Hawaiian Pork Roast

Name: Hawaiian Pork Roast
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 4 h 30 min
Total time: 4 h 40 min
Yield: 10 servings.
Ingredients: 1 boneless pork shoulder butt roast (3 to 4 pounds); 4 teaspoons liquid smoke; 4 teaspoons soy sauce; 2 unpeeled ripe bananas; 1/2 cup water

TOTAL TIME: Prep: 10 min. + marinating Bake: 4-1/2 hours YIELD: 10 servings.

Bananas, liquid smoke and soy sauce flavor this fall-apart-tender pork roast. It's just like the kind I enjoyedat the luaus I went to in Hawaii. —Mary Gaylord, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin

Ingredients

1 boneless pork shoulder butt roast (3 to 4 pounds)
4 teaspoons liquid smoke
4 teaspoons soy sauce
2 unpeeled ripe bananas
1/2 cup water

Directions

1. Place the roast on a 22x18-in. piece of heavy-duty foil; sprinkle with liquid smoke and soy sauce. Wash bananas and place at the base of each side of roast. Pull sides of foil up round meat; add water. Seal foil tightly; wrap again with another large piece of foil. Place in a shallow baking pan; refrigerate overnight, turning several times.
2. Preheat oven to 400°. Place foil-wrapped meat in a roasting pan; bake for 1 hour. Reduce heat to 325°; continue baking for 3-1/2 hours. Drain; discard bananas and liquid. Shred meat with a fork.

Nutrition Facts

3 ounces cooked pork: 222 calories, 14g fat (5g saturated fat), 81mg cholesterol, 207mg sodium, 0 carbohydrate (0 sugars, 0 fiber), 23g protein.

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