Thursday, April 12, 2007

Cafe Rio Pork Tacos and other stuff... amazing

This is so completely amazing... seriously, tastes like the REAL thing. I've made this several times and it's always a huge hit. Courtesy of Suzanne Davis (who got it from Holly Cook), thank you, thank you, thank you girls. Wow! Let me know when you've made it! The easiest and yummiest meal ever.

Cafe Rio Creamy Tomatillo Dressing
1 package Hidden Valley Ranch
1 cup mayo
1 cup cilantro, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
3 tomatillos - peel off paper, chop
1/3 - 1/2 cups buttermilk, to consistency you want
1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper (optional)

Put in blender and mix.


Shredded Cafe Rio Pork
3 lbs pork
16 oz. bottle of chunky salsa (blended in blender so chunks are gone)
1 can coke
2 cups brown sugar

Place pork in crock pot and fill it 1/2 way up the pork with water. Cook on High for 5 hours. Drain off water. Cut pork in thirds. Mix together sauce ingredients and put on top of pork. Cook an additional 3 hours on high. Shred pork with forks. Leave it on low until ready to serve.

Homemade tortillas
3 C. flour
1/2 C. veggie or olive oil
1 1/8 C. luke warm water
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. baking powder

Mix all ingredients and knead. If too hard to knead, add a little water but if too sticky add a little more flour. Let stand for about 10 minutes. Makes about 12 small balls. Flatten each by rolling them out and then cook them in a frying pan.**I usually have 2 frying pans going at once so they all get cooked faster

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