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[–]JohnnyBrillcream[S] 30ポイント31ポイント  (41子コメント)

Slow day here on the slow cooking sub so I’ll give everyone a recipe to look at.

Some may know of Café Rio, West coast mostly, akin to Chipotle. This is a copycat Sweet Pork recipe.

I found this recipe year’s ago but never made it, I did pass it on to my sister though. She shot me a text raving about how the kids and her husband loved it so I thought I’d give it a whirl.

It is a two step process, not including the marinade, so allow time for that. In the end I was not as fond of it as my wife and kids, they loved it! I put that on the sweetness, I’m a savory guy. Easy solution, added some of this to my portion! Hold on, this is pretty good!!

I did not take pictures so I used one with permission from another site.

Cafe Rio Sweet Pork

2-3 lbs. boneless pork, cut of your choice

1 12 oz. can Coke, people have used Dr Pepper

1/4 c brown sugar

1 12 oz. can enchilada sauce

2 cloves minced garlic

1 small can diced green chilies

3/4 C brown sugar

Marinade pork for at least 2 hours or overnight in can of coke and 1/4 C brown sugar.

Pour pork and liquid into crock pot and cook on low for 8 hours or high for 4 hours. Remove meat and shred. Discard liquid

Put meat back in crock pot and add enchilada sauce, garlic, green chilies and brown sugar. Cook for 30-60 more minutes. If there is excess liquid drain some off.

[–]Joe_bang_bus 12ポイント13ポイント  (2子コメント)

Whoa there. Cafe Rio is nothing like Chipotle.

SOURCE: Not a Chipotle fan.

[–]JohnnyBrillcream[S] 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Closest I could come. No Cafe Rio around me unfortunately. Funny thing is when I get back to Annapolis to visit family I CAN TRY IT THERE! I live in Houston, need a few here.

[–]StateofWA 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Have to ask, why don't you like Chipotle? I used to eat there all the time.

[–]Enrico_Dandolo 9ポイント10ポイント  (26子コメント)

What is that bag in your slow cooker?

[–]odorous 15ポイント16ポイント  (22子コメント)

laziness

[–]Enrico_Dandolo 4ポイント5ポイント  (21子コメント)

Does it not melt or contaminate the food? I'm pretty lazy myself.

[–]SomeRandomMax 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

Nope, they work well as long as you have enough liquid. You can get them on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_14?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=slow+cooker+liners&sprefix=slow+cooker+liners%2Caps%2C161

[–]corntorteeya 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

I know it goes to the landfill.

[–]odorous -4ポイント-3ポイント  (18子コメント)

Try it at your own risk. I sure as hell would not eat something cooked in a plastic bag for 4 to 8 hours.

[–]chefhanabal 15ポイント16ポイント  (2子コメント)

Almost every restaurant will use these to hold soups and such in a hot well. At the end of the night, the liquid is poured into a new bag, sealed, and stored to be repeated again. the plastic is very thick and resists heat to the point of no change after being held at a boil for a while. These are also used for sous vide. The only time I have seen one of these melt, someone put it in a pot of water on high for long enough that it was on, water-less, for about 30 minutes.

[–]Loagdog 6ポイント7ポイント  (4子コメント)

I've used them before and I haven't died yet. It doesn't change the taste at all either. But it's personal preference I guess.

[–]NotTheRightAnswer 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I've used them before and I haven't died yet.

Yet... [cue ominous music]

[–]barnesandnobles -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

To be fair, cancer isn't already readily apparent. It could be years before the effects (if any) are realized.

[–]TheWhiteNightmare 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

Got anything to show that holding hot food in food safe plastic is harmful or are you just expressing a gut feeling?

[–]Bigfrostynugs 3ポイント4ポイント  (7子コメント)

They're totally fine, they're just like the bags you cook turkey in. You can be one of those "it's plastic it must give me cancer people" if you want, but those bags are tested and proven to be food safe.

[–]joshuajargon -5ポイント-4ポイント  (4子コメント)

Remember when it was "perfectly safe" to spray DDT on your vegetable garden.

