Cafe Rio Style

So the other weekend we had some friends over for dinner and I made some homemade Cafe Rio and it was delicious. Here is the recipe:

Pork (I used chicken, but pork is delicious too)

3 to 4 lbs. Pork loin (I used about 4 to5 chicken breast)

1 cup brown sugar

1 bottle red taco sauce

1 Tbls cumin

1 can coke (12 ounces)

Cook pork/or chicken on low in crock pot with water covering ½ pork for 6 hours or until able to shred. Three hours before serving, drain liquid off pork, and add coke, taco sauce, brown sugar, and cumin. Continue to cook for approximately 3 more hours.

Tomatillo Dressing

1 pkg Dry Buttermilk Dressing (ranch)

3 Tomatillos

1 cup Mayo

1 cup Buttermilk

1 cup Cilantro (chopped)

1 Garlic glove

¼ to ½ tsp Cayenne Pepper

Rice (This is a rice recipe that I have done before, but I did not do this time)

White rice

Chicken Broth

Chopped Cilantro

Chopped White Onions

Lime Juice

You get to experiment on the portion sizes. Cook the rice in chicken broth instead of water with cilantro, onions, and lime juice

Rice (This is what I did this time)

2 cups white rice

2 cups chicken broth

2 cups water

1 garlic clove

A Little olive oil

Chopped up garlic glove, put a little oil olive in pot, add garlic to pot. Stir constantly for a couple of minutes until garlic is golden. Add chicken broth, water, and rice. Bring to boil, reduce heat to low and cook for about 15 to 20 minutes or until rice is tender.

Then I get a tortilla and load it up with lettuce, rice, beans, meat, tomatoes, cheese, and then top it with the tomatillo dressing. It is really tasty.