Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Cafe Rio Salad

5 lbs chicken or sweet pork
2 boxes of Zatarains black beans and rice
Shredded cheese (mix of cheddar and mozzarella is good)
1 pkg. tortillas (one tortilla for each person)
Oil to fry tortillas

Marinade:
1 pkg. McCormick southwest style grillmates
½ cup vinegar
2 tsp oil
½ cup brown sugar

Dressing:
2 cups mayonnaise
1 clove garlic (peeled)
½ bunch cilantro leaves
2 tbsp. water
2 tbsp. vinegar
1 jalepeno (no seed)
¼ tsp pepper
½ tsp salt

Cut chicken (or pork) into bite size pieces. Cook in marinade in a crock pot on low for 6 hours. Shred meat after cooking.

Blend all ingredients for dressing together in a blender until creamy.
Make the black beans and rice per directions on box.
Fry tortillas in oil.
Put in a bowl in this order: tortilla, cheese, beans and rice, lettuce meat, dressing, more cheese.

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