[–]Bigfrostynugs 1ポイント2ポイント  (3子コメント)

They have studies that have proven it's safe. Should I just avoid everything even remotely suspicious because it might give me cancer? Even things shown to be safe in a controlled, scientific setting?

[–]joshuajargon 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Certain plastics certainly are considered a cancer risk when you heat your food in them.

Maybe others we haven't studied enough long term to really know. Further, these sorts of things are highly difficult to do proper long term studies to isolate out and see what is causing what.

Looks to me like it wasn't until 2007 that we really got the BPA train going and established that it was causing health problems. It is only in recent memory that I have started seeing products advertised as BPA free.

I'm not a lazy fucking slob, so I'd much rather just err on the side of caution. My slowcooker has to be one of the easiest god damn things to clean in my kitchen. If it is really and truly fucking crusted then put some water in it with a few drops of soap and put it on low.

[–]NotTheRightAnswer 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

Don't move to California. Everything there causes cancer. I think California itself causes cancer.

[–]Bigfrostynugs 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Maybe if you live in LA or something. I am from California, no cancer around here.

[–]JohnnyBrillcream[S] 2ポイント3ポイント  (2子コメント)

A liner. Toss it out when done. Easy clean up

[–]konkeydong 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

Bless you. I tried a variation of this a while back and EVERYONE went bananas over it. Your recipes is easier.

[–]NotTheRightAnswer 3ポイント4ポイント  (4子コメント)

I'm in Utah, people have been trying to recreate their pulled pork for years. How does this compare to the real deal?

[–]JohnnyBrillcream[S] 4ポイント5ポイント  (1子コメント)

I don't know since I have never had the original. I hope someone can chime in and let us know.

[–]NotTheRightAnswer 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I will wait with bated breath.

[–]schadly 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

Try it out. We did a pork barbacoa a few years ago going off the cafe Rio recipe. It was excelent. Now I wish I had a cafe Rio nearby

[–]NotTheRightAnswer 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

It's on the menu for Sunday!

[–]salmonhelmet 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

in can of coke

Instructions unclear. :)

I don't care if you have the exact recipe I'm eager to try this just as it is. I think I am going to add a little heat though.

Glad I came across this!

[–]JarredSquints 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

What's up with two different brown sugar amounts?

[–]misterzwerg 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

first 1/4c is for the marinating second is for the second round of cooking after the initial 8 hours on low.

[–]chef_boyceardee 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Saved because I really want to try!

[–]Diegodangers 8ポイント9ポイント  (9子コメント)

Well. As a SLCian, my wallet now thanks you. Time to hang up my rewards card for Cafe Rio.

[–]NotTheRightAnswer 7ポイント8ポイント  (8子コメント)

But but but... the all-you-can drink horchata!

[–]0hn035 4ポイント5ポイント  (7子コメント)

We moved from the west to the east and there are nights I cry myself to sleep over barbacoa and horchata from this joint.

[–]mattthescreamer 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

I have no idea what you guys are talking about.

[–]Diegodangers 0ポイント1ポイント  (5子コメント)

There's cafe rio in VA and MD. Hopefully you're close.

Either way, it's so good. Because of the post I had a burrito, no rice, pinto, with fire grilled steak. Enchilada style obvi. And it was free.

[–]cantonsquare 1ポイント2ポイント  (4子コメント)

Marylander here... Where can I find this Cafe Rio? I want their products in my belly.

[–]JohnnyBrillcream[S] 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Annapolis Mall or close to it I believe.

MD Locations

[–]StabRThreeTimes[🍰] 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

There's one in Frederick also. There used to be one here in Hagerstown but for some reason people think Chipotle is better so I'm assuming Cafe Rio just didn't have enough business. I was very sad about them closing after 6 months or so. Being from the west coast it was the closest thing I found to fresh and tasty tortillas, which is my basis for tasty Mexican food. While I'm ranting, the Mexican food out here is god awful. Why is it all so salty with no flavor?

