Award Winning Chicken Chili Recipes

AWARD WINNING CHILI

Steps:

• In a medium Dutch oven over medium-high heat add the olive oil. Add the ground meat and cook, breaking up into pieces, until browned. Add the onions, bell pepper and jalapeno and cook until softened. Drain excess grease.
• Add the tomatoes, tomato sauce, cumin, chili powder, salt, cayenne, paprika and 1 cup water. Mix to combine.
• Add the kidney beans and black beans, mix and bring to a simmer. Cover and cook for 1-2 hours.
• Serve with desired toppings.

AWARD WINNING WHITE CHICKEN CHILI

Steps:

• In a stock pot, add diced onion and olive oil. Saute until clear.
• Add seasoning packet and all other "dry" ingredients.
• Continue to saute dry ingredients for a few minutes, stirring often.
• Whisk in the water and lime juice (if using)and heat to boiling.
• Add Chicken, beans, rotel, diced chili's, cheese dip, 1/2 and 1/2 and the sour cream.
• Stir thoroughly and reduce heat to a simmer.
• Let simmer for ~30 minutes and enjoy
• It's even better the next day.

AWARD WINNING CHILI

Steps:

• In a large pot over medium-low heat, combine tomatoes, tomato paste, carrot, onion, celery, wine, pepper flakes, bell peppers and steak sauce.
• While tomato mixture is simmering, in a large skillet over medium heat, cook bacon until crisp. Remove to paper towels. Cook beef in bacon drippings until brown; drain. Stir chili seasoning into ground beef.
• Stir seasoned beef, cumin and bacon into tomato mixture. Continue to simmer until vegetables are tender and flavors are well blended.
• Stir in beans, cilantro and parsley. Heat through and serve.

AWARD-WINNING WHITE CHICKEN CHILI

Steps:

• Layer chicken, great Northern beans, and corn into a slow cooker.
• Mix chicken broth, chicken soup, green chile peppers, and taco seasoning together in a bowl; pour over chicken mixture.
• Cover and cook on Low until chicken is no longer pink in the center, 8 to 10 hours. Stir in sour cream and pepper Jack cheese; cover and cook until cheese is melted, 3 to 5 minutes.

EDDIE'S AWARD WINNING CHILI

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to broil (500ºF) Set an oven rack at the top, directly under the broiler. Spread the chiles out on a low-sided oven tray and roast for 15-20 minutes, turning peppers with tongs every five minutes, until their skins are about 60-70% blackened on all sides. Put the hot peppers directly into a paper bag. Roll down the top of the bag so they're tightly contained. Let them sit and steam for 15-20 minutes until the skins are loosened and easy to peel off. Peel off skins, remove seeds and membranes, and chop.
• Add the bacon grease and oil to a large heavy pot or Dutch oven (6-quart), over medium-high heat. Add the chopped chiles, red bell peppers, jalapeño peppers and onions. Cook for 5 minutes or until the vegetables just start to become translucent. Add garlic and cook 1 minute longer. Transfer all the sautéed vegetables to a bowl and set aside. No need to wash the pot, you'll use it to brown the meat.
• Add the cubed beef chuck to the pot and cook, stirring often, until lightly browned on all sides, about 4 minutes. Add the ground beef and sausage and cook for 7-10 minutes, stirring to break up the sausage and ground beef, until the meat is no longer pink. Return the cooked vegetables to the pot along with the reserved bacon.
• chili powders, cayenne, coriander, cumin, granulated garlic, granulated onion, paprika, salt and black pepper. Cook, stirring, for 1 minute, until fragrant.
• Add the tomato sauce and paste. Cook, stirring, for 2 minutes, to combine. Add beer, chicken stock, kidney beans with their liquid and pinto beans with their liquid. Bring to a boil, lower to a simmer, and cook for 2 hours, uncovered.
• Ladle chili into bowls. Top with garnishes or put garnishes into small bowls for self serve.

WHITE CHICKEN CHILI

Steps:

• Place all ingredients except sour cream and cilantro, in a slow cooker*. Cook on low for 6-8 hours, or on high for 3-4 hours.
• Garnish with sour cream and cilantro.

