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Lau laus

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Ingredients:
1 lbsLuau (taro leaves), or fresh
1 1/4 lbsCut in 6 pieces
3/4 lbsSalmon or butter fish, cut i
1 tbspRock salt
12 Ti leaves or aluminum foil
1 cupWater
Procedures:
1Recipe by: arielle@bonkers.taronga.com
2Remove stem and fibrous part of veins by pulling gently with the tip of a knife from the stem out to the edge of the leaves.
3Place pork in bowl.
4Add salt.
5Work together.
6Arrange 5 leaves, the largest on the bottom.
7Place pork with fat side up.
8Place fish on top of pork.
9Fold leaves over pork and fish to form a bundle (puolo).
10Prepare each ti leaf by cutting partially through the stiff rib and stripping it off.
11Place lau lau on the end of a ti leaf and wrap tightly.
12Wrap another ti leaf around in the opposite direction, thereby forming a flat package.
13Tie with string, or fibrous part of ti leaves.
14Place in a steamer.
15As soon as water is boiling, turn heat to low.
16Steam lau laus 5 to 6 hours.
17Remove string before serving.