so moist & juicy.
Oh goodness. That just looks so good..But have no access to tea leaves or banana leaves..:( Hope mom is doing okay and will heal really quick..She is so cute. Love all your video's and have made many of your recipes...Need to send me a bite. LOL
Did not have ti and banana leaves, so I used oven bag, it worked perfectly 🤙🏽 fresh spinach was ono.
Thank you! I making this tonite 🌸🌺🌼🌈
@CookingAndCrafting aww! Well that just means you'll HAVE to make it again! Yum!
Hugs to you and granny xxx
IF I ever make it to HI then I would love to try this! HUGS xo
Have you tried the Pan laulau. cooked in the oven. Great for large family or party tray. so ono.
if you're familiar with collard or mustard greens, could you use those to wrap the pork?
Oh my gosh I want to make this! Now to find the leaves!
Making me so hungry! I love the leaves and pork fat the best! I need to make a run to L & L Hawaiian BBQ. I'd love to try this, but with no ti leaves or taro leaves, I'm out of luck. From Lanai, now living in CO.
+19Mariko57 my mom used to use spinach as a substitute for taro leaves, and we loved it !
+hawaiiguy1 How do you wrap it? Spinach leaves are not as big, unless she wrapped it all with t-leaves....which I also do not have access to.
+19Mariko57 in this case you would just make like a stew instead of wrapping
sorry, for not responding earlier..but yes...just place it on top of the pork butt...
Okay, thanks. Will have to give it a try. I am at least fortunate to have L&L Hawaiian BBQ here to get some lau lau when in the mood for it.
you should pour coconut milk mixed with fine chopped onions and minced garlic and salt and a little bit of water into each laulau with the meat, trust and believe that will be the best ever !!!
Umaleava Langi yes that would be yummy. Em frn a tiny atol in png and we call it holo(taro leaves)
Hmmm ... banana leaves may be even harder. I want to make this dish when I go visit relatives In Seattle.
What if I don't have access to any ti leaves. Is there a remedy to this problem?
That is an interesting dish! I don't think I have had that, but I am guessing one of the two oriental stores in Roch may have the leaves. Is this something that would or could be cooked in the ground? I love hearing about the local dishes.
Awesome, mahalo for sharing. Aloha
Mahalo for sharing this video with us.
oh em geeeeeeeeee! I'm SO JELLIES!!!! How i long for luau leaf! mm! Surprising enough i can find ti leaf but not luau argh. tfs!! I enjoyed it very much. p.s when we used to make laulaus at home we'd soak the pork in shoyu! MM MM good, i dislike butterfish so id sub w/sweet potato
Crockpot update: It came out so ONO!!! Thank you for sharing this! I also remembered to share with my neighbor who's ti leaves I went to cut because the ones in my yard were so yellow and had so much holes.
@CookingAndCrafting cool which island? i'm from oahu. you should do a potato mac recipe. so more of the local foods can be out there =)
Looks Delicous , thanks for sharing 🤙
Have you ever added sweet potato and butterfish ? I really wanna try with that
Can you make a video making traditional Laulau?
OMG!! I CAN ALMOST TASTE IT
i like mine with butterfish, but how do i find that on the mainland?
Mahalo for Da Lesson, Living in Seattle? I going teach my Blessed Hau'li Beautiful Wife to watch your cooking show's so I don't need to cook wen I come Home from WORK (Fishing fo Salmon) Aloha & A 'Hui'O? and Aloha Ke Akua...
Also those porkash, yummy, I wuz @aui, every day we always call this giy with his truck"MANAPUA MAN" Dang, they are soooo "ONO" wooooooh, spam mushibi, you name it, n when we go to this store call "Foodland" thats where we get ahi poke any flavor, chicken(Huli Huli) OMG, they are all well prepared, I missed eating them, but, if you can show all ahi poke of any flavor I will follow you. (Mahalo)
What about cabbage leaves?
What else can substitute the taro leaf if we don’t even have that? Not much of lau lau without the taro leaves.
Some islanders that have relocated say they use spinach or collard greens.
Canna Lily leaves are similar to those.
Maby cabbage leaves up in Pocanos???.
@CookingAndCrafting Yes I would like to be there right NOW. I keep closing my eyes and wishing REALLY hard and nothing happens. Know where I can get any fairy dust?
that was king of queens in the background
at about.8:55
Yummy!!
eh thanks sista, Waianae boi in da mainland trying to eat good! new sub!
+chaz 3021 Welcome aboard!
@shevaunkaulana ooh or squid luau! i wanna learn to make that!!!
We don't have Laulau in London
OMG!!! I live in Utah and need to find some lu'au leaf and ti leaf here. But it looks ono.
Miyagi San I've fudged up something I call "kotonk laulau" which is pork butt, rockfish, swiss chard, sea salt, and water tossed in a crock pot and eaten like a stew (I should probably try it with less water). It's close enough to satisfy the craving for laulau.
Housemates may complain about the smell though. :D
+loren1350 How does the swiss chard stand up to the taro leaves?
plant your own ti leaf easy to grow..taro leaf is the you gotta go hunting for..
8 hours to cook a laulau?
what can i use (I live in Oklahoma) instead of taro, ti or banana leaves
Collard Greens
What about cabbage leaf
In Hilo good Lau Lau
I think taro leaves are also called elephant ears aren't they? We have Elephant ear plants in the South Eastern U.S.
No!
Nope. Although they are in the same family, the taro plant is edible (but you have to cook it thoroughly. Eating it raw WILL cause you to have a very adverse reaction). The taro plant also has an edible root, much like a potato that is used for making different Polynesian/Hawaiian dishes such as poi. Elephant ears are NOT edible...
Yeah! There are the dry kind, and then you have the wet kind that Hawaiians grow in the, "Lo'i", which is my favorite kind, less dry.
Collard Greens will work,They are thick.🙋🏽♀️
are you from hi?
would bamboo leaf work in place of the ti leaf?
That's what I use
@Marienkaafer dangit...
I have a hard time getting Glass Noodles (Mumg Bean Noodles). I had a great Asian Market that I would buy from him. He told me that it was TOO costly for him to buy and ship. I bought it here for $5.00 a package. Where can I get it here on the mainland? My mother is glutten free and LOVES the glass noodles and Chicken Long Rice. Any suggestions? Mahalo!
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Do you eat laulau with rice?
Rice and macaroni salad
its a foot long laolao
looks yummy but it will be a lot yummy with a little bit of onions added in it
mmm Onions! :)
Oh Aunty I can have some I like poi as well if can
If I could, I would!!
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GREAT DON'T HAVE THOSE LEAVES IN NEW ZEALAND WILL USE SPINACH OR MAYBE EVEN SILVER BEET OR CABBAGE
Don’t use spinach
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