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 servings

Knock-Off Cafe Rio Sweet Pork Salad

Name: Knock-Off Cafe Rio Sweet Pork Salad
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 7 h
Total time: 7 h 15 min
Yield: 12 servings
Ingredients: Tortillas; Romaine lettuce, chopped; Tomato, chopped; Shredded cheese; Black or pinto beans; Spanish rice; Guacamole; Ranch dressing; 3 lbs pork shoulder roast; 16 oz coke, divided, not diet; 1/4 cup water; 1 tsp garlic powder; 1 tsp salt; 1 (4 oz) can green chilis; 1 (10 oz) can red enchilada sauce; 3/4 cup brown sugar

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 (4 oz) can green chilis
1 (10 oz) can red enchilada sauce
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

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.
Remove roast from slow cooker. Discard juice from slow cooker. Shred the roast and put back in slow cooker.
In a blender, mix together remaining coke, chilis, enchilada sauce, and brown sugar. Pour mixture over shredded pork. Cook at least another 2 hours.