Cafe Rio – Dennis Family Recipes

Cafe Rio Sweet Pork copycat (This is Stephanie’s Recipe)

3 pound pork shoulder/butt roast
16 ounces Coca-Cola soda divided (*do not use diet soda. The sugar in regular soda is needed.) (We used Root Beer and it was fine)
1/4 cup water
1 teaspoon garlic salt
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 can (4 ounces) diced green chilies
1 can (10 ounces) red enchilada sauce
3/4 cup packed brown sugar

Spray inside of a large crock pot with cooking spray. Place pork roast inside. Pour 8 ounces of Coca-Cola ( I used a measuring cup) and water around pork. (It does not need to cover roast) Sprinkle evenly with garlic salt, salt and pepper. Cover with lid and cook on high heat for 6 hours OR cook on low heat for 8 hours.
Remove pork from crock pot and transfer to cutting board. Discard liquid from crock pot. Shred pork with two forks, and remove any fat.
In a blender or food processor, blend the remaining 8 ounces Coca-Cola, diced green chilies, enchilada sauce and brown sugar. Blend until smooth.
Place shredded pork back in crock pot. Pour enchilada sauce mixture over the shredded pork. Cover crock pot with lid and cook another 1 to 2 hours on low heat. Serve pork in burritos, salads and tacos!

1 pkg ranch mix traditional NOT buttermilk
1 cup mayonnaise
1 cup buttermilk
2 tomatillos remove husk, diced
1/2 bunch cilantro fresh
1 clove garlic
1 lime juiced
1 jalapeno, if you like it spicy keep the seeds in it, if you like it mild, just remove the seeds

2 cups rice

4 cups water

2 teaspoons chicken bouillon

1 handful cilantro, chopped

1/2 lime, juiced

1 can (4 ounces) diced green chiles (we don’t add this)

Pour everything in a pot and heat to boiling. Then add lid and turn down to low for 20-30 minutes or until tender.

Remove lid and stir to combine everything.

2 pounds pork – boneless ribs or a loin roast work great, but anything boneless works

1 can root beer

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 tsp garlic salt

1/4 cup water

1 cup or so of enchilada sauce

Put pork bowl to marinate with 1 can root beer and 1/2 cup brown sugar. Marinate a few hours or overnight.

Put pork in crock pot with the garlic salt and water for 3-4 hours. The bigger the pieces the longer it takes.

Drain liquit and shred pork. Add enchilada sauce. Heat till warm. Works great for Cafe Rio style burritos.