Slow Cooker Cafe Rio Sweet Pork Recipe
This slow cooker cafe rio sweet pork recipe is tender, juicy, and perfectly sweet for amazing homemade tacos and salads.
Serving6 servings
Ingredients
- 3 pound pork roast
- 16 ounces chunky salsa
- 12 ounces Dr. Pepper soda pop
- 1 cup brown sugar
Instructions
- Put pork in crockpot and fill halfway with water.
- Cook 4 hours on high.
- Drain water, cut pork in thirds, mix together sauce and pour on top.
- Cook 4 more hours on low.
- Drain liquid and shred pork.
- Save a little liquid and mix it in with the pork so it is really moist. Serve over salads, in burritos, or tacos!
Notes
The cut of meat is super important to a recipe. Some recipes you will want lean meat, others you will look for a more fatty piece of meat.
Cafe Rio uses a bone-in pork shoulder/butt with nice fat marbling through-out. When you make this with a pork loin or roast, the cut of meat is too lean and won’t be as tender or moist when you shred it.
Nutrition
Calories: 486 kcal · Carbohydrates: 48 g · Protein: 52 g · Fat: 9 g · Saturated Fat: 3 g · Cholesterol: 143 mg · Sodium: 665 mg · Potassium: 1112 mg · Fiber: 1 g · Sugar: 45 g · Vitamin A: 363 IU · Vitamin C: 1 mg · Calcium: 64 mg · Iron: 2 mg