Pork Verde With Lime Dressing + Santa Fe Lime Rice

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If you try one new recipe this year…….let it be this one!!!!

This pork is to die for!! The lime dressing just MAKES it too!!! There are so many variations to make with it…… Tacos, burritos, salads, or just simply with rice and beans. We can’t get enough! The great thing is this is slow roasted in a crockpot so you could put it in hrs earlier and come back! The whole family will love it! Kids devour it! This is for sure one of our favorites!:)

Pork Verde With Lime Dressing + Santa Fe Lime Rice

The Food Nanny

Pork Verde With Lime Dressing + Santa Fe Lime Rice

Ingredients

    Lime Ranch Dressing

    • 1 pkg Hidden Valley Ranch Buttermilk Dressing
    • 1 cup buttermilk
    • 1 cup mayonnaise
    • 2 matillos peeled and cut into pieces
    • ½ bunch cilantro leaves only cleaned and chopped
    • 2 cloves garlic minced
    • 1 lime, zest & juice
    • 1 jalapeno pepper chopped Use the seeds if you like extra heat. Go easy according to your taste.

    Sweet Pork

    • 1 1/2 pounds boneless pork roast
    • Garlic salt to taste
    • 12 oz. Coca Cola (not diet)
    • 8 oz. salsa- or everyday salsa page 227
    • 1 cup brown sugar

    Santa Fe Lime Rice Ingredients

    • 1 cup uncooked long-grain white rice or calrose rice
    • 2 cups chicken broth
    • ¼ teaspoon salt
    • Juice of ½ lime
    • 2 tablespoons butter
    • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
    • ¼ teaspoon ground cumin

    Directions

      Lime Ranch Dressing

      1. Empty the buttermilk packet into a food processor or blender. Add the buttermilk, mayonnaise, tomatillos, cilantro, garlic, zest, and juice of one lime and the jalapeno. Mix until well blended.

      2. Keep refrigerated until ready to use. Severe at room temperature.

      Sweet Pork

      1. Place the roast in a crock-pot and sprinkle generously with garlic salt. Pour in enough water just to cover the roast. Cook on high for 3 ½ hours.

      2. Drain all the water off the roast and divide the roast into 4 sections.

      3. Use an immersion blender or regular blender to mix the coke, salsa and brown sugar together until smooth. Pour over roast and continue to cook on high for another 1 ½ hours.

      4. Shred pork with fork.

      5. Pour the Lime Ranch Dressing over the pork and enjoy with rice beans; or make Tacos, Burritos or a Sweet Pork Salad.

      Santa Fe Lime Rice Directions

      1. To use a rice cooker, combine all the ingredients in the cooker. Cover and turn on.

      2. To cook on the stove, combine the rice, broth, and salt in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil. Decrease the heat to simmer and add the lime juice, butter, cilantro, and cumin. Stir, cover, and simmer 15 to 20 minutes, until rice is tender.