Old World flavor wrapped into a portable burrito! Burritos may be the best answer to the “What’s for Dinner Blues!” This Posole Burritos recipe updates one of the most traditional dishes from Mexico for today’s slow cooker and will have dinner on the table in no time!
I am very happy to announce the official launching of our newest cookbook, BURRITOS! Donna and I have had this project in the works for over a year now and am proud to say that BURRITOS! is now available and actually IN the stores now!
***ENTER TO WIN A BURRITOS! COOKBOOK by leaving a comment here on this post. We will choose 3 winners so please tell your friends and family and any “foodie” types who might like to enter!***
Winners chosen at midnight AZ time on October 28, 2015
BURRITOS! takes 70 of our favorite recipes and rolls them into fast, easy and portable alternatives to the same ol’ dinner. We have added other recipes to the book that go great inside the burritos like Mexican Red Rice, Easy Red Chile Mole, Tomatillo Cream Sauce and Homemade Flour Tortillas so that each burrito can be a complete meal for your family.
The cookbook has been available online since August but, I wanted to wait to make the “official” announcement until I have actually seen it in the stores and I knew that you could find it as well. I have set up a page here on Everyday Southwest that has links to several online sources like Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Gibbs Smith (our very own publisher extraordinaire). Just follow the link to this page and you will see several ways to order BURRITOS!
You can also find BURRITOS! In your local bookstores and gift shops. Not every Barnes and Noble in my area had our book on the shelves BUT! They were happy to order it and have it shipped to the store for me. Having the cookbook shipped to the stored saved the price of shipping and handling so I didn’t have to pay for that! (Great to keep in mind when ordering as gifts!)
So. Where did I first see BURRITOS!? In a gas station, of coarse! Not just any gas station, mind you… a “fancy” gas station and car wash in upscale North Scottsdale with the award winning and “seen on tv” barbecue joint, Tom Thumb Fresh Market. In fact, Tom Thumb has been featured on Food Network and Guy Fieri’s popular show—Dinners, Drive-Ins and Dives.
Now, I’m not saying that Guy Fieri has endorsed our cookbook BUT, he has endorsed Tom Thumb Fresh Market and Tom Thumb Fresh Market is carrying our cookbook. So… someone could make a connection… maybe… if they were trying very hard…
I like to say we are 3 degrees from Guy Fieri.
- We wrote the cookbook.
- Our cookbook is carried by Tom Thumb Fresh Market
- Guy Fieri endorses Tom Thumb.
Hey! We must only be one more degree closer to the Food Network! and Bobby Flay! Anyhooo… that’s just for fun.
In the mean time, here is one of my favorite recipes from the “Old World” chapter of our cookbook called Updated Classics.
I hope you love this recipe and enter the giveaway!
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—Sandy
- 2 pounds boneless pork shoulder
- ½ cup Coca Cola (not diet)
- ½ cup fresh orange juice
- 2 teaspoons cumin
- 3 tablespoons chile powder
- 1½ medium yellow onion, chopped, divided
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 cups vegetable or chicken stock
- 1 can (15 ounces) hominy, drained
- 2 cups cooked plain rice, or Mexican Green Rice, page ____
- ¼ cup cilantro, chopped
- ¼ cup radishes, cut in thin matchstick pieces (optional)
- 4 to 6 flour tortillas (12 inch diameter), warmed
- Cut into 4 even pieces and place in a slow cooker.
- Combine Coca Cola, orange juice, cumin and chile powder and pour over pork. Add ⅔ onion and garlic. Pour in vegetable or chicken stock and cover slow cooker. Cook on low until pork is tender and can be pulled apart with a fork, about 6 to 8 hours.
- Remove pork from slow cooker allow to cool enough to handle then shred. Add hominy to slow cooker and continue to cook until hominy is hot.
- Assemble burritos by spooning rice and pork onto a warmed tortilla. With a slotted spoon, scoop hominy mixture from the slow cooker and spoon over pork. Garnish with cilantro, radishes and remaining onion. Roll burritos as desired.
Sandy is a former elementary educator whose love for cooking has gone out of control. She has completed a degree in culinary arts and is now a food writer, photographer, cookbook author and co-creator of the popular website Everyday Southwest.
This cookbook looks great!
Hi Annalise, Thank you! We did all of the food styling for the book and had a lot of fun with it.
