Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Cafe Rio Pork Tostadas with Cilantro Ranch Dressing and Spanish Rice


This is for sure in the "dinner hall of fame" in our family. If it's been too long since I've made this, my kids ask for it! And it's also a great and easy crowd pleaser, so I make it often when we're having company. I got this yummy pork recipe after it was served at a dinner for women at my church. We decided we love it on tostadas with yummy dressing and rice.

Cafe Rio Pork Tostadas
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3 lb. Pork Roast
1/2 teaspoon Liquid Smoke
3/4 cup Taco Sauce or Mild Red Enchilada Sauce
1 1/2 teaspoons Cumin
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
1 1/4 cups Dr. Pepper

Put roast in 3-5 quart crock pot sprayed with cooking spray. Put water in crock pot and only fill til water is 1/2 way up the roast, so just covering bottom half. Add liquid smoke. Cook for 10-12 hours on low. Drain/discard water and shred pork with 2 forks or a fork and knife. Mix other ingredients and pour over roast. Cook on low 4-6 hours.

See that yummy pork in there?




You can see my excited, hungry daughter ready to eat here! Serve buffet style with tostada shells, shredded lettuce, shredded cheese, chopped cilantro, EasySpanishRice , beans and Cilantro-Ranch Dressing.
Click on rice & dressing recipes or see separate posts.


4 comments:

  1. I'm totally making this, Jess! Glad to have your recipe. Can I just ask, what is liquid smoke?

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  2. Hi Liz! I'm Jessica's friend Amy and we're doing this blog together. You can buy liquid smoke at any grocery store or Walmart, I would look for it by the sauces like worsheshire (sp?), vinegar, bbq sauce, etc. The brand I have right now is Colgin Natural Hickory. You can go to http://www.colgin.com/public/ to see what it looks like, hope that helps!

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  3. Or you can be like me and not put in the smoke :)

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  4. Sorry, Amy! I thought that was Jessica's post:) Thanks, ladies- I'm going to give it a try!

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