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.
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!
Cafe Rio Smothered Burrito Recipes
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!
Cafe Rio Smothered Burrito Recipes
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!
Cafe Rio Smothered Burrito Recipes
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!
Cafe Rio Smothered Burrito Recipes
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!
Cafe Rio Smothered Burrito Recipes
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!
We place a large flour tortilla on the plate, and spread out a scoop of rice in the top third of the tortilla!
Top with some pork
beans…
sauce…
and Monterrey Jack Cheese.
Fold down over the top, then fold in the sides and roll the burrito up!
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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Ashlee Prisbrey is a self taught cake decorator and home chef turned blogger turned youtuber. On her blog and youtube channel she shares cake decorating tutorials, from scratch recipes, and themed party food (cause for her parties are all about the food). In addition to blogging and videos she travels around the country speaking at blog conferences. Last year she competed on Food Network, the Halloween Baking championship, a dream come true! Ashlee loves empowering women and moms, in the kitchen, in blogging or in life. Her motto is nothing is too hard with the right tips and tricks.
Kara
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/
Ashlee
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!
Crystalyn
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.
Ashlee
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!
Joel
where does it tell me how many people your pork recipe or sauce will feed
Ashlee
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)