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title: "Slow-Cooker Mexican Beef with Lime Crema and Pinto Beans"
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# Slow-Cooker Mexican Beef with Lime Crema and Pinto Beans

Rating: meh. Bytes: 59/140.

> “It was edible, but very bland. Felt more like a weak chili.”

Recipe from [Serious Eats](https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2014/01/slow-cooker-mexican-pot-roast-lime-cream-pinto-beans-recipe.html). That page is gone; an [Internet Archive snapshot](https://web.archive.org/web/20210426220203/https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2014/01/slow-cooker-mexican-pot-roast-lime-cream-pinto-beans-recipe.html) survives.

## Cook log

- 2025-09-26 — “It was edible, but very bland. Felt more like a weak chili.” (current review)