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Slow Cooker Café Rio Copycat Pulled Pork

Slow Cooker Café Rio Copycat Pulled Pork

This sweet pulled pork recipe serves as an excellent base for burritos, quesadillas, and enchiladas. Just pop the pork in the slow cooker and you'll have a delicious meal in time for dinner.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 8 hours 30 minutes
Servings: 15 4-ounce servings
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Mexican
Calories: 155
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1360 Grams Boneless Pork (3 Lbs.)
  • 340 Grams Coke (12-Ounce Can)
  • 213 Grams Brown Sugar, Divided (1/4 Cup and 3/4 Cup)
  • 283 Grams Enchilada Sauce (10-Ounce Can)
  • 14 Grams Garlic, Minced (2 Cloves)
  • 113 Grams Diced Green Chilies (4-Ounce Can)

Method
 

  1. Marinade pork overnight (or at least 2 hours) in the can of coke combined with 1/4 cup of the brown sugar.
  2. Pour pork and the marinade into the slow cooker and cook on low for 8 hours or on high for 4.
  3. Remove meat and shred. Discard the marinade.
  4. Return pork to the slow cooker and add enchilada sauce, garlic, diced green chilies, and the rest of the brown sugar (3/4 cup).
  5. Cook for another 30 to 60 minutes.
  6. Serve on a burrito with black beans, pinto beans, cilantro lime rice, cheese, lettuce, Pico de gallo, guacamole, or all your favorite burrito fixings.

Notes

Feel free to adjust your level of spice to your preference. In my house, we prefer milder green enchilada sauce. If you want to take the spice up a notch or two, make sure to choose a hotter red enchilada sauce.