Slow Cooker Chunky Chicken Chili Recipes

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.

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:

• 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 just before serving. Serve topped with cheese.
• Serving Suggestion: For added color and flavor, top individual bowls of chili with BREAKSTONE'S Reduced Fat or KNUDSEN Light Sour Cream and/or coarsely crushed PREMIUM Saltine Crackers.

Steps:

• Place chicken thighs (mine were frozen) in bottom of 5 quart slow cooker.
• Mix rotel, diced tomatoes and chili seasoning. Pour over chicken.
• Place chopped onions over tomato mixture.
• Pour both cans of ranch beans on top.
• Cook on low until chicken is tender.
• Shred chicken and return to pot for remainder of cooking time.
• Garnish with chives, shredded cheese and sour cream if desired.

Steps:

• Put the chicken in the slow cooker. Add 3 tablespoons of the chili powder and all the rest of the ingredients, except the beer. Stir everything together, cover, and cook on LOW for 6 to 8 hours.
• Just before serving, stir in the remaining 2 teaspoons of chili powder, the beer, if using, and season with more salt and pepper, to taste, if desired. Divide the chili among warm bowls. Serve with the topping of your choice.
• Know-How: Stirring in chili powder right before serving brightens the flavor of the chili.

Steps:

• In a large Dutch oven, melt 4 tablespoons butter over medium-high heat. Brown the chicken pieces until nicely colored and cooked through. Remove chicken to a large bowl and set aside.
• Using the same Dutch oven, stir in the flour. This will create a roux. Stir in the onions and peppers. Add the chicken stock to deglaze the pan and stir in the heavy cream. Lower heat and cook until the mixture thickens, about 5 minutes. Once the sauce has thickened, add the chili powder, coriander, cumin, cayenne, black pepper and the salt. Stir and cook for a few minutes. Add the cannellini beans, chiles and the chicken and simmer for another 6 to 8 minutes. At the very end, mix in the sour cream. Transfer to a serving bowl and garnish with Cheddar and parsley.

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:

• Place chicken on the bottom of the cooker, then cover with the canned vegetables. Top with seasonings and ranch mix. Stir together. Place cream cheese on top.
• Cover with lid and cook on low for 6 to 8 hours.
• Use 2 forks to shred chicken. Stir cream cheese into chili. Cook for an additional 30 minutes.
• Serve!

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:

• 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:

• Place tomatillos, onion, serrano pepper, and garlic in a hot cast iron skillet and cook until blackened, turning frequently, 7 to 10 minutes. Peel garlic cloves and transfer to a blender. Add the blackened vegetables, cilantro, and salt; blend until smooth.
• Place chicken broth, beans, chicken, cumin, and salt in a slow cooker. Pour in blended salsa. Cook on High until chicken is tender, 3 to 3 1/2 hours.
• Set oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil. Place Hatch peppers with cut sides down onto the prepared baking sheet.
• Cook under the preheated broiler until the skin of the peppers has blackened and blistered, 5 to 8 minutes. Place blackened peppers into a bowl and cover tightly with plastic wrap. Allow peppers to steam as they cool, about 10 minutes.
• Remove 1 cup beans from the slow cooker; mash and stir back in. Remove chicken breasts and shred using 2 forks. Stir into the slow cooker. Peel broiled peppers and dice flesh into 1-inch pieces; add to the slow cooker. Sprinkle in Jack cheese.
• Cook until chili is warmed through, about 30 minutes more.

Steps:

• Heat vegetable oil over medium-high heat in a medium-sized pan. Cook and stir ground chicken in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain and discard grease.
• Combine chili powder, garlic, cumin, and red pepper flakes in a small bowl; stir into chicken to coat.
• Transfer chicken to a slow cooker. Add kidney beans, diced tomatoes with chiles, black beans, onion, and chopped jalapeno. Pour chicken broth over mixture and stir to combine.
• Cover and cook on High until chili has cooked down and thickened, about 4 hours, stirring corn kernels into mixture during last 30 minutes of cook time.
• Spoon chili into bowls and top each with sour cream, Cheddar cheese, green onions, and sliced jalapeno.

Steps:

• Place chicken in 3- to 4-quart slow cooker. Top with remaining ingredients except sour cream and onions.
• Cover and cook on low heat setting 8 to 10 hours.
• Before serving, stir gently to break up chicken pieces. Serve topped with sour cream and onions.

Steps:

• Combine tomatoes, reserved liquid, Mexicorn, garlic, chili powder, cumin and salt.
• In separate bowl, combine chicken and tortilla chips.
• Place onions in 2 1/2 quart slow-cooker; top with green pepper, beans, chicken mixture and tomato mixture.
• Cook on high four hours.
• Serve with cheese, sour cream and cilantro, if desired.
• Tip: Going out all day? Cook the chili on low for 10 hours - it will be just as delicious as the quicker version.

