Thursday, August 13, 2020

Easy Spanish rice

 

Ingredients

  • 2 cups long grain rice
  • 1/8 cup oil
  • 8 oz tomato sauce
  • 6 stems cilantro (optional)
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp minced garlic
  • 4 cups water
  • 1 cube chicken flavored bouillon
  • dash cumin
  • dash garlic pepper
  • Can green chili 


  1. Heat oil in large frying pan on medium heat.

  2. Add rice and cook until golden brown.
  3. Add 1 chicken flavored bouillon cube to 4 cups water and microwave for 3 minutes.
  4. When rice is brown, add water, tomato sauce, salt, garlic, cumin, chili’s and garlic pepper to pan.
  5. Stir and cover pan. Let simmer for 30-40 minutes or until all is cooked and there is no liquid left. Fluff before serving and ENJOY.

Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Cafe rio pork

Ingredients

  • 2 1/5 pounds roast Pork sirloin tip, or Pork Shoulder.
  • 1 can Dr. Pepper
  • 1 bottle taco sauce red
  • 1-2 cups brown sugar packed, We use 1 1/2 Cups usually, but do it by taste
  • 2 cloves garlic crushed 
  • cilantro fresh, chopped


Instructions

  • Combine sauce in Dutch oven pan with lid  or crock pot and then add pork.
  • Cook for two hours at 325 degrees in oven or traeger or low in crock pot for 8 hours
  • Shred pork two hours ( crockpot) or 30 min (oven) before the end and let it continue to cook in the sauce.
  • We like to cook up some tortillas, the whole wheat uncooked tortillas are wonderful or just the regular are good, but definitely buy the uncooked ones so they are more fresh.