[–]Werxes 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Olney, Annapolis... Or just Google it.

[–]Diegodangers 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Annapolis. Frederick. Germantown. Olney and Waldorf.

[–]dbomb65 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

I was led to believe that marinating and slow cooking are unnecessary. Do you really feel that this makes a difference I'm the end result?

[–]JohnnyBrillcream[S] 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Good question. I can see how it may not be required due to the cook times. I've always done long marinades whenever I cook, except for seafood. Guess if it ain't broke, don't fix it!

[–]genehil 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

I googled up this copycat (slowcooker) recipe to figure out the missing ingredients... http://lecremedelacrumb.com/2014/02/cafe-rio-sweet-pork-copycat-2.html

Looks doable...

[–]Omega_Bear 3ポイント4ポイント  (4子コメント)

Cafe Rio employee here, besides a few ingredients that's pretty spot on. I won't tell you the ingredients though! Bwaha

[–]One_Giant_Nostril 2ポイント3ポイント  (3子コメント)

Enough with the "Bwaha" - I will definitely buy you gold if you tell <shifty eyes>

[–]Omega_Bear 1ポイント2ポイント  (2子コメント)

Even though I am so close to putting my two weeks in. I'm not going to blast a trademarked recipe and risk losing my job unfavorably, or the at the very worst get sued.

But maybe in the future I will post a very similar recipe. Minus or plus a few ingredients.

[–]schadly 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Last time I tried making this there were a few more ingredients. Like tomatillo.

[–]snsv 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Make it really obvious, like "put in some dog meat" and then some other crazy stuff so you can cover your ass and we'll know to exclude it.

[–]pomegranate_ 3ポイント4ポイント  (22子コメント)

I am guessing the plastic is to keep the pot clean? If so that is fantastic! Any negative effects?

[–]JohnnyBrillcream[S] 19ポイント20ポイント  (9子コメント)

Yes for the liner, but I don't use them, I didn't take a picture so I used this with permission.

I won't comment on the liners as everyone has their own opinion. You can Google it to determine whether or not you'd like to use them.

diplomatic response

[–]pomegranate_ 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

Thank you! I never knew this existed so I will definitely have to look up some stuff. Honestly if it tastes the same and does not melt I am for it.

[–]JohnnyBrillcream[S] 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

I have used them a few times and no change to the taste.

[–]NotTheRightAnswer 1ポイント2ポイント  (6子コメント)

What's the undiplomatic response?

[–]JohnnyBrillcream[S] 16ポイント17ポイント  (5子コメント)

Taking a side in the great liner debate that happens on this site.

  • I won't use them because they leach chemicals into your system or your to lazy to wash your pot.

  • There's nothing wrong with using them. Next, be prepared for a rash of comments from the people that posted my first bullet point.

[–]deepitee 2ポイント3ポイント  (2子コメント)

The only thing I'm mad about is your use of your.

[–]JohnnyBrillcream[S] 6ポイント7ポイント  (0子コメント)

Oops your correct. I'm impressed with you're grammar skills!!

On another note. I need to proof a little more diligently

[–]korbonix 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

What about his use of to immediately following that your?

[–]bennn30 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

I haven't seen any fussing over it lately and thank goodness for that. I think it's a pointless debate because people will keep doing what they want.

[–]cantonsquare 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

I don't use them but.... It's a stable plastic that doesn't break down with heat nor mild (edible) acids. Not all plastics leach out toxins folks. And how many people are hating on this product but have heated a non-stick teflon pan empty and inhaled noxious fumes. Whisps of poison smoke coming from a plastic coated pan should bother you more than these bags but most of you people still insist that you can sear a steak in a non stick pan.

[–]falurian 7ポイント8ポイント  (2子コメント)

I love using them. I live in a tiny apartment with a really small sink, my crock pot won't even fit in there, and I have about 3 square feet of counter space. No difference in flavor, texture, etc. I love peeling them off and tossing in the garbage, and just give the pot a wipe with a damp cloth.

