Sweet Pork Baked Burritos you can get on the table in no time! Shredded sweet pork burritos served enchilada style in portions perfect for family dinner.
Sweet Pork Baked Burritos
If you are a follower of our blog, you have probably figured out that we love Cafe Rio / Costa Vida. Thousands of you have tried our Cafe Rio recipes with great success and have left wonderful comments for us —thank you! The only complaint we really ever get about the burritos is that they can be a little time-consuming. We hear ya loud and clear! We understand sometimes you want Cafe Rio sweet pork burritos but don’t want to spend a lot of the day in the kitchen.
Casserole-Style Burritos
This is a recipe that we have come up with that still has all the great flavors of Cafe Rio. However, it is much simpler and much more family-friendly. In the time you can make your typical casserole pan of enchiladas, you can make these. Don’t get me wrong, I love the traditional way of making them. There is something about having your own huge burrito in a tin serving dish, but time is usually of the essence. The name of the dinner game is just to get it on the table quickly and efficiently with minimal clean-up, which this recipe does!
What To Serve on the Side?
We have some great side dish options to go along with these baked burritos. A nice green salad is always a good pairing with burritos. It adds some crunch and some color to your plate. We also love serving our Cheater Restaurant Style Refried Beans and Restaurant Style Mexican Rice with all of our Mexican dishes. Of course, you can never go wrong with adding chips and homemade salsa to the mix.
Love Cafe Rio?
It used to be Cafe Rio was known only in the west, but it’s popularity has really spread over the past several years. If you’ve eaten there, you know why. Their food is amazing! After enjoying their delicious food, we moved to a city that didn’t have a Cafe Rio. It was a sad day. I went to work to create copycat recipes so we could still enjoy the Cafe Rio flavors at home. Here are a few of our favorites:
- Cafe Rio Sweet Pork
- Cilantro Lime Dressing
- Cafe Rio Ranch Dressing
- Cilantro Lime Rice and Black Beans
- Cafe Rio Tortilla Soup
- Cafe Rio Sweet Pork Salad
How To Make Sweet Pork Baked Burritos
Ingredients
Shredded Pork
- 2 pounds country style pork ribs you can also do a pork roast
- 1/2 cup Coke
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup red enchilada sauce
Cilantro Lime Rice
Burrito
- 8 flour tortillas
- 14 ounces cuban-style black beans
- 28 ounces green enchilada sauce (2 cans)
- 2 cups Monterey Jack cheese grated
Instructions
For the Shredded Pork
- Sear pork on all sides until browned. Place pork in slow cooker with Coke, brown sugar, and enchilada sauce. Cook on high for 3-4 hours or low for 6-8 hours or until pork is tender and shreds easily. Shred pork, place back in crock pot and set aside.
For the Cilantro Lime Rice
- In the meantime, place rice, chicken broth, lime, garlic and cilantro in a rice cooker and cook until done (you can also do this on the stove following rice package instructions).
For the Burritos
- Preheat oven to 350-degrees.
- Pour about 3/4 cup of the green enchilada sauce over the bottom of a 9x13 glass pan and spread evenly.
- In each flour tortilla shell, place about 1/4 cup shredded pork, scoop of rice (to taste), scoop of black beans (lightly drained, to taste), about 2-3 tablespoons of green enchilada sauce, and a sprinkle of cheese (to taste). Place burritos along the bottom of the prepared 9x13 pan.
- Pour remaining green enchilada sauce evenly over the top and sprinkle with remaining cheese.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes or until cheese is hot and bubbly.
- Serve with any extra remaining rice and beans.
Equipment
- 9x13 inch pan
Tammy says
Do you think that this would work with chicken as well?
ASDF says
Literally no reason why it wouldn’t.
Tali says
Thank you for this recipe. This was pretty darn good!
Next time, I will cut back massively on the brown sugar (from a cup to perhaps 1/4 c). The pork was far too sweet for us, but we’ll definitely be trying this again with minor alterations. The rice was amazing; I’ve done cilantro lime rice before (our favorite and great to serve with grilled vegetables), but making it with chicken broth added a whole new dimension to the flavor!
For those interested in making this but prefer not to use a crockpot, you could alter this dish to be ready in under an hour by swapping out the pork and shredding up a rotisserie chicken instead. We may try that next time!
Janis says
Can’t get enchilada sauces here–any good homemade enchilada sauce recipes?
Favorite Family Recipes says
We have a great one! Copy and paste this link: https://www.favfamilyrecipes.com/homemade-enchilada-sauce/
Mindy says
Looks delish! Can’t wait to try it! Can you tell me about how many servings this produce? Forgive me if it’s posted; I’m just not seeing it. 🙂
Favorite Family Recipes says
It should serve 6. We have 5 in our family and it makes plenty 🙂 Hope this helps!
Brenna says
Do you think this would be fine with corn tortillas as well? My husband is Gluten Free.
Favorite Family Recipes says
Yes, that way it will just be like the Cafe Rio enchiladas.. which are delicious! Just make sure to soften up the corn tortillas first in a pan or they will fall apart. Hope this helps!
Beth says
Found dinner for tonight!! Thank you for making a Cafe Rio favorite of ours a little bit quicker!!
Lisalia says
I LOVE cafe rio burritos. This was phenomenal. Tasted better than the restaurant version. Can’t wait to have it on repeat at my house.