Café Rio Dressing
1 buttermilk ranch dressing packet (make as per recipe)
½ bunch of cilantro
1 clove garlic
Juice of 1 lime
1 jalapeño (Use the seeds too if you like it spicy. You could substitute a few drops of green tobasco for the jalapeno.)
Use a food processor to blend all the ingredients well. Refrigerate.
Cafe Rio Chicken
1 small bottle Kraft Zesty Italian Dressing
1 T chili powder
1 T cumin
3 cloves garlic—minced
5 lbs chicken breast
Cook all together in a crock pot for 4 hours, shred meat and cook 1 additional hour.
3 comments:
We just made cafe rio salads last night for dinner. We used the dressing, chicken, and rice recipes and then followed Alyssa's instructions. SO YUMMY! and way easy. I just threw all of the ingredients for the dressing (and then the rice) in my blender. The rice is a little bit tricky to get it to cook easily and completely without sticking to the bottom of the pan (probably because I am rice illiterate.) I'm going to keep trying and see if I can work it out. Way yummy though!
The chicken was fantastic! BUT the rice burned. So I would love to know any tricks you figure out! Do you think it would cook better in a rice cooker?
Okay, I found out deal with the rice. The recipe was written for minute rice. If you are using regular rice, do 4 cups water, 2 cups rice with the remainder of the ingredients and directions being the same. It worked last time we did it.
Also, little trick with rice I learned. After the water boils, turn it down as low as you can, put a lid on it, and walk away. Only check on it once to stir it if you have to. Otherwise, leave it alone. Didn't know that, and it made a world of difference.
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