Café Rio Taco Salad Recipe

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Ingredients For Making Café Rio Taco Salad Recipe well. Refrigerate.
Cafe Rio Chicken
(not pictured: chicken breasts)
1 small bottle (8-oz.)
Kraft Zesty Italian Dressing
1 T
chili powder
1 T
cumin
3 cloves
garlic
minced
2 lbs
chicken breast
Cook all together in a crock pot for 4 hours, shred meat and cook 1 additional hour--this is what the instructions say. I cook my chicken in the crockpot with water and onion for 6-8 hours and then drain the water, shred the chicken with a fork, and add the dressing and spices about 1 hour before we're eating.
Caf Rio Rice
6 cups
water
6
chicken bouillon cubes
4 tsp.
garlic
minced
bunch
cilantro
1 can
green chiles
or equivalent fresh
tsp.
salt
1 Tbs.
butter

onion
3 cups
rice
(I like to use brown which takes longer to cook but is healthier)
I saute the dry rice and onion in the butter until it is just browned. Then blend cilantro, green chiles and the onion together in food processor (with 1 cup of the rice water for easier blending). Bring water to a boil and add all ingredients, simmer covered 30 minutes or 50 minutes if using brown rice.
The rest of the ingredients:
1-2 cans
black beans
, heated
Flour tortillas
Cheddar cheese,
shredded (for sprinkling on tortillas)
Shredded
lettuce
Brown both sides of the flour tortillas (we use whole wheat) on a lightly buttered griddle, sprinkling a little cheese to one of the sides after it is browned. It should be slightly crisp.
Serve with the crisp cheesy tortilla on the bottom, then layer the black beans, rice, lettuce, chicken, and dressing.
Enjoy!
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