Thursday, May 31, 2012

Sweet Rice

Sweet Rice

- 1/2-1 TBS vegetable oil
- 1/2 of white onion, chopped (add more or less to your taste)
- 1/2 bunch cilantro
- 1 1/3 cup white rice
- 3 cups chicken broth
- 1/4- 1/2 cup white sugar

1- Put a little oil in bottom of pan
2- Saute chopped onion until translucent. Add the chopped cilantro (no big stems) and saute a minute more.
3- Add the rice, cooking until its light brown (be careful not to burn)
4- Combine the chicken broth and sugar, letting sugar dissolve. Then stir into rice until combined. Bring to a boil
5- Cover and let cook on low, med-low until rice is done about 25-30 min. Fluff with fork before serving.

*Serves 6-8
*The amount of surgar makes it very sweet. You can alter the amount of sugar inf you would like, just remember it is supposed to be sweet! Also, let the sugar dissolve in the stock so you won't have sugar that has sunk to the bottom of the pan.

Cafe Rio Sweet Pork

Cafe Rio Sweet Pork

- Pork Tenderloin
- 1 160z bottle pace red taco sauce
- 1 cup brown sugar
-1 12oz can of coca cola

Put tenderloin in crock pot with liner. Cook on high 4-5 hours or until pork is easy to shred. Take pork out of crock pot and throw liner away. There will be a lot of fat, remove fat and shred meat. Put in new liner and add shredded pork. Add rest of ingredients and let cook on low 1-2 hours. Serve with tortillas or as a salad, tacos, or burritos.