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.

I'm ready to hide my wife's crock-pot, but that sounds like a winner to me.