Knock-Off Cafe Rio Sweet Pork Salad is a delicious Mexican salad with sweet & slightly spicy pulled pork.  

The Hardworking Husband and I love going to Cafe Rio. My favorite to get there is the Sweet Pork Salad. I love that their ingredients are fresh and made in front of me. But my budget just does not allow me to eat there as much as I would like. So I decided I would figure out how to make my own salad.

There are several things that go into this salad that have to be made as well, but for simplicity sake I only figured out the pork and used store bought beans and rice. I may come back later and figure out the other ingredients. 

This recipe uses the romaine lettuce that I showed you how to grow earlier in the week. This helps keep the recipe fresh. I love being able to go out and harvest some of the ingredients for my meals from my backyard. 

Yield: 12 people

Knock-Off Cafe Rio Sweet Pork Salad

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Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 7 hours

Total Time 7 hours 15 minutes

Ingredients

Sweet Pork

• 3 lbs pork shoulder roast
• 16 oz coke, divided, not diet
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 can green chilis, 4oz
• 1 oz can red enchilada sauce, 10
• 3/4 cup brown sugar

Salad

• Tortillas
• Romaine lettuce, chopped
• Tomato, chopped
• Shredded cheese
• Black or pinto beans
• Spanish rice
• Guacamole
• Ranch dressing

Instructions

Sweet Pork

1. Place pork shoulder in slow cooker. Pour 8 oz coke and water into the slow cooker with pork. Sprinkle garlic powder and salt on roast. Cover and cook on high for 5 hours.
2. Remove roast from slow cooker. Discard juice from slow cooker. Shred the roast and put back in slow cooker.
3. In a blender, mix together remaining coke, chilis, enchilada sauce, and brown sugar. Pour mixture over shredded pork. Cook at least another 2 hours.

Assembling the salad

1. On a tortilla, layer black beans, rice, sweet pork, romaine, tomato, shredded cheese, ranch dressing, guacamole.
2. Enjoy!

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Nutrition Information:

Amount Per Serving:Calories: 426

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