"Slow Cooker Pork and Beans"

By RoketJSquerl

Ingredients

• 1 pound of dried pink beans, pintos, small red beans, or white beans
• 6 cups of water
• 2 envelopes of dry onion soup mix (like Lipton's)
• 1 teaspoon of chili powder
• Freshly cracked black pepper, to taste
• 1/4 cup of chopped pickled jalapenos
• 2 to 3 pound boneless pork loin roast
• 1/4 teaspoon of cayenne pepper or Cajun seasoning (like Slap Ya Mama), or to taste, optional
• Kosher salt if needed, to taste
• Hot, cooked rice

Details

Adapted from deepsouthdish.com

Preparation

Step 1

Rinse and sort the beans and add them to the slow cooker. Whisk together some of the water with the soup mix, chili powder and pepper and add to the slow cooker. Add the remaining water to the slow cooker and stir in the jalapenos. Place roast into the cooker, cover and cook on high for 7 to 8 hours, turning roast over halfway through, if possible. Roast will be fall apart tender.

Carefully remove the roast and set aside, loosely tenting with foil to keep warm. To thicken the beans, remove 1/2 cup of the beans, mash thoroughly and stir back into the pot. Taste the beans, add salt, only if needed, and cayenne pepper or Cajun seasoning to taste, if desired. To serve, spoon beans over rice and serve pieces of roast on the top or on the side. Add a garden salad or green vegetable, bread and iced tea.

Cook's Notes: Can substitute a homemade onion soup mix using 3 tablespoons of dried onion flakes, 1 tablespoon of beef base (like Better than Bouillon) or 2 tablespoons of granular beef bouillon, 2 teaspoons of onion powder and 1/4 teaspoon of seasoned salt (like Lawry's). I will definitely be making this again and next round I plan to use the homemade onion soup seasonings along with some sauteed onion with bacon and maybe even add in a packet of Sazon seasoning too, so add in your own favorite pinto bean seasonings. You can also shred the meat and stir it back into the beans, however, the meat will take up most all of the juice from the beans.