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Pulled Pork Chili with Cheddar Green Onion Cornbread

Pulled Pork Chili with Cheddar Green Onion Cornbread

Here's a terrific way to stretch a batch of your fave pulled pork into another tasty meal, simply by adding it to a quick, easy pulled pork chili recipe.
Course Dinner
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings 6 - 8
Author Barry C. Parsons

Ingredients

For the Chili

  • 4 cloves minced garlic
  • 1 large red onion diced
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 cup beer
  • 28 oz can crushed tomatoes
  • 14 oz can tomato sauce
  • 2 large tomatoes diced
  • 1 large roasted red pepper peeled and diced small
  • ½ to 1 whole jalapeño pepper finely minced optional
  • 1 tsp kosher salt
  • 1 teaspoon coarse ground black pepper
  • 5 tbsp chilli powder more or less to taste
  • 3 tbsp smoked paprika
  • 3 tbsp ground cumin
  • 6 tbsp molasses
  • 1 can kidney beans or 1 1/2 cups of your favorite cooked beans
  • 4 - 6 cups leftover pulled pork

For the cornbread

  • ¾ cup + 2 tbsp all purpose flour
  • 1 cup yellow cornmeal
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • 1½ tsp baking powder
  • ¼ tsp baking soda
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1½ cups buttermilk or milk soured with 1-2 tbsp lemon juice
  • ⅓ cup melted butter
  • 1/2 cup cheddar cheese diced 1/4 inch
  • 1 green onion chopped ( chopped Jalopeno is good too!)

Instructions

To prepare the chili

  1. In a large pot saute together onions and garlic in the olive oil for a few minutes. When the onions are softened add all of the additional ingredients EXCEPT the pulled pork.
  2. Simmer the chili for about a half hour before adding the leftover pulled pork. Simmer again for only a few minutes to warm the pork and serve with the Cheddar Green Onion Cornbread.

To prepare the cornbread

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an flour an 8x8 baking pan or two small loaf pans.
  2. Sift together the cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder and baking soda.
  3. Add the eggs, melted butter and milk and beat together until smooth.
  4. Fold in the diced cheddar and chopped green onions.
  5. Pour batter into the prepared pan/s and bake at 350 degrees F (325 degrees F for glass bakeware) for about 25 -30 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Loaf pans may take less time depending on size.