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Cafe Rio Smothered Burrito Recipes

Published: November 5, 2012 | Updated: November 12, 2019 | By Ashlee

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I have lived in Utah many times in my 33 moves. We lived in Provo for 2 years from 2005-2007 and have been here in Salt Lake for over 3 years this time. And I just, THIS YEAR tried Cafe Rio for the first time. It is AMAZING! Seriously I love it. And they have been expanding a ton, so a lot more of you will be able to experience it. But I like being able to make my own food, I like saving money… So I started searching for some copy cat recipes.

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I’ve made it a few times now, I’ve tried a few different recipes of each part of the burrito.  I’m still looking for the perfect Black Beans, this isn’t juicy enough, but my husband loved it!

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Cafe Rio Smothered Burrito Recipes

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Ingredients

  • 2 tsp butter or margarine
  • 4 cloves garlic minced
  • 3 scoops uncooked rice the scoop your rice cooker came with
  • 2 tsp freshly squeezed lime juice
  • 4 tsp chicken bullion
  • water fill to the number 3 line
  • 2 Tbsp freshly squeezed lime juice
  • 4 tsp granulated sugar
  • 6 tablespoons fresh chopped cilantro

Instructions

  • Place the butter and garlic in the rice cooker and press cook. Cook until the butter is melted and the garlic is fragrant, about 10 mins.
  • Add the rice and stir, add water to the correct level (3 in this case).
  • Add the chicken bullion and the 2 tsp squeezed lime juice. Press off and then press cook again to reset the cook cycle.
  • When the cook cycle is over let it sit for 10 mins. While it's sitting mix the 2 Tbsp lime juice, sugar and cilantro. Fluff the rice and stir in the cilantro mixture!
Did you make this recipe?Mention @ashleemariecakes or tag #makesomeawesome and I'll share your image in my Instagram stories!

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Cafe Rio Smothered Burrito Recipes

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Author: Ashlee Marie
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Ingredients

  • 2 tsp butter or margarine
  • 4 cloves garlic minced
  • 3 scoops uncooked rice the scoop your rice cooker came with
  • 2 tsp freshly squeezed lime juice
  • 4 tsp chicken bullion
  • water fill to the number 3 line
  • 2 Tbsp freshly squeezed lime juice
  • 4 tsp granulated sugar
  • 6 tablespoons fresh chopped cilantro

Instructions

  • Place the butter and garlic in the rice cooker and press cook. Cook until the butter is melted and the garlic is fragrant, about 10 mins.
  • Add the rice and stir, add water to the correct level (3 in this case).
  • Add the chicken bullion and the 2 tsp squeezed lime juice. Press off and then press cook again to reset the cook cycle.
  • When the cook cycle is over let it sit for 10 mins. While it's sitting mix the 2 Tbsp lime juice, sugar and cilantro. Fluff the rice and stir in the cilantro mixture!
Did you make this recipe?Mention @ashleemariecakes or tag #makesomeawesome and I'll share your image in my Instagram stories!

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Cafe Rio Smothered Burrito Recipes

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Ingredients

  • 2 tsp butter or margarine
  • 4 cloves garlic minced
  • 3 scoops uncooked rice the scoop your rice cooker came with
  • 2 tsp freshly squeezed lime juice
  • 4 tsp chicken bullion
  • water fill to the number 3 line
  • 2 Tbsp freshly squeezed lime juice
  • 4 tsp granulated sugar
  • 6 tablespoons fresh chopped cilantro

Instructions

  • Place the butter and garlic in the rice cooker and press cook. Cook until the butter is melted and the garlic is fragrant, about 10 mins.
  • Add the rice and stir, add water to the correct level (3 in this case).
  • Add the chicken bullion and the 2 tsp squeezed lime juice. Press off and then press cook again to reset the cook cycle.
  • When the cook cycle is over let it sit for 10 mins. While it's sitting mix the 2 Tbsp lime juice, sugar and cilantro. Fluff the rice and stir in the cilantro mixture!
Did you make this recipe?Mention @ashleemariecakes or tag #makesomeawesome and I'll share your image in my Instagram stories!

