How to Make Traditional Hawaiian Lau Lau

Learn how to make Lau Lau with the instant pot or the traditional steamer. Lau lau may look like a green mess but the flavors from the luau leaves and pork will make you want to eat more. Lau lau is a Hawaiian dish that is found at any luaus or local restaurant. Prepping lau lau can also easily be turned into a fun family activity.

Ingredients:

2 lb pork butt
1 lb pork belly
½ butter fish
Hawaiian salt
Ti leaves or foil
Luau leaves (kalo leaves) or collard green or spinach

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[kaysensantos]

Keep doing what u guys are doing 👏👌 u make us proud here in hawaii 🤙🤙

[yagottacook]

Wow! I didn’t know you could cook this in your instant pot! So akamai! 👍🏼 thank you for sharing!!

[trentcvendiola]

I absolutely LOVE the way you have done this site! I like the music, the way you present the recipes and the focus on the way to prepare them. On so many you tube sites, the personalities of the presenters are distractions rather than enhancements. It is so nice on this one seeing and hearing your brother also. Thank you! Great job!
Trent Vendiola

[lornabaker]

So good to learn I can cook Lau Lau in the instant pot! Will definitely be trying it out! Thanks!

[alisonpatron]

Love this! Now I need to look for leaves!

[NorthShoreJoe]

Lau Lau is one of my favorite Luau Dishes. Thank you for sharing.

[empi]

Great video, it was really fun meeting another member of the family!

[unstoppabledoris]

Such a wonderful video! Thank you so much for the video 💕 🌴

[milliejardindemariposasyfl]

It looks very delicious, thank you very much for sharing your rich and delicious recipe with us.👍

[pineapple]

One of my customer suggested this to me today. She said her father taught her this and I'll try it since it looks so

[jiujitsuforall]

Been on the mainland for too long! How I miss the authentic flavors of Hawaii!!! That's some ono grinds, cuz!!! Great job.

[BlazedKitten]

Looks so ono!! I never would have thought to make lau lau in my instant Pot but I'm definitely going to try now! Mahalo again for the recipe ❤✌😁

[InAWindow]

New cook and sub, here! The simple step by step directions, the calm background music, showing the ingredients and substitutes, everything was easy for me to understand and make. We moved to NM (military) and we miss home esp the food. Mahalo and awesome job, love it, gotta follow this channel 😋

[ericaconradson]

One of my absolute FAVORITE foods!!! I would love to try and make this at home...but I don't think I can duplicate that magical Hawaiian perfection. 😏

[JesaiBrown-xikw]

Aloha 🌴 Brudah. Hi you? I really enjoyed the Hina Mauka Rehab facility in Ohau Hawaii. One of the popular Authentic Hawaiian dishes I enjoyed was Pork a dobo & Lau Lau. Many blessings to you and your family. Free the 19 nations Mahalo 🤙

[jcapril]

Question: Do you have instructions for doing this in a crock pot? How many hours? Thank you for sharing this delicious looking recipe.

[silverback]

Mahalo to you and your Ohana!! Had the Kanak attack!!! Great stuff!!!
Mahalo Ke’ Akua!!!

[melissaspicer]

Hello, can you please tell me how long the Ti plant leaves last for once you have harvested them?

[raymeramos]

Thanks for your "how to demo for Lau lau". I've seen quite a few recipes on youtube and I keep wondering why that one item that I'm used to seeing never gets included, and that item is the salt salmon. I realize that there are many options as far as ingredients are concerned, but I got so used to seeing the salt salmon included way back in the day in old Haleiwa. I accompanied my mom and some friends in the early 50s when they were preparing to make lau lau. I was only about 7 years old at the time but distinctly remember the ingredients. The ingredients were 1 each large cube of pork, beef, butter fish, salt salmon and a sprinkling of hawaiian salt then wrapped in taro leaves, and finally in ti leaves. The different ways for making Lau lau that I've seen are all good. I was just curious why the salt salmon was never included in the recipes, guess I'm an old soul. God bless. Mahalo and aloha.

[AceBambam]

can i use banana leaves instead of ti leaves? I'm from the Philippines, lau leaves i think here is taro leaves or gaway in my province