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An easy slow cooker recipe for pork tenderloin chili made with black beans, salsa, fresh pork tenderloin, peppers, onions, and spices.
This is a great, healthy recipe for chili in the slow cooker. I used lean pork tenderloin and Trader Joe's Spicy Smokey Peach Salsa to make this black bean chili. It's so delicious!!
How To Make Slow Cooker Pork Tenderloin Chili
Ingredients You'll Need:
- 1 ¾ lbs pork tenderloin, cut into 2-inch strips
- 1 small onion, coarsely chopped
- 1 small red pepper, chopped
- 1 small green pepper, chopped
- 3 (15oz) cans black beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 (12oz) jar salsa (Spicy, Smokey Peach Salsa recommended)
- 10 oz can diced tomatoes and green chilis
- ½ cup chicken broth
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 2 tsp chili powder
Combine all ingredients in a slow cooker and cook on low for 8-10 hours. Break up pieces of pork to thicken chili before serving.
Trader Joe's Peach Salsa makes this dish "sing"
You can also make this into a pulled pork chili by using leftover barbecue and reducing the cooking time by half.
A few more delicious chili recipes to check out is this Chili Blanca (a guest post from my friend Liz over at That Skinny Chick Can Bake), Slow Cooker Butternut Squash Chili (so good!), and easy Slow Cooker Beef Chili.
Wicked Good Pork Tenderloin Chili (for the slow cooker)
Equipment
- slow cooker
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ lbs pork tenderloin cut into 2 inch strips
- 1 small onion coarsely chopped
- 1 small red pepper chopped
- 1 small green pepper chopped
- 45 oz canned black beans, rinsed and drained (3- 15 oz cans)
- 12 oz jar salsa Trader Joe's Spicy, Smokey Peach Salsa recommended
- 10 oz can diced tomatoes and green chilis
- ½ cup chicken broth
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 2 tsp chili powder
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a slow cooker and cook on low for 8-10 hours.
- Break up pieces of pork to thicken chili before serving.
Nutrition
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Melissa Placzek
wow! this looks really good. I love cooking with Trader Joe's products. I'm definitely going to try this. Thanks for the great idea!~Melissa Placzekwww.ChinDeep.com
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Anonymous
I made this yesterday and it was SO good. I like things a little spicier, so I added some spicy corn salsa (also from Trader's) and it was perfect. Also added a little more salt. Had friends over the enjoy and they loved it-went perfectly with cornbread as well.
Amee Livingston
So glad you enjoyed the recipe! 🙂
magnaes
This is a really good chili. I was searching for a chili recipe for a chili cook-off when I found this recipe. I ended up using more red and green bell pepper and onion than called for and a bit more chili powder. I didn't win the cook-off but I got a lot of, frankly, surprised compliments as well as recipe requests. I will make it again but I was thinking that I might add some minced garlic next time. Thank you for the recipe.
Amee Livingston
You're very welcome! Glad it was a bit hit! 🙂
Tanya
Do you think you could put the whole tenderloin in and then just shred before serving?
Amee Livingston
Absolutely, Tanya, that would turn out great, too.