Sunday, August 23, 2020

Sweet and Spicy Shredded Pork

Pretty basic recipe to get your mock Cafe Rio/Costa Vida sweet pork.

5 - 6 pounds pork tenderloin or roast
21 oz Dr. Pepper or Coke
1 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup white sugar
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 7 oz can chipotle chilies in adobo sauce
6 oz medium red taco sauce
1 tsp dry mustard
1 tsp cumin
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
Optional: 2 small cans green chilies

Using Dr. Pepper or Coke and over a blender, rinse all the chilies to try to get all the adobo sauce off of them. Discard chilies. With the adobo sauce and Dr. Pepper or Coke combo, add remaining ingredients (except pork roast) in blender. Blend. Place pork roast in crock pot and pour sauce over pork roast. Cook on high for 5 hours or low for 8 hours.

This pork can then be shredded and used for delicious taco meat, enchiladas, tostadas, burritos, or chimichangas.

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