Steps:

• Heat a large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat and coat with cooking spray.
• Add ground pork and cook for 5 minutes or until browned, stirring to crumble. Drain well and transfer to slow cooker.
• Recoat skillet with cooking spray. Add pork shoulder and cook 5 minutes or until lightly browned. Transfer pork to slow cooker.
• Recoat skillet with cooking spray. Add onion and bell pepper, and saute 8 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Add garlic, saute 1 minute, then add tomato paste and cook 1 minute, stirring constantly.
• Stir in beer, cook a minute or two, then pour all over the meat in the slow cooker.
• Add 1/4 tsp salt, chili powder, cumin, oregano, black pepper, tomatillos, bay leaves, tomatoes, pinto beans, tomato sauce and ham hock to the slow cooker.
• Cover and cook on HIGH for 5 hours until meat is tender or on LOW for 8 hours.
• Remove and discard ham hock and bay leaves.
• Add 1/4 tsp salt and the sugar, stir well.
• Top each serving with 1 tbl each of cilantro, green onions and queso fresco. Serve with a lime wedge.
• This can also be done on the stove, using 12 ozs beer and simmering, covered, for 2 1/2 to3 hours or until the pork is tender.

Steps:

• Combine great Northern beans, pinto beans, corn, onions, chicken broth, rotisserie chicken, green chile peppers, hot pepper sauce, oregano, cumin, garlic powder, salt, and pepper in a slow cooker.
• Cook on Low until flavors combine, about 8 hours.

Steps:

• Cover beans with water and bring to a boil; set aside to soak at least 1 hour. Rinse, discarding bean water and recover beans with more water by 2-inches. Season and pressure cook, see tips (or soak overnight, then season and cook for 60-90 min, adding water as necessary).
• Tips: Bring a 5 qt pressure cooker up to 15 lb pressure (PSI, 2nd ring for 2nd generation cookers). Cook 15 minutes @ sea level (adding 1 minute per 1000 ft in altitude) or consult the Ball Blue Book.
• Softening Beans: NEVER add acidic foods (such as tomato products, lemon juice or vinegar) BEFORE the beans are fully softened.
• In a 2nd large stock pot, brown the meat and veggies, add remaining ingredients and softened beans, simmer uncovered 1 hour.

Steps:

• Spray 5- to 6-quart slow cooker with cooking spray.
• In cooker, mix all ingredients except buffalo wing sauce and cheese
• Cover; cook on Low heat setting 8 to 10 hours.
• Stir in buffalo wing sauce. Serve sprinkled with blue cheese.

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:

• Cook beans and broth on high in slow cooker, covered, 2 hours. Warm oil in pan over medium-high heat. Season chicken with salt and pepper. Cook, skin side down, 4 minutes. Turn and cook for 2 minutes. Transfer to plate; remove skin. Cook onions and garlic in pan, 5 minutes, then stir into cooker with chilies, 1 cup water, cumin and chicken.
• Cook on low for 6 hours. Remove 1 cup beans and 1/2 cups liquid; puree and return to cooker. Shred chicken, return to cooker. Spoon into bowls; serve.

Steps:

• Lightly grease the crock of your slow cooker with vegetable oil.
• Put chicken breasts into the bottom of the slow cooker crock; add chicken broth, black beans, cannellini beans, diced tomatoes, yellow onion, chili powder, garlic, cumin, paprika, garlic powder, hot sauce, salt, and black pepper.
• Cook on Low for 6 hours (or on High for 3 hours).
• Remove chicken breasts from the crock to a cutting board. Shred chicken into strands with a pair of forks and return it to the mixture in the crock; add sour cream and stir.
• Continue cooking on Low for 30 minutes more.

Steps:

• Turn a 3-quart slow cooker on high.
• Place cumin and coriander in a small, dry skillet. Stir over medium-low heat until it smells toasty and spicy- about 2 or 3 minutes.
• Combine it in a up with salt, pepper, oregano, paprika and cayenne.
• Put onion, garlic and green chilies into the slow cooker.
• Rinse beans, put them in slow cooker.
• Sprinkle chicken thighs with cumin mixture and pile the chicken into the pot.
• Add chicken broth/water.
• Cover and cook 8 hours or so until the beans are soft and the chicken falls apart when you stir.
• Serve with sour cream and spicy salsa.

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook beef and sausage over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Transfer to a 5-qt. slow cooker. Stir in the remaining ingredients. , Cover and cook on high for 4-5 hours or until vegetables are tender. If desired, serve with shredded cheese, chopped onion and sour cream. , Freeze option: Before adding toppings, cool chili. Freeze chili and toppings separately in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally and adding a little water if necessary. Sprinkle with toppings.

Steps:

• Place chicken breasts in the bottom of a slow cooker. Pour cannellini beans, black beans, corn, and tomatoes over the chicken in order listed. Sprinkle ranch dressing mix, chili powder, cumin, and onion powder on top. Place cream cheese on top. Cook on Low until chicken is fork-tender, 6 to 8 hours.
• Remove chicken breasts and shred with two forks or cut into bite-sized chunks. Stir chicken back into the slow cooker; mix chili thoroughly.