Cafe Rio Sweet Pork Salad

Yield
8
Cooking Time
10 hours

Ingredients

  • 2 lb pork butt
  • 3 cans root beer
  • 1/4 C brown sugar
  • 1/2 tsp garlic salt
  • 1/4 C water
  • 1 can diced green chilies
  • 10 oz can red enchilada sauce
  • 1 C brown sugar
  • 1 C mexican Shredded cheese
  • 1 C rice
  • 2 C chicken broth
  • 6 large Tortillas
  • 1/4 C cheddar cheese
  • 1 C black beans
  • 2 C romaine lettuce
  • 1/2 C cotija cheese (optional)
  • 1 C crumbled tortilla chips (optional)
  • 1/2 C Sour cream (optional)
  • 1/2 C Guacamole (optional)
  • 1/2 C Pico de Gallo (optional)
  • 1/2 C cilantro lime dressing (optional)

Instructions

  1. Put the pork in a ziploc bag to marinade. Add about a can and a half of root beer and about 1/4 c. of brown sugar. Marinade for a few hours or overnight.
  2. Drain marinade and put pork, 1/2 can of root beer, water, and garlic salt in crock pot on high for about 3-4 hours (or until it shreds easily, but don't let it get TOO dry) or on low for 8 hours. Remove pork from crock pot and drain any liquid left in the pot. Shred pork.
  3. In a food processor or blender, blend 1/2 can root beer, chilies, enchilada sauce and remaining brown sugar (about a cup, you can add a little more or less to taste). If it looks too thick, add more root beer little by little.
  4. Put shredded pork and sauce in crockpot and cook on low for 2 hours.
  5. Make rice by heating the broth to a boil, then add rice and cover, reduce to bare simmer, and let cook for about 20 minutes or until the water has been fully absorbed.
  6. Prepare tortillas by adding a bit of shredded cheddar cheese to the tortillas and then baking them in the oven, right under the burner.