Nothing’s worse than putting in a full, busy day at work, and then rushing home to start a second shift as a busy homemaker. I know if What’s-His-Face Romney is elected President, he’d cut me some slack, you know, because he totes values women’s work, but I’m not so sure that he’d be amenable to the fact that I’m actually a dude who does women’s work, like cooking and stuff, in my house. Thank the goddess that somepony invented the Crock Pot. I love the Crock Pot. If I could gay marry a Crock Pot, I would. Crock Pot cooking is cooking for morons, like me, and busy business ladies, like me. Tonight I made a Busy-Lazy boys favorite, kalua pork. What is kalua pork? It’s that yummy, smoky, salty shredded pork that you eat at luaus (or at my mom’s house). Since I don’t have a backyard pit to smoke an entire pig, I make the stuff in a Crock Pot. It’s super easy to make. You barely need to be awake to make it, and it only requires three ingredients! Super-Lazy Crock Pot Kalua Pork While you’re having coffee in the morning, before heading off to work, line your Crock Pot with aluminum foil. Place a three or four pound of hunk of pork butt (which is actually the shoulder, not the butt) in the Crock Pot. Protip: the fattier the pork, the better more delicious it will be. Sprinkle a tablespoon of Hawaiian rock salt over the pork butt. You gotta use Hawaiian rock salt, which isn’t as salty as regular table salt or kosher salt. I suppose you could use Himalayan salt? Who knows? Sprinkle a tablespoon of liquid smoke over the salted pork butt. Cover with foil and then with the Crock Pot lid. Turn the Crock Pot to low and let it do its magic for 10 to 12 hours. Voilà! Serve with rice and an acidic side veggie, like grandpa Bernie’s yum pickled beets. See? So easy, right? And you can still say that you need to leave the office at five because you need to cook dinner for your family, even though you’re actually at home playing Xbox with your kid.

Nothing’s worse than putting in a full, busy day at work, and then rushing home to start a second shift as a busy homemaker. I know if What’s-His-Face Romney is elected President, he’d cut me some slack, you know, because he totes values women’s work, but I’m not so sure that he’d be amenable to the fact that I’m actually a dude who does women’s work, like cooking and stuff, in my house.

Thank the goddess that somepony invented the Crock Pot. I love the Crock Pot. If I could gay marry a Crock Pot, I would. Crock Pot cooking is cooking for morons, like me, and busy business ladies, like me. Tonight I made a Busy-Lazy boys favorite, kalua pork. What is kalua pork? It’s that yummy, smoky, salty shredded pork that you eat at luaus (or at my mom’s house). Since I don’t have a backyard pit to smoke an entire pig, I make the stuff in a Crock Pot. It’s super easy to make. You barely need to be awake to make it, and it only requires three ingredients!

Super-Lazy Crock Pot Kalua Pork

  1. While you’re having coffee in the morning, before heading off to work, line your Crock Pot with aluminum foil.
  2. Place a three or four pound of hunk of pork butt (which is actually the shoulder, not the butt) in the Crock Pot. Protip: the fattier the pork, the better more delicious it will be.
  3. Sprinkle a tablespoon of Hawaiian rock salt over the pork butt. You gotta use Hawaiian rock salt, which isn’t as salty as regular table salt or kosher salt. I suppose you could use Himalayan salt? Who knows?
  4. Sprinkle a tablespoon of liquid smoke over the salted pork butt.
  5. Cover with foil and then with the Crock Pot lid.
  6. Turn the Crock Pot to low and let it do its magic for 10 to 12 hours.
  7. Voilà! Serve with rice and an acidic side veggie, like grandpa Bernie’s yum pickled beets.

See? So easy, right? And you can still say that you need to leave the office at five because you need to cook dinner for your family, even though you’re actually at home playing Xbox with your kid.

  1. electradaddy said: Sounds yummy. I think I’ll do this Monday. Rainy season starts then with our first storm. Two more to immediately follow. All good weather must come to an end I suppose.
  2. kandiasschronicles said: I would gay marry a crockpot too. I have five. I think I am going to have to focus a tightwad tuesday on the crockpot now. Thank you for the idea and the recipe.
  3. ouradvntrbook said: Mmm. Going to try this next week. I didn’t know it was that easy! Thanks.
  4. carolineandco said: I’m totally trying this.
  5. havekidslaughmore said: I’m stoked because I’m afraid to cook pork, how to season it, all that stuff. I’m trying this. Bring on the pork butts! (Giggle)
  6. relativekarma said: Do you put the upper foil on so it touches the meat?
  7. designingdaddy said: Yah-UM! nom, nom, nom.
  8. kvknowsherfun said: Am I the only person that has an irrational fear of leaving the crock pot on all day while I’m at work?
  9. mamamcg said: No liquid needed?
  10. ekrepcho said: Totes gonna try this. Not sure where to find liquid smoke although I do know it exists. thanks for sharing!
  11. mayak46 reblogged this from lazydad and added:
    I neither cook nor eat meat but if I did either? I would so try this. Well, if I knew what a crock pot was that is. I...
  12. uglypuss said: Why have I never thought to line it with tin foil. Mind blown.
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