Here’s the recipe for sweet pulled pork we use to make Cafe Rio style pork tacos, etc. It’s a fav!

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Sweet Pork (Cafe Rio Copycat Recipe)
Servings: 18
Ingredients
  • 6 lbs pork shoulder
  • 2 cups root beer (not diet)
  • 4 cups brown sugar
  • 2 cans red enchilada sauce
  • 2 tsp garlic salt
Instructions

  1. Mix root beer, brown sugar, enchilada sauce, and garlic salt in a heavy duty gallon-size ziplock bag. Add the pork to the bag and put in refrigerator to marinade for a few hours or overnight.

  2. Place roast (fattiest side up) and sauce in crock pot and cook on low for 11-12 hours (or on high for 6-7 hours).

  3. Pull the meat out and shred with 2 forks (or stand mixer). Return the shredded meat to the crock pot to cook on low for about 2 hours.