Sweet Pork Salad

Sweet Pork Salad

Ingredients:
Pork
2-3 lb Pork Roast
3 cans Coke (Not Diet)
1/4 c Brown Sugar
1/4 c Water1
can Green Chilies
1 can Enchilada Sauce
1 c Brown Sugar
Dash of Garlic Salt

Rice-
1 c uncooked rice
1 tsp butter or margarine
2 cloves of garlic, minced
1 tsp freshly squeezed lime juice
1 can (15 oz) chicken broth
1 c water
1 tbsp freshly squeezed lime juice
2 tsp sugar
3 tbsp fresh chopped cilantro

Black Beans-
2 tbsp olive oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tsp ground cumin
1 can black beans, drained and rinsed
1 1/3 c tomato juice
1 1/2 tsp salt
2 tbsp fresh chopped cilantro
Cornstarch to thicken

Directions:
Pork-
Put the pork in a heavy duty Ziploc bag to marinade. Add about a can and a half of coke and about 1/4 c. of brown sugar. Marinade for a few hours or overnight.
Drain marinade and put pork, 1/2 can of coke, water, and garlic salt in 12” oven for about 3-4 hours (or until it shreds easily, but don't let it get TOO dry). Remove pork from oven and drain any liquid left in the pot. Shred pork.
Blend 1/2 can Coke, chilies, enchilada sauce and remaining brown sugar (about a cup, you can add a little more or less to taste). If it looks too thick, add more Coke little by little.
Put shredded pork and sauce in crock pot and cook on low for 2 hours.

Rice-
In a sauce pan combine rice, butter, garlic, 1 tsp. lime, chicken broth and water. Bring to a boil. Cover and cook on low 15-20 minutes, until rice is tender. Remove from heat. In a small bowl combine lime juice, sugar and cilantro. Pour over hot cooked rice and mix in as you fluff the rice.

Black Beans-
In a skillet, cook garlic and cumin in olive oil over medium heat until you can smell it. Add beans, tomato juice, corn, and salt. Continually stir until heated through. Stir in the cilantro. Mix cornstarch with water. Stir until thickened.

To make the salad. Heat up tortilla shells in a pan just put them in there one at a time to warm them up. The put them in a tin bowl like you would find at Cafe Rio, Costa Vida, Places like that or on a plate or just in a regular bowl. Then put meat then beans then rice and then some salad (I like classic Romain) on top and add some salsa and guacamole if you'd like and ranch. The Cafe Rio ranch copy cat is in the Dressings section. This is The Cafe Rio Copy cat recipe. Its really yummy.