Green Chicken Chili (or turkey)
A delicious and easy chicken strew type of chili recipe everyone will enjoy! This recipe can easily be doubled or tripled.
Servings: 8 servings
Ingredients
- 2-3 lbs chicken or turkey (raw or cooked) *great recipe for turkey leftovers or cooked chicken. alternatively cut chicken into small pieces and cook in skillet, slow cooker, pressure cooker until fully cooked I use at least 2lbs of chicken for this recipe.
- 2 Tablespoons oil
- 1/2 medium onion diced
- 2 jalapeño peppers seeded and diced
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 2 cups water or chicken broth
- 1 tablespoon chicken bouillon
- 2 15 oz. cans cannellini beans drained and rinsed.
- 1 4 oz. can diced green chilies
- 1/2 lime juiced
- 1 bunch cilantro chopped at least 1/4 cup chopped
Instructions
- Cook onion and garlic in oil over medium heat, add jalapeno.
- Once tender add the water, chicken flavor, beans, chilies and cooked chicken or turkey.
- Add lime juice and cilantro and season with salt and pepper.
- Heat thoroughly.
- *remember if you are not using pre-cooked chicken to cook the chicken first to 165 degrees, if you cook the chicken in the same pot as the rest of the j gradients cut chicken to 1-2” cubes, and do not boil it on high or chicken will not be tender. Simmer it on a medium low temperature for best result for about 40 minutes to ensure the chicken is tender. Or use a slow cooker, or pressure cooker for tender chicken. Alternatively cook the chicken in broth on a low temperature, then add the remaining ingredients. More instructions for other cooking methods are in the post.You can cook this recipe in a slow cooker, pressure cooker, put it in a pot or casserole and bake it in the oven 350° 30-40 minutes, cooking time on all recipe will depend if you are using precooked chicken or raw.Use chicken, turkey or pork, white meat, dark meat, or ground.
- Garnish with additional cilantro, lime, avocado, sour cream, or cheese (cotija cheese is my favorite)