Only drawback I have found (for me-YMMV) is when ingredients are supposed to be mixed in the slow cooker, enthusiastic stirring can damage the bag and cause leaks. I just lower the enthusiasm, or mix in a bowl.

[–]Ickulus 4ポイント5ポイント  (1子コメント)

I can't help but imagine a really sad person mixing something in their crockpot.

[–]pomegranate_ 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

I tried really hard to find a picture on google of a sad person mixing ingredients in a mixing bowl and have come to the conclusion sad people do not mix ingredients in a mixing bowl.

[–]Woowoe 4ポイント5ポイント  (3子コメント)

It's called a pot liner. Some people swear by them.

[–]TheRealChipperson 2ポイント3ポイント  (2子コメント)

I like them. I generally try to avoid plastics, but the convenience is really great. I guess it is kind of a judgment call for each person. It really does make clean up incredibly easy.

[–]LEWD 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

If you would use a plastic bag in a situation like this, where a plastic bag is designed to save a couple of minutes washing for convenience, in what situation would you avoid using plastics?

[–]hellnofvckno 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I'd like to know as well.

[–]sleepsoncouches 4ポイント5ポイント  (1子コメント)

I use them for 80% or more of my slow cooker recipes. They're a must if there is cheese or dairy in the ingredients.

[–]RadiumGirl 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

I've not used them, but they would be good for cheesey dishes. I made a cheese and broccoli soup and the cheese had pretty much baked on to the slow cooker pot.

[–]deathobsessed 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

The liners are great! Easy cleanup and can use them to get everything ready in the bag prior to cooking.

[–]Dubhan 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

Does killing the planet with plastic to save 30 seconds washing a dish count as a negative effect?

[–]pomegranate_ 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Well this all took a sharp turn towards being overly judgmental and over-dramatized.

[–]iusethisnametopost 1ポイント2ポイント  (6子コメント)

How do you serve this?

[–]JohnnyBrillcream[S] 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

Any way you might serve Mexican food. Tacos burritos nachos

[–]Aradanftw 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

At Cafe Rio they either serve it over salads or in burritos.

[–]DeathStarDriveBy 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

As an avid devotee of Cafe Rio and their pork barbacoa, my suggestion is in a burrito. Keep it simple cuz the meat is the star here.
The way I get mine is with cheese, pinto beans, and always go enchilada style with extra sauce and cheese on top.
Cafe Rio is rad in that they give you lettuce, tomato, diced onion, etc on the side so you can pick how much you want with each bite and it never gets soggy.

[–]Purple-Is-Delicious 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

in a bag

[–]iusethisnametopost 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Are you putting this on rolls? Over rice?

[–]TheHlessi 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

I love this recipe! I make it all the time to put in a burrito with a cilantro lime rice and habanero cream sauce

http://www.letsdishrecipes.com/2010/09/creamy-habanero-sauce.html

The habanero cream sauce is what really makes it amazing.

Sorry about the formatting for that link. I'm on my phone and forgot how :/

[–]JohnnyBrillcream[S] 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I can see that, I had to add some heat to mine.

[–]gh0stdylan 0ポイント1ポイント  (2子コメント)

Looks like I should have made this instead of the peanut thai pork I tried.

[–]JohnnyBrillcream[S] 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

Thai pork didn't turn out well?

[–]gh0stdylan 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I didn't cut the pork up so I just had a 2.5 lv piece. It could have used more sauce, more peanut butter. I enjoyed it, but I know what to do different next time. It was different than a basic roast and bbq so I'm appreciative of that!!!

[–]ohaitharr 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Oh my god I love Rio and their sweet pork. Thank you for this recipe! Shit I love burritos.

[–]xMCioffi1986x 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

This is something that I need to try! I did the sidebar pulled pork recipe to death, I don't think I could stomach it. This seems like a tasty spin on it.

[–]fokjoudoos -5ポイント-4ポイント  (1子コメント)

What's with the plastic liner?

[–]White_Limo 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

Come on, sonThere are multiple answers to that that have been there for hours.