Friday, June 20, 2008

Cafe Rio Shredded Pork Salad with Ranch Dressing

This recipe is for Jamie. This is the best one I have found. I hope you enjoy. To some of you that don't know about Cafe Rio Pork...its the best. Go ahead you Midwesterns, try it. I think you will love it.


Pork
Night Before:
3 ½ to 4 lb. Pork Roast2
Tbs Brown sugar
1 to 1 ½ tsp cayenne pepper
2 tsp cumin
1 tsp salt
Mix together and rub on pork roast.
Put in crock pot on low. Cook all night.
Next morning, add:
1 can coke
1 cup chicken stock
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 small onion, chopped
Keep cooking all day in crock pot on Low.
About an hour before serving, shred roast and add:1 cup brown sugar or to taste

Salad Dressing:
1 pkg. Hidden Valley Ranch dressing Mix
8 oz. can Salsa Verde
2 cloves garlic
¾ cup Mayo
¾ cup sour cream
¼ tsp Tabasco Sauce
¼- ½ cup fresh cilantro
Mix in blender. Add lime juice to taste. Mix ahead of time and chill it for several hours. It can be thinned with buttermilk if needed.
I serve this over Shredded Lettuce and crunched up tortilla chips and top with beans, pork, dressing, cheese. The dressing makes a ton.... Yum

2 comments:

Sudar Clan said...

We have a similar recipe for both of those and it is so good. I love it. I have found that Dr. Pepper and brown sugar get it the sweetest. But anyway it is made it is one of our favorites :)

Jaime said...

THANK YOU!!! I can't wait to make it!!