{Pork Barbacoa}

BEST RECIPE EVER! Mitch and I loved this recipe!! We gave it a 10 for a home cooked meal! Don't get me wrong -- we enjoy ourselves some Cafe Rio... but this comes pretty darn close for a homemade meal!! {It cost us maybe $15 too}

{Pork Barbacoa Burrito}

4lbs boneless pork roast (we ended up buying a bone in pork roast -- lots cheaper and worked just as good)

5 - 8oz tomato sauce

1/2 brown sugar

4 cups Dr Pepper

3 tsp garlic powder

4 tsp cumin

sour cream

molasses (we didn't have any and couldn't justify buying it -- subbed with syrup :) lol)

lettuce

- mix 3 tsp garlic powder, 4 tsp cumin, 3 tsp molasses, 1/2 cup brown sugar (I recall Mitch added a bit more for sweetness) 5 cans tomato sauce and 4 cups Dr. Pepper in a large bowl.

- pour misture over pork roast and cook in crock pot on low for 6-7 hours.

- shred meat, return to crock pot and cook 1 hour in the sauce on low.

- keep warm until ready to serve.

- garnish with shredded cheese, lettuce and sour cream.

Mitch and I wanted to make this as close to Cafe Rio as we could, so we cooked up some rice and warmed some black beans. We also picked up uncooked tortillas and cooked them and melted cheese on them. We took some of the sauce and added some chili pepper to it to help spice it up.

Then we filled the tortillas with the rice, beans and pork, rolled it up and smoothered it with sauch and cheese. Warmed it in the oven (microwave works too) and put some lettuce on the side. It was wonderful!!! They were filling and made great left overs as well!! When we had them for left overs I couldn't finish my burrito so I covered it and reheated it the next day for lunch. Still great! The tortilla wasn't super soggy either :)

PS it seems to get sweeter as it sits in the fridge! Golly I'm hungry just from thinking about it! Definitely one of our favorite recipes!!