Creative Crockpot Cooking

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Originally Posted by T.G

I'd braise it. Sear it in a hot cast iron pan, then cook it in crock pot with the tomato sauce w/ garlic, onions, bell pepper or Anaheim peppers, peppercorns, cumin and oregano. Then shred it, add a can of tomato paste, coriander, more onions, carrots, peas, sliced green olives, sliced jalapeños, maybe a few other ingredients, whatever is handy and sounds like it might go well in the dish. If I needed to add liquid, I'd use low-salt beef or chicken stock. Let it cook for a few more hours, until the vegetables are softened. Serve with spanish or mexican rice, warm corn tortillas, salsa and guacamole.

This sounds really good. We make our own refried beans that are quite good and would work well with this.

plus, the "whatever is handy" part described my cooking to a T.