What Are Ti leaves and How Can I Use Them?

Here's everything worth knowing about ti leaves and how to pick them, what they are, how to store them, and what to use instead, plus 4 recipes to cook tonight.

Recipes using ti leaves

There are 4 recipes that contain this ingredient.

Mud Crab & Smoked Sweet Potato Gnocchi

Mud Crab seasoned Alpine Pepper and served with smoked sweet potato gnocchi

Laulau

Hawaiian laulau with pork shoulder and salmon wrapped in luau leaves and ti leaves, steamed for 3 to 4 hours. A traditional island dish with just four ingredients.

Easy Laulau

Laulau with pork and salted butterfish wrapped in luau and ti leaves, baked low and slow until fork-tender. A simplified oven version of this traditional Hawaiian dish that serves nine.

Oven Kalua Turkey

Oven kalua turkey: a Hawaiian-style shredded turkey wrapped in ti and banana leaves with Hawaiian salt and liquid smoke. All the imu pit flavor, no backyard hole required.

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