This post is a recipe I stole from Hannah Stoehr’s (pronounced STEER) blog. Looks delicious! She has a photo on her site – I haven’t figured out how to do that yet.
Tortillas (uncooked from Costco)
Pork, chicken or beef
Grated cheese
Lime cilantro rice
Romaine and/or red leaf lettuce
Pinto or black beans
Corn, frozen, thawed (Costco)
Guacamole or avocadoes
Tomatoes
Mango or other salsa
Olives
Lime cilantro dressing
PORK, CHICKEN OR BEEF
4 lb. meat (approx) – cook on medium heat in crockpot all night, break apart next morning and add:
1 qt tomato sauce or enchilada sauce or salsa or tomato soup, diluted
2 garlic, pressed
1 1/2 c. brown sugar
1 T. cumin
3 c. Dr. Pepper or Coke (2 cans)
3 T. molasses
½ t. salt
Continue cooking on low for a few hours
LIME CILANTRO RICE
1 qt. water, boil
2 T. butter
1 t. salt
½ t. cumin
1 lime, juice from
2 T. cilantro, finely chopped
2 c. rice – simmer for 20 minutes
LIME CILANTRO DRESSING
1 package ranch dressing mix
1 c. buttermilk
1 c. mayo (half can be sour cream)
1-2 garlic, pressed
5 green onions or 2 T. finely chopped onion (opt)
½ bunch cilantro, finely chopped or use food processor
2-3 tomatillos, finely chopped or salsa verde
½ lime, juiced
4 t. sugar
½ t. salt
½ jalapeno or 1/8 t. cayenne or other
PINTO OR BLACK BEANS
2 c. dry beans, cook on high in crockpot over night in abt 6 c. water, drain and rinse, then add:
3 c. tomato juice or tomato soup, diluted
4 garlic, pressed
2 t. cumin
1 t. salt
¼ c. olive oil
¼ c. chopped cilantro and 1 onion (opt)
Cook on low for a few hours.
3 comments:
I can't imagine using Tomato soup in the black beans. I don't taste a lot of tomato in the Cafe Rio beans, but even if you like it, a can of diced tomatoes probably would work better than Campbell's tomato soup. Have you done it with soup, Em?
I haven't made this one yet -- Hannah? I think diced tomatoes would work better to.
Wow. I didn't see this comment until now....3 years later almost to the day. I don't taste tomato in cafe rios' beans either but if you don't add enough liquid I'd be afraid they would be too thick and goopy. If you'd rather use a can of diced tomatoes, w/their juices, it might work instead. For some reason the chicken/pork is always very runny too but very flavorful.
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