Cowboy Pulled Pork Chili is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of BUSH’s slow simmered chili beans and Hunt’s vine ripened tomatoes! As always all opinions are my own!
For those of you that have some serious Chili Pride you are going to fall in love with Cowboy Pulled Pork Chili! It’s packed with amazing flavors that will knock your socks off! Just throw a few simple ingredients in the slow cooker and pretty soon your house will smell amazing and you’ll be begging for dinner time to come! It’s an awesome weeknight dinner since it’s a cinch to make!
All three of my boys really should have been born 75-100 years ago and lived happily ever after as cowboys!
My oldest son brings a full lunchbox home almost everyday because he spends his whole lunch hour participating in roping contests. That’s right! The kids get together and rope a fake cow, or each other, to find out who’s the best roper!
My boys even talk like they were born 75 years ago! The other day my oldest son asked me to build him and apple pie! Not to make, or bake an apple pie but to “build” him a pie! I guess he thinks making a pie is similar to building a fence, a barn, or some other object.
My wanna be cowboys play the harmonica, practice their auctioneering skills, watch old black and white westerns, talk with a little cowboy accent, and wish they could sit around a campfire every night!
To go along with the rest of their old fashioned ways they prefer all cowboy food. It’s almost like they think they have to go hunting for their own meat and provide for their own meals! Not me! I enjoy the conveniences of modern life and I’m not going to start eating their procured meat!
Cowboy Pulled Pork Chili on the other hand…this is a meal we all enjoy! It has this amazing smoky flavor that might even make you feel like you are on an old cattle drive, hunting trip, or camp trip! It’s manly enough my boys go crazy for it, and it’s so yummy and easy that it’s one of my busy weeknight favorites!
Like every other great tasting chili this one starts with flavor packed ingredients!
For this recipe I chose to use Hunt’s vine ripened tomatoes, the fire roasted diced tomatoes are perfect because they add just the right amount of extra smoky flavor to the chili!
Adding BUSH’s slow simmered chili beans makes the chili hearty and gives it an amazing flavor, which makes these beans the perfect building block for this chili!
Another ingredient that really kicks the flavor up in this chili is smoked paprika. It combines with smoked pulled pork (I use store bought because you just can’t beat how easy that is) and Hunt’s diced fire roasted tomatoes to really drive home that smoky flavor I was looking for. All that smokiness without cooking over a campfire sounds great to me!
Cowboy Pulled Pork Chili is one of those recipes where all you do is throw a few ingredients in the slow cooker and forget about it. Can you imagine what a game changer slow cookers would have been for families 75 years ago?
I think it’s safe to say most families need a few really simple dinner options just like this because most of us don’t have time have zero desire to scavenge around the wilderness looking for some animal to harvest for dinner! Am I right?
Skip the takeout, and the hunting trip this week and get this chili in the slow cooker instead. Trust me, you’ll be glad you did! My cowboy children could not get enough of this smoky and hearty chili and have been begging me to “build” it again!
Whether you are looking for a fix and forget meal, something to share at your next tailgating party, a recipe to “build” for an upcoming chili cook off, or have some serious Chili Pride and just want to make a kick butt chili this is the recipe for you!
Cowboy Pulled Pork Chili has that irresistible smoky flavor of pulled pork, a touch of a fire roasted flavor, is a tiny bit spicy, and a little bit sweet! All the flavors combine together to make a flavor packed chili! You’re gonna love it!
Cowboy Pulled Pork Chili
Ingredients
- 2 16 oz. cans BUSH's Chili Beans mild chili sauce
- 2 14.5 oz. cans Hunt's Vine Ripened Fire Roasted Diced Tomatoes
- 1 8 oz. can tomato sauce
- 2 c. pulled pork I bought mine already made. You can find it near the lunchmeat in the grocery store
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 small onion diced
- 1-2 jalapeños seed and membranes removed and diced
- 1 T chili powder
- 2 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 tsp oregano
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp cracked black pepper
- 2 T brown sugar
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a slow cooker. Stir.
- Cook on high for 3-4 hours or on low for 5-6 hours.
- Serve with shredded cheese, sour cream, corn chips, and cilantro if desired.
This post written by me on behalf of BUSH’s slow simmered chili beans and Hunt’s vine ripened tomatoes!
I feel like this recipe was made specifically for us!! We love chili and pulled pork so this is a genius idea to put the two together!! Thank you
I can already tell you are going to love this chili! It has so many of my favorite flavors all together in one yummy chili!
What a fun story about your cowboy boys. 🙂 And what a delicious chili to serve ’em! This sounds like a wonderfully comforting meal for the chilly months ahead.
Ha ha! Thanks Erin! They are so much fun to be around! Tuck this recipe away for cool evenings! It’s the BEST!
This is genius! My crew loves pulled pork, so I know this will be a hit!
I my goodness, if you love pulled pork you are going to love this chili! It’s so comforting especially on cold nights!
I just made chili tonight, but next time, I’m making this. looks delicious!
I can’t wait for you to try it Dee! It’s has the most incredible flavors!
So easy… I would love to serve something like this for dinner tonight. My love would nuts for it!
Easy is the name of my game! That’s the only way to get dinner on the table night after night! And yes, I’m pretty sure he would go nuts for it!
YUM! I love a good chili! I need to try this one out for sure! I love that it involves PORK!
This is seriously my new favorite chili! It’s so yummy!
Is the pulled pork you bought in the store flavored or plain? I was looking for recipes to use some leftover bbq pulled pork (already mixed with bbq sauce and frozen). Do you think that would work with this recipe? Sounds so delish!
Hi Annie! I used pulled pork wih sauce already on it because it adds incredible amounts of flavor! It’s a fantastic way to use up leftovers!
My slow cooker broke and I’m wondering if you’ve ever tried this in an instant pot? How long would this cook for under high pressure do you think? Thanks!
Oh no! Slow Cookers are lifesavers! I’m sure you could make this in the pressure cooker and it would work perfectly, although I’ve never tried it. I’d probably cook it for about 20 minutes. It shouldn’t take long since the beans and meat are already cooked. Let me know how it turns out!
Thank you! Making this for lunch today. Will let you know how it turns out! Do you think I need to add any additional liquid since it’s a pressure cooker or should this be enough?
I made it and it turned out good except it was a lot more “soupy” than what you show in that picture. Did you drain the beans? Or what am I missing?
Hi Annie! Yes, I always drain beans unless it states otherwise in the recipe. That would have definitely added extra liquid to the chili. I’ll go back and edit the recipe to clear that up! I’m glad you enjoyed it!
Well, this was surprisingly good! I was looking for a way to use leftover pulled pork, and it really worked! Amy, you were right that pork with sauce adds nice flavor–a subtle sweetness to counter the tomato/spicy element. This was a fun twist on chili that I would definitely serve again! Thanks!
I’m glad you were surprised in a good way! This chili is packed with flavor and I love that about it!
WOW!!!! We love your recipe. We have made it a lot. Twice entered chili cook-off at church with the pot coming home empty and a second place on the last one. We have even swapped the pork for beef with very yummy results. Thanks for posting this ❤️❤️
Yay for you! That makes me so happy this chili was a hit at your church chili cookoff! The smoky flavors in this chili are different enough that it sets it apart from all the other chilis!