Chipotle Fake Out

 

Any day of the week if you ask me where I want to eat it will be either italian or mexican. We just so happen to live really close to Chipotle, so when I'm starving already my husband knows better than to mess around with discussions over where to eat or pick up food from.

 

This past week my husband called me at lunch time and asked me "what's for dinner?" in a way that told me he was weighing plans he was invited to do based on what I was cooking for dinner. The truth is I had no plans, but the second I told him I wanted pulled pork he leaped into action. Asking me for a list of ingredients I needed and immediately ran to the store - it's facinating what the man will do for a dinner that comes from a crock pot.

 

I started thinking about all the ingredients we had in the fridge and pantry on my way home and magically came up with Chipotle "fake-out take-out". When I finally got home the smell coming out of the crock pot instantly made my mouth water.

 

Don't be fooled by a long list of ingredients, this was really easy to pull together!

 

 

 

Pulled Pork Dry Rub - recipe source here:

1 - 2 pound pork shoulder

1 tablespoon cumin

1 tablespoon paprika

1 tablespoon granulated garlic

1 tablespoon granulated onion

1 tablespoon chili powder

1 tablespoon brown sugar

2 tablespoons kosher salt

1 teaspoon cayenne pepper

1 teaspoon black pepper

1 teaspoon white pepper

Salt and Pepper

1 cup orange juice

15 ounces chicken stock

 

In a bowl combine all the spices together (excluding the salt and pepper) and set aside.

Cover your meat with salt and pepper on all sides, then cover with the dry rub mixture. Heat up a large frying pan, and when the pan is screaming hot sear all sides of the pork shoulder until it's good and brown.

Place the meat in the crockpot. Add the chicken stock and orange juice. Cook on high for about two hours before turning it to a lower setting.

Meat is ready when it's falling apart in the crockpot.

Take the meat out and pull apart with two forks

 

 

Cilantro lime rice:

2 cups of rice, cooked to your preference

1 cup of cilantro, minced

1/2 lime, juiced

1 teaspoon cumin, don't ask me why - it just felt right

Salt, to taste

 

Cook the rice per the instructions you have in front of you

Add the remaining ingredients and stir to combine

 

Additional toppings:

Black beans

Sweet corn

Tomatoes

Cheese

Extra cilantro

Avocado

Guacamole

Salsa

Lettuce

 

I built my first two with a tortilla, and my third without - you build it your way - that's the whole point of "fake-out take out" meals!

 

 

Happy Friday y'all!