Laulaus

Leaf-Wrapped Fish and Pork Bundles

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  • Serves

    10

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Tradewinds & Coconuts: A Reminiscence and Recipes from the Pacific Islands

By Jennifer Brennan

Published 1997

  • About

These savory bundles or packets of fish and meat may take the place of kcdua pig at a Hawaiian feast or poi supper. Laulaus have the same concept as the Samoan or Fijian pcilusami although they contain no coconut milk. In Hawai’i, they are wrapped first in young taro leaves and then in ti leaves. We can substitute spinach leaves and aluminum foil for the double wrapping. Laulaus are traditionally filled with a mixture of Boston pork butt, beef chuck, salte

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