Traditional Dishes for Slow Cookers

Try these ethnic dishes that cook perfectly in a crock pot.

Rustic peasant dishes cooked slowly in a fireplace or in pots buried in hot coals are perfect for modern slow cookers.

Simmering for hours deepens flavors, and the closed world of the slow cooker helps ingredients stay moist and succulent.

Here are two easy recipes you can make in your crock pot. Just throw the ingredients together and come back later for a complete meal.

Pozole Stew

Chicken Rice Congee

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