Monday, March 3, 2008

Sweet Pork Salad similar to Cafe Rio

Sweet Pork
3 lb pork roast
1 c brown sugar
1 c Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp oregano
1 tsp powdered ginger
1 tsp salt
1 tsp chili powder
1 tsp garlic powder
2 Tb dried minced onions

Cook all ingredients in a crock pot on low all day (abt 8 hours). One hour before serving, remove roast and shred it. Dump out all cooking juices and place shredded pork back into crockpot and add…
1 c brown sugar
1 c red enchilada sauce


Cilantro Lime Rice
1 c. uncooked rice
1 tsp. butter
2 cloves of garlic
1 tsp. lime zest
1 can (16 oz) chicken broth
1 1/4 c. water
Cook all of the above in a rice cooker or how you would normally cook rice. When it it finished, pour 2 T. lime juice, 2 tsp. sugar and 3 T. chopped cilantro over it and mix well.

Salad Dressing
1 7 oz can Salsa Verde
4-5 fresh tomatillos, cut up.
1 1/2 pkg. Hidden Valley Ranch dry mix
1 c. sour cream
1-2 seeded jalepenos (optional)
1 T. sugar
juice of one lime
handful of cilantro
salt and pepper
blend it all in a blender. Will keep for about three weeks in the fridge.

Black Beans
1 can black beans, rinsed and drained
1 1/3 cup tomato juice
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon ground cumin
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons fresh chopped cilantro

In a nonstick skillet, cook garlic and cumin in olive oil over medium heat until you can smell it. Add beans, tomato juice, and salt. Continually stir until heated through. Just before serving stir in the cilantro.

Just start with a warmed tortilla on your plate then add the rice and beans, lettuce, pork, salad dressing and salsa or guacamole if you want.

2 comments:

Paul Rama said...

This is one of me and Paul's favorite meals ever!

Shellie said...

So, yummy! Thank you, Natalie for hunting down this amazing recipe. The sauce gets really hot the longer it sits in the fridge. And we didn't even add the pepper, it was just from the verde sauce!