Fiery Chicken Chili
Hello everyone, I have been seeing these entries amongst the friends of friends pages for quite a while now. I figured it was time for me to actually click and join up. Here is one of my favorite crock pot concoctions.
The only ingredient I can't capture on camera is time. Recipe and more pictures are below the cut. Enjoy!
Some assembly required. Add chicken, sprinkle with chili powder.
Add beans.
Add corn.
Add shredded sweet potato.
Add diced tomatoes.
Add green chilis.
Add remaining dry spices, instant tapioca, soy sauce, mustard and honey.
Add chopped onions.
Add chopped chipotles and adobo sauce.
Stir in the chicken broth.
After 8 hours of cook time and shredding chicken behold!
* 2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts
* 3 tablespoons chili powder, plus 2 teaspoons
* 1 (15-ounce) can kidney beans, drained and rinsed
* 1 (15-ounce) can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
* 1 (15-ounce) can corn, drained and rinsed
* 2 (28-ounce) cans diced fire roasted tomatoes
* 1 (4-ounce) can green chilis
* 1 medium sweet potato, approx 8 ounces, peeled and shredded
* 16 ounces low-sodium chicken broth (powder variety mixed in hot water works best)
* ¼ cup instant tapioca
* ½ cup spicy brown mustard
* 4 chipotle chiles in adobo sauce with seeds, chopped
* 1 large yellow onion, chopped
* 2 tbsp adobo sauce
* 2 tbsp soy sauce
* 1 tbsp kosher salt
* 1 tbsp onion powder
* 1 tbsp white pepper
* 2 tbsp honey
* 2 tsp granulated garlic
* 2 tsp jar minced garlic
* 1 tsp dried oregano
* 1 tsp ground cumin
* ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
* ¼ tsp ground cloves
* Toppings possibilities: Sour cream, shredded Cheddar or Jack cheese, chopped pickled jalapeños, oyster crackers.
Directions
Place the chicken in the crock pot. Add 3 tablespoons of the chili powder, reserve two teaspoons of chili powder for use later. Add all the rest of the ingredients. Stir everything together, cover, and cook on low for 8 hours. Chicken should easily fall apart not be pink when completely and properly cooked. Just before serving, break up the chicken, it should be very much at fall apart stage at this point. I usually scoop it out about an hour or so before everything is done to shred it with two forks and stir it back into the pot.
Stir in the remaining 2 teaspoons of chili powder Add more salt and pepper to taste, if desired. Serve with choice of toppings and warm sweet cornbread.
Variations: You can easily adjust the heat level up by using more chipotle peppers and adobo sauce and or using ground cayenne pepper instead of chili powder. It can be adjusted downwards by using less chili powder and less of the chipotle peppers and adobo sauce. The version posted here is fairly balanced. It has enough zing but is by no means nuclear hot. The cheese and sour cream toppings also mellow it out. This can recipe is quite tasty and can easily be made vegetarian by substituting the chicken with tofu, chicken broth with vegetable broth and omitting the sour cream and cheese.
The only reason I put 10+ minutes for prep time is for the peeling and shredding of the sweet potato. That is always time consuming for me because of an injury. Everything else goes together fairly quickly.
The only ingredient I can't capture on camera is time. Recipe and more pictures are below the cut. Enjoy!
Some assembly required. Add chicken, sprinkle with chili powder.
Add beans.
Add corn.
Add shredded sweet potato.
Add diced tomatoes.
Add green chilis.
Add remaining dry spices, instant tapioca, soy sauce, mustard and honey.
Add chopped onions.
Add chopped chipotles and adobo sauce.
Stir in the chicken broth.
After 8 hours of cook time and shredding chicken behold!
* 2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts
* 3 tablespoons chili powder, plus 2 teaspoons
* 1 (15-ounce) can kidney beans, drained and rinsed
* 1 (15-ounce) can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
* 1 (15-ounce) can corn, drained and rinsed
* 2 (28-ounce) cans diced fire roasted tomatoes
* 1 (4-ounce) can green chilis
* 1 medium sweet potato, approx 8 ounces, peeled and shredded
* 16 ounces low-sodium chicken broth (powder variety mixed in hot water works best)
* ¼ cup instant tapioca
* ½ cup spicy brown mustard
* 4 chipotle chiles in adobo sauce with seeds, chopped
* 1 large yellow onion, chopped
* 2 tbsp adobo sauce
* 2 tbsp soy sauce
* 1 tbsp kosher salt
* 1 tbsp onion powder
* 1 tbsp white pepper
* 2 tbsp honey
* 2 tsp granulated garlic
* 2 tsp jar minced garlic
* 1 tsp dried oregano
* 1 tsp ground cumin
* ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
* ¼ tsp ground cloves
* Toppings possibilities: Sour cream, shredded Cheddar or Jack cheese, chopped pickled jalapeños, oyster crackers.
Directions
Place the chicken in the crock pot. Add 3 tablespoons of the chili powder, reserve two teaspoons of chili powder for use later. Add all the rest of the ingredients. Stir everything together, cover, and cook on low for 8 hours. Chicken should easily fall apart not be pink when completely and properly cooked. Just before serving, break up the chicken, it should be very much at fall apart stage at this point. I usually scoop it out about an hour or so before everything is done to shred it with two forks and stir it back into the pot.
Stir in the remaining 2 teaspoons of chili powder Add more salt and pepper to taste, if desired. Serve with choice of toppings and warm sweet cornbread.
Variations: You can easily adjust the heat level up by using more chipotle peppers and adobo sauce and or using ground cayenne pepper instead of chili powder. It can be adjusted downwards by using less chili powder and less of the chipotle peppers and adobo sauce. The version posted here is fairly balanced. It has enough zing but is by no means nuclear hot. The cheese and sour cream toppings also mellow it out. This can recipe is quite tasty and can easily be made vegetarian by substituting the chicken with tofu, chicken broth with vegetable broth and omitting the sour cream and cheese.
The only reason I put 10+ minutes for prep time is for the peeling and shredding of the sweet potato. That is always time consuming for me because of an injury. Everything else goes together fairly quickly.