This post is sponsored by Kevin’s Natural Foods as part of a blogger’s recipe contest. However, all content, comments and enthusiasm remain my own.

Hey, what’s crockin’?  I recently discovered how to make a pork roast AND pinto beans at the SAVE time, in the SAME slow cooker. Let me introduce you to Tomatillo Shredded Pork and Pinto Beans for the Slow Cooker— a low-maintenance, low-stress, low-mess way to make a juicy pork roast for shredding with pinto beans on the side. Use for tacos, a southwestern salad, sandwiches with beans on the side. Heck, use the leftovers and add some broth and a can of tomatoes to make pork ‘n’ bean soup.

As if slow cooker roast recipes (and the resulting myriad of leftover pork roast meals) aren’t game-changing enough, the simultaneous slow-cooking of beans without dirtying up another pot is enough to yell out the kitchen window to neighbors, “HEY, I am winning at this dinner game, suckers!” Oh, it gets even better – I’ve used a Paleo and Keto-friendly sauce pouch from Kevin’s Natural Foods to keep this a 4-ingredinet main dish and side – excluding water for cooking and any desired taco fixings or extras you mut have. Read on to get the easy slow cooker pork roast and pinto bean recipe.

I am absolutely not kidding when I say Tomatillo Pork with Beans may be the most ridiculously easy meal I’ve ever made . . . and it’s also ridiculously tasty, versatile and nutritious, too! Hopefully you now want to know how to make roast and beans in the slow cooker at the same time! Literally, and I am not even kidding, this is a 4 ingredient slow cooker recipe (plus the water).

1. A pork sirloin roast (it’s a quite lean pork cut, that will cook low and slow and turn out fork tender for shredding)
2. A sweet yellow onion (chopping this is the most work you’ll do)
3. Pinto beans (the dry, inexpensive beans – NOT the pre-cooked beans it a can)
4. Tomatillo Taco Sauce from Kevin’s Natural Foods (Made with tomatillos, roasted poblanos and traditional Mexican spices. It’s amazing, super tasty and southwestern-y without being overtly spicy hot.)
5. Water straight from the tap (or from a fancy bottle, if that’s how you roll)

Layer up the crock in this order for the most successful result – chopped onions, dried beans, sirloin pork roast on top. Pour over water and sauce, no stirring). Put the lid on and turn to high for 6 to 8 hours until beans softened and pork tender. Pro tip, use a BPA-free slow cooker liner to prevent any mess, because by the nature of the beans, a few will get baked on.

Because pork sirloin roast is very lean, the roast should still be intact at the end of slow-cooking– this makes it easy to remove from the slow cooker for shredding without falling apart into the beans and becoming a mush of beans and pork. Most of the liquid in the pot should be absorbed by the end of the cooking time, the beans will be soft, with some beans almost over-soft, for a faux refried bean texture. So, the point here is that, ideally, you will have two distinct parts of the meal coming out of the slow cooker and not one big pot of everything like in most slow cooker recipes.

From here, you can serve the Slow Cooker Tomatillo Shredded Pork Roast and Pinto Beans however you desire. My hands down favorite its to serve this shredded pork and bean recipe as the main fixings for taco night. I’ll add other fixings as desired, like avocado, lettuce, cheese, salsa and so on! 

If you have leftovers of this tomatillo pork for tacos, it can be stored in the fridge for up to 4 days, or package up in freezable meal prep containers and stick in the freezer to have last-minute dinners on hand.

Please visit Kevin’s Natural Foods to learn more about their delicious, convenient, shelf-stable, ready-to-use sauce pouches that will help make clean eating and meal prep a breeze. They are suitable for Paleo, Keto and Low carb meals. You get all of the good stuff with great flavor, and none of the yucky stuff like preservatives, artificial flavorings and colorings, and such. Visit them on Facebook or Instagram or Pinterest for more healthy living inspiration. #EatCleanLiveHappy

Check out these other two clean-eating recipes I’ve made using flavorful sauces from Kevin’s Natural Foods:

One-Skillet Teriyaki Chicken Quinoa Meatballs with Sweet Potato Noodles

Lemongrass Basil Sablefish Skillet

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Slow Cooker Tomatillo Pork Sirloin Roast and Pinto Beans

Tomatillo Pork Sirloin Roast in Slow Cooker makes taco night a breeze! A lean but juicy pork sirloin roast cooks up together with soft, flavorful pinto beans! It's a 4-ingredient crock pot recipe, and great for meal prep.

Course: dinner

Cuisine: Mexican, Southwestern

Keyword: beans,, pork, slow cooker, taco meat, tomatillo

Servings: 8 servings

Ingredients

• ¾ cup chopped yellow onion
• 1 1/4 cups dry pinto beans
• 2 to 3 lb pork sirloin roast
• 1.5 cups water
• 1 packet Tomatillo Taco Sauce from Kevin’s Natural Foods
• Extras: taco garnishments of your choosing

Instructions

1. Place liner in slow cooker.
2. Add chopped onion to bottom in layer.
3. Add dry pinto beans in layer over onions.
4. Place pork sirloin roast on top of beans in center of crock.
5. Pour over water and sauce without stirring.
6. Place lid on crock and slow cook on high for 6 to 8 hours, until pork fork-tender and beans softened.
7. Use large spoon to carefully remove roast intact (or mostly) from beans. Shred up with a large serving fork.
8. Stir beans around it pot to freshen up.
9. Serve with taco garnishments of your choosing.