Chili and fall just go together. I’ve made this Black Bean Chili with pork tenderloin twice now and really love the flavor. My kids like it too especially if I serve it with avocado and cheese. My daughter likes to spear the beans with a toothpick but stays clear of the meat. I cut up the meat into small pieces for my little guy.
This dish was inspired by a recipe in the Fix-It and Forget-It Big Cookbook. Instead of using canned beans I soaked dry beans overnight and added water. If you want to use canned beans this chili from All Recipes is almost identical. I also changed the spices around a bit.
Let me know if you try it out. I always love hearing from you!
Slow Cooker Black Bean Chili
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Serves: 8
Ingredients
- 2 cups dry black beans
- 4 cups of water
- 1 lb pork tenderloin, cut into 1-inch chunks (can buy meat already cut up)
- 16 oz jar thick chunky salsa
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 medium red bell pepper, chopped
- 2 tsp cumin
- 2 tsp chili powder
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp oregano
Instructions
- Soak dried black beans overnight (covered by 2 inches of water).
- In the morning dump the water and rinse the beans, sorting through and tossing the undesirable beans.
- Mix the beans with all the ingredients in the slow cooker and cook on low for 8 hours.
- Top with your family favorites such as sour cream, cheese or avocado.
Tried your recipe tonight. Delicious! Changed a couple of things to make it in 2 hours instead of all day….used canned black beans and added kidney beans, too. We had pork tenderloin for dinner last night, so used the leftovers from that. Used some frozen red, green, and yellow peppers…so I didn’t have to run to the store. Turned out great. It was a good football meal! Thanks
Glad to hear Amy! Nice to know the shortcut version turns out too.
Amy- did you drain/rinse the canned beans or did you use the liquid in the chili? If you did drain/rinse, did you add water?
Maryann- Is the 4 cups of water in the original recipe for soaking the beans or does that get added to the chili after the beans have been soaked overnight?
I’m not the best “instinctual” cook, so I need VERY elementary directions! Recipe sounds great, something my whole family would love. Husband and I are on the South Beach diet right now and this fits perfectly with that!!!
Amy,
I rinsed the beans after soaking them, added them to the slow cooker (without liquid), and then added the water. Does that make sense?
Yes, it does. Thanks for the clarification!
I’m trying this one for tonight…BUT I have a small slow cooker, 4 quarts…will this work?
Yes. I usually make it in my 4qt slow cooker. I hope it turns out!
I made this a few nights ago and it was fantastic! I didn’t use the slow cooker but did it on the stove, browning the meat first and I had to use canned beans because I hadn’t planned ahead. Also, I added a sweet potato cut into about 1 inch cubes and added it with the beans and liquid after I browned the meat and cooked the veggies. It was truly delicious. Thanks for the recipe.