Lau Lau

Description

Salt butterfish, pork and chicken wrapped in layers of taro leaves and ti leaves, and then steamed.

Ingredients

  • ½ pound salt butterfish, rinsed several times to remove excess salt
  • ½ pound pork butt, cut into 1 inch cubes
  • 4 boneless chicken thighs
  • 1 tablespoon Hawaiian sea salt
  • 8 ti leaves
  • 1 pound taro leaves

Instructions

  1. Season fish
  2. pork and chicken with Hawaiian sea salt. Place 2 ti leaves in an X on a flat surface for each of the 4 servings.
  3. Place 1/4 of each of the fish
  4. pork and chicken onto the center of 3 or 4 taro leaves. Wrap securely with the taro leaves
  5. then place each wrap on a set of ti leaves. Tie the ends of the ti leaves together with a piece of string.
  6. Place the bundles in a large steamer
  7. and steam for 3 to 4 hours.

Prep Time: 30 mins

Cook Time: 4 hrs

Total Time: 4 hrs 30 mins

Servings: 4

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