Thursday, October 16, 2008

Sweet Pork and Tomatilllo Dressing


I was telling my mom and Kris about this just last weekend and thought this would be a great way to give them the recipe. The pork and the dressing are kind of like the stuff they use at Cafe Rio. We love to make pork salads using this. We layer tortillas, rice, beans, corn, pork, romaine lettuce, tomatoes, guacamole, broken up corn chips, cheese and the dressing. It's almost like being there. We have also used the pork in buns for pork sandwiches. The dressing is great on any kind of salad and my kids love to dip quesadillas and chips in it for a little snack.

Sweet Pulled Pork

3 lbs. pork roast
1 tsp. chili powder
1 c. dark brown sugar
1 T. garlic powder
1 c. worchestershire sauce
2 T. dried minced onion
1 tsp. dried oregano
1 tsp. powdered ginger
1 tsp. salt
1 c. dark brown sugar
1 c. red enchilada sauce

Cook first 9 ingredients in a crock-pot all day. One hour before serving shred meat. Dump out juice. Put shredded pork back in crock-pot and add final 2 ingredients (brown sugar and enchilada sauce) and then cook until warmed through.
**The pork roasts from Costco shred the best and are not very fatty.

Creamy Tomatillo Dressing

Place the following in a blender:
3 tomatillos peeled and cut in quarters
juice of ½ lime
½ c. buttermilk
½ c. mayo
½ c. sour cream
1 pkg. dry ranch buttermilk dressing
1 cup fresh chopped cilantro
6 green onions with ends
2 cloves crushed garlic
3 tsp. sugar
1 jalapeno sliced thin, optional

Mix well in blender and refrigerate 1 hour. It will be pretty runny until it sets up in the fridge.

5 comments:

Ratchfords said...

This may make you feel sorry for my husband, but I have never even attempted to make any kind of roast before. (I probably wouldn't even know what it looks like at the store!) But this recipe looks like one Garreth would love, I could modify it to be veg, and cooking the meat looks easy enough. I have to try it!

Thanks for posting!

Ratchfords said...

Follow up: Tried it and it was a big hit!!

Jenni said...

I'm glad you liked it. I think Kris was trying it out this weekend too. She was anxious to get the recipe because it is gluten-free.

Hackers said...

Everyone--kids and all LOVED IT!!

Tess said...

We tried this and absolutely LOVED it!!