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Ashlee

Copycat Café Rio Slow Cooker Sweet Pork

This Café Rio copycat is sweet and tender pork is a family favorite. It goes great with burritos, tacos, enchiladas, and salads. Pair it with some tangy cilantro lime rice to make it more complete. This juicy pork creates many options for your next Taco Tuesday dinner rotation.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 hours
Total Time 10 hours 15 minutes
Servings: 8
Course: Main Dishes, Slow Cooker
Cuisine: American, Mexican
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 2.5 lb porkloin roast
  • 20 oz bottle Coca-Cola, divided
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1 tsp garlic salt
  • 1/8 tsp kosher salt
  • 1/4 tsp ground pepper
  • 1 (4 oz) can mild diced green chiles
  • 1 (10 oz) can red enchilada sauce
  • 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
  • flour or corn tortillas
Toppings:
  • black beans, warmed
  • lettuce, washed and chopped
  • tomatoes, diced
  • pico de gallo

Method
 

  1. Start with coating a slow cooker/crockpot with nonstick spray. Place pork inside. Pour 10 ounces of Coca-Cola and water around pork. Liquid doesn't need to cover the entire pork roast.
  2. Add garlic salt, kosher salt and ground pepper over pork roast. Cover with lid and cook on low for 8 hours (or on high for 6 hours).
  3. After finished, transfer pork to a cutting board or plate. Shred pork with two forks and cut off any excess fat. Discard liquid from slow cooker.
  4. In a blender, add remaining 10 ounces of Coca-Cola, diced green chiles, red enchilada sauce and brown sugar. Blend until smooth.
  5. Place shredded pork back into slow cooker. Pour sauce mixture over pork. Cover slow cooker with lid and cook for another 1 hour on low.
  6. Serve pork with burritos, tacos or in a salad.
To Assemble Tacos:
  1. Layer flour tortillas with black beans, cilantro lime rice (see notes)*, sweet pork, lettuce, tomatoes, and pico de gallo.

Notes

Meal Ideas:
  • Burrito (as a filling)
  • Tacos (as a filling)
  • Salad
*For cilantro lime rice recipe, see link below:
Easy Instant Pot Cilantro Lime Rice