Cafe Rio Sweet Pork

We adore Cafe Rio, but now that we live outside of its reaches, we have to make do with what we've got.  There are a million copy cat recipes online for their pork, but this is the one we've had the best success with so far.

Cafe Rio Sweet Pork (source: The Organized Chef)

• 2 pounds pork loin, trimmed
• 3 cans Coke (not diet)
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• dash garlic
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 can sliced green chilies
• 1 can red enchilada sauce
• 1 cup brown sugar

Put the pork loin in a heavy duty Ziploc bag to marinade. Add about a can and a half of coke and about 1/4 cup of brown sugar. Marinade overnight.

Drain marinade and put pork (sprinkled with garlic powder), 1/2 can of coke, and water in crock pot on high for about 3-4 hours. Remove pork from crock pot and drain any liquid left in the pot. Shred pork removing any remaining fat or gristle.

In a blender, blend 1/2 can Coke, green chilies, enchilada sauce, and remaining brown sugar. Put shredded pork and sauce in crock pot and cook on low for 2 hours.

Enjoy over rice, in burritos and tacos, or for salads.  Leftovers can be frozen and reheated later.