6 Latin Recipes for Slow Cookers

Slow cooker recipes, which are also known as "Crock-Pot" recipes, are perfect for those who don't like to check on their cooking every now and then. Winter is the perfect time to create slow-cooking foods -- the preparation time is short and you can leave the cooking unsupervised. Although the cooking time may take long, you are guaranteed to have lovely-looking, delicious meals.

Here are six Latin slow-cooker recipes you need to try out this season.

Cuban Braised Beef and Peppers

This scrumptious recipe takes a total cooking time of around eight hours. However, you only need to spend 10 minutes of your time for the hands-on preparation. Real Simple has the complete details of the recipe.

Slow Cooker Mushroom Paella

This meal is a delight to the taste buds. It has short-grain paella rice and cremini mushrooms as its main ingredients. If you prepare this for dinner, which usually takes two hours to finish, the family would surely not miss it. The full recipe can be found at TheLatinKitchen.

Picadillo

Picadillo is a Latin American flavorful dish usually cooked with ground beef as the main ingredient. This recipe from Eating Well uses lean beef or bison and is given life with several kinds of spices including cumin, chili powder, cinnamon and oregano.

Spicy Chickpea and Chicken Chorizo Stew

This recipe from LatinKitchen is inspired by a classic Spanish soup dish. Originally, the recipe uses pork but this version uses smoked chorizo as the meat. With chicken, chickpeas and kale, it's one healthy hearty dish that will provide you a comforting dining experience.

Slow Cooker Carne Guisada

Another beef recipe in the slow cooker is the Carne Guisada from Martha Stewart. Beef is thrown in with garlic, pepper and thick tomato sauce to simmer. This savory stew has a total cooking time of six hours but will only take you 15 minutes to prepare. It is ideally served in flour tortillas or rice.

Frijoles de Olla (Brothy Beans)

If you feel like making a meatless meal, try this recipe from Sweet Life. This recipe makes use of beans and serves as a base meal. You can just adjust it according to your preference.

Author Vianney wrote that, if you prefer to have a tomatoey taste, simply add two whole tomatoes. It's easy to make and cooking time is rather short. The beans will be brought to a boil and simmered for one and a half hours. The full recipe can be found here.