Slow-Cooked Sweet Barbacoa Pork is a great crockpot dinner, and if you like the Cafe Rio Sweet Pork, you’ll love this lighter version.
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(For Friday Favorites we spotlight past recipes that you may have missed, and this Slow Cooked Cafe-Rio Style Sweet Barbacoa Pork from Skinnytaste sounds amazing!)
This recipe for Slow Cooked Cafe Rio Style Sweet Barbacoa Pork from Skinnytaste is one that Gina created when she got requests from readers to try to create a healthier version of Cafe Rio’s Sweet Pork. Gina admits she has never eaten at Cafe Rio, but she looked at lots of copycat recipes to come up with this version which she says was a big hit with her family. She gives two suggestions for how to serve it, and both look good!
My family has a lot of avid Cafe Rio sweet pork fans, so I’ll definitely be sharing this with them! (And Coke Zero is not really a “from-scratch” ingredient, but I couldn’t resist featuring this one.)
Ingredients for this CrockPot Recipe:
- pork loin roast
- salt
- pepper
- garlic powder
- Coke Zero
- brown sugar
- water
- Coke Zero
- sliced green chilies
- tomato sauce
- Chipotle chile in Adobo
- garlic powder
- cumin
- Chipotle Chile powder
- salt
- pepper
- brown sugar
Get the Complete Recipe for Slow Cooked Sweet Barbacoa Pork from Skinnytaste.
Check out Pressure Cooker Cafe Rio Sweet Pork Tostadas from Pressure Cooking Today if you prefer that method!
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