Have you ever eaten at Cafe Rio?
They were everywhere in Utah and I miss them!
Since they're nowhere to be found in Mississippi,
I had to make my own.
I started with this recipe for CopyCat Cafe Rio Pork
I put the following ingredients on low in the crock pot overnight and woke up to a delicious smelling dinner. Crockpots get a lot of attention in the fall/winter months, but I love using them in the summer so you don't have to heat your house up by having your oven on so much.
3lb pork loin
2 c brown sugar
1 c root beer
1 Old El Paso sauce packet - roasted garlic flavor
Shred the meat and then let it simmer for 1-2 hours in the same sauce it cooked in.
We started out eating
Burrito Bowls
with TONS of sides
black beans,
lime rice,
cilantro,
sharp cheddar cheese,
salsa,
lettuce,
yellow/purple onions.
sweet peppers,
& corn
The toddler version:
The adult version:
My favorite way to eat the pulled pork was in quesadillas!!
The meat reheats really well so we had it for dinner several nights last week. I just used small tortilla shells, sharp cheddar cheese and a generous scoop of pulled pork. I served lettuce and a homemade--ish salsa on the side. I used a jar of salsa and added in fresh ingredients to liven it up a bit - cherry tomatoes, onions and corn.
Hope you enjoy this as much as we did!!
That all looks delicious! I love pulled pork but haven't tried it as a quesadilla. Great idea!
ReplyDeleteI'm the same way, I use my crock pot way more in the summer than the winter. Last night I had a couple burners going while I roasted something in the oven...and decided it was about time to break out the crock pot for the summer. I hate being super hot and then trying to sit down and eat.
This looks fantastic. I am going to pin this for later!
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