Recipe - Chicken Chili

The days are definitely getting colder and what do we do once it gets cold? Eat warming, calorie heavy food for comfort. Well, comfort is definitely key, but that word doesn't also mean our favourites have to be bad for us too. America loves chili. It's available everywhere and on everything. I don't love chili, I have a weird thing about meat that has been 'minced' so it's a lot for me to eat "beef chili". I also don't love any type of beans either, and they're not nice to my sensitive stomach, so for this recipe I've taken a new approach. A lot of people probably won't want to call it chili, but to me, it's warm, comforting, easy to make and a healthier option to the usual suspect. You can cook it in two ways and this time, I chose to use my slow cooker, but the choice is yours!

Chicken Chili

Ingredients

- Drizzle of olive oil
- 1 onion cut into small pieces
- 4 cloves of garlic minced (although I might have added more...)
- 1 yellow pepper cut into even squares
- 1 orange pepper cut into even squares
- 2lbs chicken breast sliced evenly
- 2 cans of tinned tomatoes ( I always use the ones from Trader Joes which have chili in them too!)
- 1 tablespoon of tomato paste
- 1 teaspoon pink salt
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder (this is optional, but I of course always add more garlic)
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- Sour cream for topping / sprigs of cilantro to top


Directions for Stove

- Put the olive oil, chopped onions and garlic in a pan to cook
- Once cooked down, add the peppers
- After the peppers gain a little colour, add the chicken
- Once chicken is cooked through, add the tinned tomatoes, tomato paste and all spices
- Stir thoroughly and bring to the boil
- Once boiling, put a lid on saucepan and leave to simmer for 45mins (if it starts to thicken more quickly, take it off earlier)
- Serve in a bowl with a spoonful of Extra Light sour cream and add cilantro if wanted

Direction Slow Cooker

- Make sure to cook the onions, garlic and peppers down in a saucepan before adding to the slow cooker
- Add the onions, garlic and peppers into the slow cooker
- Also put in the raw chicken, tinned tomatoes, tomato paste and spices
- Leave to cook on slow for 4 hours
- Serve in a bowl with a spoonful of Extra Light sour cream and add cilantro if wanted



 Ps. Like all my food, it was Raffy approved!