Saturday, May 16, 2009

Cafe Rio Style Shredded Chicken


  • 2 lbs chicken breasts
  • 1/2 cup zesty italian dressing
  • 1/2 T minced garlic
  • 1 package of ranch dressing mix
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1/2 T chili powder
  • 1/2 T cumin
Mix ingredients and pour over chicken.  Cook in crockpot until chicken is fall-apart tender (or use pressure cooker - about 30 minutes on poultry setting after adding 1/2 cup chicken broth to the bottom of the pan). Use juice from crockpot to keep chicken moist.  Serve with beans and cheese inside a tortilla. Top with more cheese and warm in oven until cheese is melted.

1 comment:

Wendy said...

So I just figured out why Trent's Cafe-Rio style chicken is always so much better than mine. He has been using a completely different recipe. And it's a better recipe! I've updated this recipe to reflect Trent's adaptations. If you tried it once and it was just okay, try it again - you'll probably like it better now.