cafe rio pork barbacoa at home

Ok so I recently discovered the awesome-ness that is cafe rio's pork barbacoa

Im not mormon so this took me awhile

boy do they love cafe rio
and for good good reason... its THE PORK.

the sweet heavenly awesome delicious pork...

so this weekend I made this recipe up
and used it on shredded pork sandwiches with grilled pineapple

heaven. So heaven I didn't snap a pic.. but the next night with leftovers I took one.

pork nachos baby.... we are so darn healthy...
a heavenly calorie splurge.. that you must must partake in.

Make this. Freeze it. Eat it. It gets sweeter after frozen.

Bliss.

cafe rio pork barbacoa

5 - 6 pounds pork tenderloin (or roast)

21 ounces Dr. Pepper (do NOT use diet or generic)
1 cup brown sugar

3/4 cup white sugar

2 cloves garlic
1 (7 ounce) can chipotle chilies in adobo sauce

6 ounces medium red taco sauce

1 teaspoon dry mustard
1 teaspoon cumin
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper

Place pork in the crock pot and make sauce.

Here's the trick with the sauce via elizabeth writes: Remove chipotle chilies from the can and put in the measuring cup that you'll measure your Dr. Pepper with. Pour Dr. Pepper over them and remove the chilies (and throw away) just to get the sauce off and then continue pouring Dr. Pepper into the measuring cup until you reach the full 21 ounces. You'll also need to rinse out the chipotle can with the Dr. Pepper to get all the adobo sauce out. Do NOT use the chipotle peppers (I did this and it was killer hot). You can add 1 or 2 for a kick if you want.

Blend all ingredients together in either a blender or with an blender until combined and pour over the pork. Cook on high for 5 hours or on low for 8 hours until the pork is easily shreddable.

Angel Chicken

This is for Lisa who requested Crockpot recipes that weren't beef stew etc. Anyone else have any to share? This is wonderfully delicous and not so healthy, but I get it requested by family and friends fairly regularly and it couldn't be any easier. In fact this is what we served at our recent engagement dinner for friends, with sparkling salad a garden salad and some great bread. So easy and leaves plenty of time to ummm ya know.. CLEAN THE HOUSE!

Angel Chicken

6 skinless chicken breasts
¼ cup butter
1.7 ounce package of Italian salad dressing mix
1 can cream of mushroom soup
½ cup dry white wine
½ 8 ounce cream cheese
Cooked angel hair pasta

Place chicken in crock-pot. In med saucepan melt butter. Then stir in dry salad dressing mix. Stir in soup, wine, cream cheese until combined. Pour over chicken. Cover and cook on low for 4-5 hours.
Serve over pasta

*Very easy, very rich tasting. Also this is a large portion but the sauce alones freezes great and then you just pop one out of the freezer stick in microwave and cook noodles. Still just as good!