Cafe Rio Sweet Pork Salad Copycat

A homemade cafe rio sweet pork salad in a metal tin

4.98 from 95 votes

The Complete Cafe Rio Sweet Pork Salad Recipe, right at your fingertips! So easy to make at home, and tastes exactly like the popular restaurant version.

Prep Time30

Cook Time0

Time to Cook Sweet Pork8

Total Time8 30

Course: Dinner, Main Course

Cuisine: Mexican/Spanish

Keyword: Cafe Rio Sweet Pork

Servings: salad

Calories: 783kcal

Author: Erica Walker

Ingredients

1 large flour tortilla < click the link for our homemade recipe
1/3 cup shredded cheese (Mexican blend)
1/3 cup cilantro lime rice < click the link for our homemade recipe
1/3 cup black beans < click the link for our homemade recipe
1/2 cup Cafe Rio sweet pork < click the link for our homemade recipe
2 cups leafy green or Romaine lettuce (not iceberg)
1/4 cup pico de gallo < click the link for our homemade recipe
1/4 cup guacamole < click the link for our homemade recipe
1/4 cup tortilla strips < click the link for our homemade recipe
1 tablespoon Cotija cheese (crumbled)
1/4 cup creamy tomatillo ranch dressing < click the link for our homemade recipe
OR cilantro lime dressing < click the link for our homemade recipe

Instructions

Lay a tortilla in the bottom of an aluminum tin, a bowl, or plate. Sprinkle cheese on it, and put in the oven at 375 for about 5 min or until the cheese is melted.
Remove from oven and add rice, beans, and pork.
Next add the lettuce. Top with pico de gallo, guacamole, tortilla strips, cilantro, and Cotija cheese.
Serve with the cilantro ranch or vinaigrette dressing and enjoy!

Notes

Recipe Tips:

Get 9" round Disposable Foil Pans for your burritos for the full restaurant effect:(just like what Cafe Rio uses)
The Ranch Dressing is thick and creamy like a traditional ranch dressing.
The Cilantro Lime Dressing is more of a vinaigrette dressing.
If you are wanting to use a different dressing I would recommend a chipotle ranch or a balsamic vinaigrette.
The recipe below is the proportions for one salad. However, if you make up all the recipes (rice, beans, pork, etc.) it can make 4-6 salads, depending on how hungry people are.
We prefer to store the leftovers in separate airtight containers in the fridge. Leftover sweet pork can also be stored in the freezer, thaw in the refrigerator when ready to use.

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