Instant Pot Hawaiian Pulled Pork
Easy Instant Pot Hawaiian pulled pork recipe is amazing and perfect for any party served as sliders or on top of rice for a tasty family dinner. Can make in a Ninja Foodi pressure cooker too.
Servings: 8
Equipment
- 1 pressure cooker
Ingredients
- 3.5 lbs pork loin if using a larger piece, you may need more time
- 1 tbsp seasoned salt
- 1 tbsp salt free seasoning I used garlic and herb seasoning
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 2 c vegetable broth or other broth of your choice
- 1 onion diced
- 1/2 c ketchup
- 1/3 c apple cider vinegar
- 1/3 c brown sugar
- 3 oz tomato paste
- 1/2 tbsp garlic minced
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp paprika
- 3/4 tsp chili powder
- 1.5 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp soy sauce I used low sodium
- 1.5 c pineapple tidbits without juice
- 1 tbsp pineapple juice
Instructions
- Cut your Smithfield Prime pork center cut pork loin in 4 equal pieces. Rub your seasoning salt and salt free seasoning on all pieces - top and bottom.
- Turn pressure cooker to saute, low and add olive oil. When hot put pork pieces in and sear both sides, remove when all 4 pieces are done and turn pot to OFF/Cancel.
- Pour 1 cup of your vegetable broth into your Instant Pot and use a wooden spoon to scrape bits of seasoning and pork bits off bottom of pot. (called deglazing, link to how to do this above recipe card if needed)
- Leave broth in pot and put your 4 pork pieces back in. Pour remaining cup of broth into your pot with your diced onions.
- Close lid and steam valve and set to pressure high for 60 minutes. Allow to naturally release pressure for 5 minutes, then do a quick release when done. Turn pot OFF/Cancel.
- Take 1 piece out at a time and in a separate bowl shred your pork and remove fat (if desired).
- Dump contents of pot out into a strainer to keep the cooked onions. Put onions back into your pressure cooker pot.
- Add shredded pork back into your pot with your onions.
- Mix together all other ingredients listed above (from ketchup down) well in a bowl (except pineapple tidbits) and pour on your pulled pork inside your pressure cooker.
- Gently mix so pork is coated.
- Add in your pineapple tidbits and gently mix in.
- Serve on slider buns topped with our homemade cole slaw or if you want it a bit warmer set to saute low again, stir gently as it is warming and then turn pot off and serve.
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Nutrition
Serving: 3oz | Calories: 710kcal | Carbohydrates: 34g | Protein: 35g | Fat: 47g | Saturated Fat: 16g | Cholesterol: 142mg | Sodium: 2135mg | Potassium: 921mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 30g | Vitamin A: 650IU | Vitamin C: 15.7mg | Calcium: 62mg | Iron: 2.8mg