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Cafe Rio Smothered Burrito Recipes

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Author: Ashlee Marie
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Ingredients

  • 2 tsp butter or margarine
  • 4 cloves garlic minced
  • 3 scoops uncooked rice the scoop your rice cooker came with
  • 2 tsp freshly squeezed lime juice
  • 4 tsp chicken bullion
  • water fill to the number 3 line
  • 2 Tbsp freshly squeezed lime juice
  • 4 tsp granulated sugar
  • 6 tablespoons fresh chopped cilantro

Instructions

  • Place the butter and garlic in the rice cooker and press cook. Cook until the butter is melted and the garlic is fragrant, about 10 mins.
  • Add the rice and stir, add water to the correct level (3 in this case).
  • Add the chicken bullion and the 2 tsp squeezed lime juice. Press off and then press cook again to reset the cook cycle.
  • When the cook cycle is over let it sit for 10 mins. While it's sitting mix the 2 Tbsp lime juice, sugar and cilantro. Fluff the rice and stir in the cilantro mixture!
Did you make this recipe?Mention @ashleemariecakes or tag #makesomeawesome and I'll share your image in my Instagram stories!

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Cafe Rio Smothered Burrito Recipes

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Author: Ashlee Marie
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Ingredients

  • 2 tsp butter or margarine
  • 4 cloves garlic minced
  • 3 scoops uncooked rice the scoop your rice cooker came with
  • 2 tsp freshly squeezed lime juice
  • 4 tsp chicken bullion
  • water fill to the number 3 line
  • 2 Tbsp freshly squeezed lime juice
  • 4 tsp granulated sugar
  • 6 tablespoons fresh chopped cilantro

Instructions

  • Place the butter and garlic in the rice cooker and press cook. Cook until the butter is melted and the garlic is fragrant, about 10 mins.
  • Add the rice and stir, add water to the correct level (3 in this case).
  • Add the chicken bullion and the 2 tsp squeezed lime juice. Press off and then press cook again to reset the cook cycle.
  • When the cook cycle is over let it sit for 10 mins. While it's sitting mix the 2 Tbsp lime juice, sugar and cilantro. Fluff the rice and stir in the cilantro mixture!
Did you make this recipe?Mention @ashleemariecakes or tag #makesomeawesome and I'll share your image in my Instagram stories!

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We place a large flour tortilla on the plate, and spread out a scoop of rice in the top third of the tortilla!

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Top with some pork

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beans…

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sauce…

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and Monterrey Jack Cheese.

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Fold down over the top, then fold in the sides and roll the burrito up!

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Then top with more green sauce and cheese. I like to serve it with chopped romaine topped with the Pico De Gallo and a side of rice! And there you have it- the Cafe Rio Smothered Burrito!

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  1. Kara

    November 5, 2012 at 3:58 pm

    We have a similar recipe, and it’s a favorite at our house. I haven’t tried the green enchilada sauce yet, but it sure looks yummy!
    Also, I have a recipe for black beans in the crock pot that I think are amazing. You can make them as saucy as you want, so you might like them. Here’s the link: http://www.creationsbykara.com/2009/06/crock-pot-black-beans.html/

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    • Ashlee

      November 23, 2012 at 8:40 pm

      I’m totally going to try your beans next time! But I make the pork in the crock pot and i only have one, I’ll have to do it a time when I’m cooking with my sister and use hers too!

  2. Crystalyn

    November 5, 2012 at 4:52 pm

    It’s funny, I have never lived in Utah, but I have known quite a few people who have and I have heard all about Cafe Rio! This recipe looks delish, I’ll have to add it to my “future recipes” mental collection.

    Reply
    • Ashlee

      November 23, 2012 at 8:41 pm

      Lucky for the outside world, they are EXPANDING, they are in quite a few states now, so check it out. But this will tide you over until then!

  3. Joel

    November 8, 2015 at 11:35 am

    where does it tell me how many people your pork recipe or sauce will feed

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    • Ashlee

      November 15, 2015 at 6:16 pm

      I don’t really get into serving sizes, cause then people come after you for over eating. It feeds our family of 7 for one meal plus a little left over (or it did the last time I made it, we have teenage boys now so we’d probably eat it all)

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