Norah's Menus and Recipes: Cafe Rio Pork Barbacoa

About my cooking

This is a place for me to track recipes we try. Sometimes we like the recipe, sometimes we do not, and sometimes only one or two members of our family like the recipe. I try to cook from scratch and we try to avoid processed foods. As such some of the recipes I post can sometimes be a little time consuming. I also try to buy and cook with locally grown organic products. I am willing to pay a little more to achieve this goal. If I can't find local organic I buy locally produced foods and then organic foods from elsewhere. I'm a big supporter of the "eat local" idea. I do belong to 2 different CSA's here in Utah, I buy from Crossroads Urban Center's food co-op, and I am a frequent shopper at local farmer's markets.

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Cafe Rio Pork Barbacoa

Here is the sweet pork that I made for the Cafe Rio salad. It turned out really good. I cooked the pork in the oven at 300 for about 6 hours instead of using the crock pot. Mainly I did this because I've decided I'm not a huge fan of meat cooked in the crockpot. The directions below are for using the crockpot. Also I made my own enchilada sauce, sadly I forgot to take a picture but if your interested I'll get the recipe up soon. Tomorrow I'll be putting all the ingredients together for the salad.

Cafe Rio Pork Barbacoa

Pork Roast: Put it in a crock pot with a little water and cook until very tender (about 8 hours on low).
Shred pork and add:
1 can enchilada sauce
2 cloves minced garlic
1 small can diced green chilies
1 can Coke (not diet coke)
1 cup brown sugar
salt to taste
Cook for one more hour.