Congrats on your new book.
Thanks, Terry! It was a lot of fun to do.
I downloaded the cookbook a few weeks ago and can’t wait to make some of the recipes. Congratulations!
A cook can’t have too many cookbooks, and ‘Burritos’ looks and sounds terrific! Congrats. We enjoy posole soup, but a burrito version sounds quite tempting.
Congrats on your cookbook! What a great focused topic, as well. I make posole in the winter and there’s always leftovers. This year I’ll stick some in a burrito!
Love the explanation for your Guy Fieri connection – though if you don’t mind me saying so, I’d rather eat your burritos than meet him and have to share my burrito with Guy. (He’s always grabbing food from others – so impolite 🙂 Anyway, love these burritos.
We love Mexican food – love it! I had no idea you had a book out. I am so excited to hear about it. A big Congratulations to you and your co-author. That is wonderful.
The recipe you shared looks so good. We are quickly moving into fall right now and I need to round up a bunch of slow cooker recipes to try. I will be spending more time on your site (and pinning too!)
Congratulations on the cookbook! It sounds wonderful and I’d put it to good use if I won! Thanks for the opportunity.
This looks absolutely DELISH!!
I am such a fan! I really hope that I win one of these!
I love mexican food. These photos are amazing, they’re making my mouth water!
That looks so delicious! I can’t wait to try it.
Looks delicious! Plus it’s a slow cooker recipe?, Bonus!
Neat idea to make burritos in the slow cooker.
Oh my word! How is it that I have only just now discovered y’all?! I instantly added you to my feed so I won’t miss a thing. We ranch in New Mexico and peppers and green chile are added to everything. Its an addiction. Perfect timing on your cookbook – I’m thinking friends and family will enjoy finding it under the tree. I would love to add it to my kitchen as well. I’m always looking for something new as I often feed a cowboy crew.
First off! Congrats on the book! So cool!
Secondly, this recipe looks fabulous. I love anything that I can do in my slow cooker!
🙂
Traci
Oh my gosh..could there be anything more delish..than a burrito?… NO….
What cant you wrap up into a beautiful four tortilla wrap?
I do loves me a good Burrito!
Hi Donna & Sandra 🙂
Congrats on the book! 🙂
Wow – perfect timing! We had burritos for dinner last night & it was my sweetie’s first timing making them from head to toe himself (too cute!). While we were eating he says to me “hmmmmm, what would you do if you wanted to fancy up a burrito or make it gourmet?” We then sat last night brain storming ideas for spruced up versions of burritos while we were munching on our burritos 🙂
Received the e-mail today about your burrito book – what a hoot! He’d/we’d be thrilled, its just what we were talking about last night – we need to “fancy up” our burrito roster 🙂
Can’t wait to try these. How do i get that book?
My fam & I are huge, did I say HUGE, Mexi food lovers. Burritos? YUM! Thank you for the chance to win.
I love a good burrito.
I love Posole. Being from a Mexican family we have posole all the time, its my favorite. Never actually thought of burritos though but it looks really good. Congrats on your cookbook, the cover looks awesome.
I could definitely see myself having a good time in the kitchen with this book 🙂 Thanks
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I love Mexican food and I am such a fan! I would be soooo happy if I could win this one! My fingers are crossed!
I keep seeing ideas for burritos that never occurred to me! I lived on the border for 25 years so this one is right up my alley!
I love to try new recipes. This one sounds like a winner!
You have created some wonderful recipes. Thank you.
This looks delish! And perfect because slow cooker season is upon us!
I want to try this. The combination of orange juice and coke simmering the meat sounds tantalizing. I love to use that slow cooker.
These would be delicious and I think my family would love to eat some.
I am definitely making this, this week!!!
Hi, I sent you an email
Congrats on your new cookbook. I love burritos, and these look easy enough.
These burritos look absolutely delicious!! I’l have to try them out sometime!
These look like a winner! Sending the recipe to my husband now lol
I like what you guys tend to be up too. Such clever work and coverage!
Keep up the good works guys I’ve added you guys
to blogroll.
Interestine! Looking forward to trying this!
Interesting! Looking forward to trying this!
Those look so good! I want to try this out soon, as I think my husband would be a huge fan of them!
Hi Cara, Please do try this recipe! It is so easy and my family (husband and two grown sons) loves it! I think your husband will too!