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These slow cooker pinto beans make for a delicious meal with shredded pork. Pork and beans served over cornbread or rice make for a cheap, easy, and hearty dinner.
So, the other day my daughter and I were sitting around the living room talking with each other.
I was doing that thing that moms do where I annoy the crap out of my kids with unreasonable demands. You know, things like, “Can you shower today?” Or “How about picking up your mess from breakfast?” And also, “Your laundry basket is overflowing. What do you think about washing some of that?”
I know. I’m terrible and my kids will grow up to hate me.
My daughter just calmly looked at me and said, “I can’t wait until I’m grown up and you move out.”
You guys. How many times in your young life did you imagine being all grown up and moving out of your parents’ house. Freedom, man.
But, no. Not my daughter. She imagines growing up and us leaving. Because she likes our house and she doesn’t want to move.
She is quite the clever little girl. And she totally cracks me up.
Anyway, that has nothing to do with beans, but I wanted to give you all a glimpse of what I’m dealing with on a daily basis. Children who are too smart for their own good.
Feeding those little children of mine, who actually happen to be kind of huge who let them grown up when did this happen how do we make it stop omg, can be quite the chore. The 15 year old always wants homemade pizza rolls, like every. single. night. The ten year old wants cheeseburgers all day long. And then there’s me. I want Mexican always and forever, amen.
So, like any good mother who wants to push her children out of their comfort zones and is also super selfish, I make Mexican a lot. Enter this slow cooker pork and beans recipe.
This was such an easy recipe and super economical, too. It easily feeds my family of four three times. It cost right around $15 for this whole meal. Doesn’t get much cheaper or easier than this pork and beans recipe!
I started with a bag of Hurst’s HamBeens pinto beans. I’ve recently started working with Hurst’s and I’m super excited to bring you some new recipes featuring their beans. Just don’t yell at me if I sing the bean song. I can’t help it. I’m a 12 year old boy at heart.
Anyway, I snagged this recipe from the Hurst’s website and I’m pretty in love with it. As you can see, I served this pork and beans over cornbread here, but we also ate it over tortilla chips as nachos and in a burrito bowl. Truly though, I could have just ate it on it’s own with a bit of my favorite hot sauce.
I made this in my Ninja slow cooker, which I just so happen to love. It’s the perfect size, doubles as an oven, and has great reviews on Amazon. If you’re in the market for a new slow cooker, this is the one.
Green Chile Pulled Pork and Pintos
Ingredients
- Hurst's Pinto HamBeens
- 1 large onion diced
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 3 pounds pork shoulder
- 12 ounces beer
- 2 tablespoons chili powder
- 1 tablespoon ground cumin
- 5 cups water
- 1 cup salsa verde
- 4 ounces chopped green chiles
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Prepared cornbread for serving (your favorite recipe or made from a box)
- Monterey Jack cheese for serving
- Cilantro for serving
Instructions
- Add the beans to a colander and rinse. Sort through and remove any debris. Add to the bottom of a 6 quart slow cooker.
- Place the onions and garlic on top of the beans.
- Add the pork shoulder to the top.
- Mix the beer with the seasoning packet from the bean package, chili powder, and cumin. Pour into the crockpot.
- Add the water to the crockpot, cover, and cook on high for 8 hours.
- Open the crockpot and shred the meat with two forks. It should be very tender and fall apart.
- Stir in the salsa verde and green chiles and continue cooking for 30 minutes.
- Serve over cornbread with grated cheese and cilantro.
Vivian says
Looks so good! I was wondering what you thought about replacing the pork with chicken. My daughter doesn’t eat pork, and I rarely eat it myself. Have any ideas as to how to go about doing this recipe with chicken? Fresh, frozen, whole, boneless? Cooking times?
Karly says
Hi Vivian!
I haven’t tried it myself, so I can’t say for certain how it would work. I’d probably experiment with adding in frozen boneless chicken pieces and keeping the cooking time the same. The beans will need the full time to cook properly.
Liz says
Sounds so good. Thank you.
Karly says
Thanks, Liz!
Lynn says
I can’t have beer (wheat problems and being an alcoholic family we don’t take any chances..)…. what can I substitute it with?
Karly says
Chicken stock would work just fine.
Lynn says
Thank you…. That was just what I was thinking.. now to go cook the pork!
Beth says
How many cups of dried beans, if not using the Hambeens pack? (Not available here.) May have to make my own salsa verde, too, but have been seeing tomatillos in the shop, so no worries.
Karly says
You’re looking for 20 ounces of dried beans. ๐
Gerry @ Foodness Gracious says
Wow, this looks delicious Karly!! amazing ๐
Bridget says
Do you know the ingredients of the bean seasoning packet? We don’t have HamBeens here and I wanted to Amel the recipe with dried pintos…
Karly says
I don’t know what the ingredients are in the packet. Honestly, if it were me, I’d just skip the packet and add salt to taste after everything is cooked. I don’t think that tiny little packet will make much of a difference once you’ve added a bunch of pork and other goodies. ๐
Courtney @ NeighborFood says
Yay for challenging your kiddos AND getting to eat what you want! (I laughed out loud at that comment). This is a meal both my hubby and I would love. Serving it on cornbread is a great idea.
Lori @ RecipeGirl says
This would be a definite winner at our house! Adding it to my must-try soon list!
Milisa Armstrong says
We sing the bean song too, every time. We even have 2 versions. This is the kind of meal that I love. Filling and delicious!
Amy @Very Culinary says
Oh, it’s amazing the huffing and puffing and stomping of the feet I get just by asking my kids to put their shoes away! But my kids are never moving out, either. Well, one of them thinks he’s going to live in the ocean…and not even on a boat. Just, you know, in the ocean. We’ll see how that plays out. LOVE the pork and beans combo – and any reason to get out my slow cooker! Pinned.
amanda @ fake ginger says
I am all about anything with pintos! This looks delicious!
My 4 year old’s plan in life is to join the army and get stationed wherever we are so he can always live with us. Help me.
Lara says
Reading through the recipe, when do you add the green chili? Am I blind? Also, if you can’t find this brand of beans with a seasoning packet, is there an alternative? I can get pintos but they dont have a seasoning packet normally. ๐
Karly says
Whoops! I forgot to add it. You put it in with the salsa verde. If you can find this brand, just use any dried pintos – these are available at most stores, though. ๐
Kami Leach says
I’ve made this recipe a few times and it’s amazing! The Hamhurst beans are getting harder and harder to find though and I know that you can use any pintos but how do I know what seasonings to substitute for a missing packet? I have to say that every recipe I’ve ever made off this website has been amazing!
Karly says
Thanks so much, Kami! I’m not sure what a great substitue for the seasoning packet would be. It’s definitely a smoky, salty vibe. I believe Goya makes a ham seasoning packet, but I have no idea if that’s similar to Hurst’s or if it’s any easier to find.
Carlee says
That is great! Why didn’t I think of that. Once I was ready to be on my own I should have just nicely asked my parents to move out. If only I could do things all over again!
Julie @ Julie's Eats & Treats says
Your daughter is just to much. I love it!! Way to push them out of their box with this delicious meal!
Stacey says
Can I substitute black eyed peas for the pinto beans? Then it can be my New Yearโs Day dish?
Karly says
I’ve only made this as directed. I’m not sure how it’d work with black eyed peas.
Trisha @ Home Sweet Homemade says
Looks awesome! Pinned and shared to facebook!