{"id":1521,"date":"2025-12-28T23:06:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T23:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dennisrecipes.morgeneggs.com\/?p=1521"},"modified":"2025-12-28T23:06:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T23:06:37","slug":"cafe-rio-sweet-pork-copycat-this-is-stephanies-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dennisrecipes.morgeneggs.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/28\/cafe-rio-sweet-pork-copycat-this-is-stephanies-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Cafe Rio Sweet Pork copycat (This is Stephanie&#8217;s Recipe)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ingredients<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>3\u00a0pound\u00a0pork shoulder\/butt roast<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>16\u00a0ounces\u00a0Coca-Cola soda\u00a0<strong>divided<\/strong>\u00a0(*do not use diet soda. The sugar in regular soda is needed.) (We used Root Beer and it was fine)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1\/4\u00a0cup\u00a0water<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1\u00a0teaspoon\u00a0garlic salt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1\/8\u00a0teaspoon\u00a0salt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1\/4\u00a0teaspoon\u00a0pepper<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1\u00a0can (4 ounces)\u00a0diced green chilies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1\u00a0can (10 ounces)\u00a0red enchilada sauce<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3\/4\u00a0cup\u00a0packed brown sugar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Instructions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>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\u00a0<strong>OR<\/strong>\u00a0cook on low heat for 8 hours.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remove pork from crock pot and transfer to cutting board. Discard liquid from crock pot. Shred pork with two forks, and remove any fat.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In a blender or food processor, blend the remaining 8 ounces Coca-Cola, diced green chilies, enchilada sauce and brown sugar. Blend until smooth.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Place shredded pork back in crock pot. Pour enchilada sauce mixture over the shredded pork.\u00a0Cover crock pot with lid and cook another 1 to 2 hours on low heat. Serve pork in burritos, salads and tacos!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/life-in-the-lofthouse.com\/wprm_print\/cafe-rio-sweet-pork-copycat\">https:\/\/life-in-the-lofthouse.com\/wprm_print\/cafe-rio-sweet-pork-copycat<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients Instructions https:\/\/life-in-the-lofthouse.com\/wprm_print\/cafe-rio-sweet-pork-copycat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,19,35],"tags":[127,140,195],"class_list":["post-1521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meat","category-mexican","category-pork","tag-cafe-rio","tag-pork","tag-sweet-pork"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dennisrecipes.morgeneggs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dennisrecipes.morgeneggs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dennisrecipes.morgeneggs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dennisrecipes.morgeneggs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dennisrecipes.morgeneggs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1521"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dennisrecipes.morgeneggs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1522,"href":"https:\/\/dennisrecipes.morgeneggs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1521\/revisions\/1522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dennisrecipes.morgeneggs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dennisrecipes.morgeneggs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dennisrecipes.morgeneggs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}