Thursday, February 4, 2016

Cookbook: The Mexican Slow Cooker

The Mexican Slow Cooker by Deborah Schneider provides tasty recipes for authentic Mexican cuisine that can be prepared in any slow cooker.  

Mexican food is a weekly menu item at our house and usually consists of tacos, enchiladas, or fajitas.  It was nice to have new recipes to try out that didn't take any more time that our usual Mexican staples.


Every recipe in this book is very authentic and some are not the recipes you typically find in Mexican restaurants in the United States.  Any home cook can be successful with these recipes while creating authentic flavor. All of Deborah Schneider's recipes provide straight-forward instructions with easy-to-follow steps.

Because the ingredients in the recipes are authentic Mexican (epazote, cotija cheese, etc) and not chain-store substitutions, you may have to visit a Mexican grocer (these exists in most major cities) to gather some ingredients.  There are many options available to substitute ingredients in her comprehensive glossary of ingredients if there is something you cannot find.

One of the best features is the full page, color photographs of the recipes made our mouths water as we tried to choose what to try first in our slow cooker.  Also, she provides the Spanish names of the recipes with an English translation right below, so while you are expanding your horizons, you can also be sure of what you are cooking.

Some of our favorite recipes include:
Sopa Azteca (Chicken Soup with Tortillas and Avacado)
Chili Verde (Pork in Green Chile Salsa)
Torta del Tamal (Tamal Pie)
Carne con Rajas (Slow cooker fajitas)

The Mexican Slow Cooker is perfect for the cook looking to branch out of traditional Mexican-American cuisine.





 I have received a complimentary copy of this book to review from the publisher.
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