Chunky Chicken Chili Recipes

Steps:

• In a heavy bottomed pot, heat 1 tsp olive oil.
• add chicken and saute until no longer pink, about 4 minutes each side.
• remove chicken from pot, wipe pot dry.
• heat remaining oil and saute onion, garlic, bell pepper and cumin seeds for 5 minutes,stiriing often.
• stir in chili powder, oregano, tomatoes, tomato sauce, beer, salt and pepper.
• add chicken back to pot.
• cover and simmer on low heat for 20 minutes.
• add beans, corn, and olives.
• simmer 15 minutes longer.
• stir in cilantro.
• serve hot, topped with cheddar cheese.

Steps:

• Heat a big, deep skillet over medium high heat with 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil. Add chorizo and render its fat, 2 minutes. Push the chorizo off to the sides of the pot and add chicken meat. Brown and crumble the chicken, 5 to 6 minutes. Season the chicken with chili powder and cumin while it cooks. Combine the onions, garlic, peppers and beans to meats and cook another 5 to 6 minutes. Stir the beer into the chili and reduce the liquid a minute then add the tomatoes and heat through. Season the chili with salt, to taste, and reduce heat to low.
• Bring 6 cups stock to a boil in a medium pot, stir in polenta and keep stirring until the polenta masses and thickens to a porridge, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in butter, scallions and thyme and season with salt, to taste.
• Fill bowls half way with polenta and make a well in the center. Fill up bowls with chili and serve.

Steps:

• Place chicken in 3 1/2- to 4-quart slow cooker. Mix tomatoes, tomato sauce and chili seasoning; pour over chicken.
• Cover and cook on low heat setting 7 to 9 hours or until juice of chicken is no longer pink when centers of thickest pieces are cut.
• Stir to break up chicken. Stir in hominy. Cover and cook on low heat setting 15 minutes until heated through. Serve chili with sour cream and cilantro.

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook turkey and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. , Transfer to a 3-1/2-qt. slow cooker. Stir in the tomatoes, beans, tomato sauce, water, chilies, chili powder, salt, cumin and pepper. Cover and cook on low for 5-6 hours or until heated through. Garnish with sour cream and jalapenos if desired.

Steps:

• Combine dark and light red kidney beans, tomato sauce, salsa, and chili powder in a slow cooker. Top with chicken, then onion, then corn; do not stir. Cover and cook on Low for 6 to 8 hours or on High for 4 to 5 hours. Stir and serve.

Steps:

• Combine beans, salsa, tomato sauce and chili powder in Slow Cooker. Top with chicken, onions and corn. (Do not stir.) Cover with lid.
• Cook on LOW 6 to 8 hours (or on HIGH 4 to 5 hours); stir.
• Serve topped with cheese.

Steps:

• Heat a large, deep skillet over medium-high heat with 1 T olive oil.
• Add chorizo and render its fat, 2 minutes.
• Push the chorizo off to the sides of the skillet and add ground chicken. Brown and crumble the chicken, cooking 5-6 minutes. Season the chicken with chili powder and cumin while it cooks.
• Combine the onion, garlic, peppers and beans to meats and cook another 5-6 minutes.
• Stir the beer into the chili and reduce the liquid a minute then add the tomatoes and heat though. Season the chili with salt, to taste, and reduce heat to low.
• Bring 6 cups stock to a boil in a medium pot, stir in polenta and keep stirring until the polenta masses and thickens to a porridge, 2-3 minutes.
• Stir in butter, scallions and thyme and season with salt, to taste.
• Fill bowls halfway with polenta and make a well in the center. Fill up bowls with chili and serve.

Steps:

• Place chicken in 3 1/2- to 4-quart slow cooker. Mix tomatoes, tomato sauce and chili seasoning; pour over chicken.
• Cover and cook on low heat setting 7 to 9 hours or until juice of chicken is no longer pink when centers of thickest pieces are cut.
• Stir to break up chicken. Stir in hominy. Cover and cook on low heat setting 15 minutes until heated through. Serve chili with sour cream and cilantro. Note: This recipe was tested in slow cookers with heating elements in the side and bottom of the cooker, not in cookers that stand only on a heated base. For slow cookers with just a heated base, follow the manufacturer's directions for layering ingredients and choosing a temperature.