Café Rio's Sweet Pork Barbacoa

A Pinterest Recipe

This pork is the pork that made Café Rio famous. If you have never been to Café Rio, you are truly missing out and need to make this amazing pork. You do have to marinate the pork overnight, but it is totally worth it!

Ingredients:

2 lbs of Pork Shoulder, Butt, or Rib Meat
3 Cans of Coca Cola (You can use the Non-Caffeinated kind, but do NOT use Diet Coca Cola)
1/4 Cup of Brown Sugar
1/4 Cup of Water
Garlic Salt
1 Can Diced Green Chiles
3/4 of a 10oz Can of Red Enchilada Sauce
1 Cup of Brown Sugar

Directions:

Put the pork in a heavy duty Ziploc bag to marinade. Add about a can and a half of coke and 1/4 cup of brown sugar. Marinade overnight. Drain marinade and put pork, 1/2 can of coke and water in a crock pot on high for about 3-4 hours (or until it shreds easily, but don't let it get too dry) or on low for 8 hours. Remove pork from crock pot and drain any liquid left in the pot. Shred pork and sprinkle garlic salt to taste (about 1 tsp). In a food processor or blender, blend 1/2 can Coke, chilies, enchilada sauce and 1 cup of brown sugar. If it looks too thick, add more Coke little by little. Put shredded pork and sauce in a crockpot and cook on low for 2 hours.