Beer-Braised Pork and Black Bean Soup

another crock pot recipe.  I am making this on Thurs, so don't have the "taste" results yet, but it looked good.

2 12 oz bottles of beer (preferably lager)

1 Tbsp. chopped canned chipotle chilies in adobo sauce, plus 1 Tbsp adobo sauce

1 tsp. ground cumin

1 large onion, chopped

1 pound dried black beans, rinsed

1 1/2 pounds boneless pork butt (pork shoulder)

Kosher salt

1/2 cup sour cream

1/2 cup salsa

1/4 cup cilantro

in the bowl of a slow cooker, combine the beer, 3 cups water, the chilies, the adobo sauce, cumin, onion, beans, pork, and 1 1/2 tsp salt.  set the slow cooker to high and cook, covered, until the beans are tender and pork pulls apart easily, 4 hours.  Using a fork, separate the pork into large pieces.  divide among bowls and top with sour cream, salsa, and cilantro.

serve with scallion corn bread and chocolate chunk and almond cookies (recipes at www.realsimple.com/slowcookermenu)

these were suggestions at the bottom of the page, not ones I have made or suggested.  I might look them up though to see if they look good.