AWARD WINNING WHITE CHICKEN CHILI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Spread chicken out in a roasting pan,.
• Drizzle with tablespoon olive oil and season with 2 teaspoons chili powder, a tablespoon cumin, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and a pinch or two of cayenne. Roast for 30 minutes. Shred or cut into bite sized pieces. Set aside.
• In a large pot heat remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil. Saute onion and garlic over medium heat for 5 minutes or so, until tender.
• Add beans, shredded chicken, chilies, oregano,2 tablespoons chili powder (the author says her secret is to use a couple different kinds of chili powder), 2 tablespoons cumin, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon cayenne (or more).
• Add 4 cups chicken broth, reserving the rest for thinning the chili to your desired consistency. Stir to combine and simmer gently on low for 20 minutes. To keep the chicken tender, do not let the pot boil.
• Remove from the heat and let cool for 5 minutes or so before proceeding. With the pot still off the heat, stir 3 cups of cheese into the pot a cup at a time. Then stir in a cup of sour cream (for Dean's richer creamier version add all the cups of cheese and 2 cups of sour cream).
• Bring the pot back to a gentle simmer over low heat to keep the dairy products from separating (don't boil). Simmer the chili for 15 to 20 minutes, adjusting with additional chicken broth, if you like. For added texture, use a potato masher in the pot to mash half the chicken and beans. Then stir to combine with the rest.
• Serve chili in bowls with garnished on top or on the side.

AWARD WINNING CHILI RECIPE

Steps:

• In a large Dutch Oven heat 2 tablespoon of olive oil. Add onion, garlic and both types of peppers and cook over medium heat stirring occasionally for 10 minutes.
• In a medium sauté pan heat the remaining 2 tablespoons of olive oil and add ground turkey thighs and breast. Cook, stirring constantly and breaking up the big chunks with a fork until the liquid evaporates and meat is thoroughly cooked and slightly brown, about 7-10 minutes.
• Add cooked meat into a pot with an onion and pepper mixture.
• Pour in diced tomatoes and beans.
• Dilute tomato paste with 1 cup of chicken broth and add into a pot.
• Add chili powder, cayenne pepper, smoked paprika, oregano, cumin, brown sugar, cocoa powder, the remaining chicken broth and ½ teaspoon of salt.
• Give everything a good stir, cover with a lid and reduce the heat to low. If the soup becomes too thick, add ½ cup of chicken broth.
• Simmer for 1 hour.
• Adjust the seasoning and serve immediately with shredded Cheddar cheese and a dollop of sour cream.

AWARD WINNING TEXAS CHILI

Steps:

• Brown ground sirloin and drain.
• Add beef and chicken broth and tomato sauce to meat and bring to a boil.
• Add first spices 2 tsp granulated onion,1/2 tsp cayenne, 2 tsp Wylers beef granules, 1/4 tsp salt, 2 tsp Wylers chicken granules, 1 tbsp light chili powder, 2 tbsp dark chili powder.
• Cover and cook 1 hour.
• After 1 hour add:2 tsp ground cumin, 2 tsp granulated garlic, 2 tbsp dark chili powder, 1 tbsp light chili powder, 1 packet sazon goya (found on Mexican food aisle).
• Adjust liquid with remainder of chicken broth, if necessary.
• Cover and cook 30 minutes
• After 2nd spice dump and 30 minutes add:1 tbsp dark chili powder, 1 tsp ground cumin, 1/4 tsp granulated garlic, 1/4 tsp cayenne, 1/4 tsp brown sugar.
• Reduce heat to a slow boil.
• Cook 10 minutes.
• Adjust salt, cayenne, and light chili powder to taste.

AWARD WINNING CHICKEN CHILI

Steps:

• Cover chicken with water in a large pot and bring to a boil; reduce heat to low and simmer until chicken is no longer pink in the center, 45 minutes to 1 hour. Remove chicken and set aside to cool. Reserve cooking liquid. Shred chicken when cool enough to handle.
• Combine chicken, cooking liquid, white beans, hominy, onion, green chiles, garlic, cumin, oregano, and chicken bouillon in a slow cooker. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
• Cook chicken and bean mixture on Low in slow cooker for 4 to 4 1/2 hours. Top individual servings with Monterey Jack cheese.

AWARD WINNING WHITE BEAN CHICKEN CHILI

Steps:

• 1. Chop a medium yellow onion, one green bell pepper and mince two garlic cloves.
• 2. Heat olive oil over medium in a medium Dutch oven or stock pot and sauté the vegetables until soft.
• 3. Add the can of green chilis, can of corn, chili seasoning and stir.
• 4. Add the can of chicken broth, cream of chicken soup (optional, leave out for gluten and/or dairy-free) and stir to combine.
• 5. Stir in the beans and add the chicken, submerging the chicken in the broth.
• 6. Cover and simmer gently for 20 minutes (until chicken reaches 165 degrees F), flipping the chicken halfway through.
• 7. Remove the chicken and set aside on a cutting board.
• 8. This step is optional and depends on the consistency you would like your chili to have. If you would like a creamier chili, use an immersion blender, blend a small portion of the broth. If you don't have an immersion blender, you can also do this by removing a cup of the broth and using a blender then returning it to the pot.
• 9. Chop or shred the chicken and return it back to the pot.
• 10. Simmer for another 5-10 minutes to reheat the chicken.
• 11. Taste the broth and adjust the seasonings adding salt and pepper or red pepper flakes to taste. Turn off the heat and stir in the lime juice and cilantro (optional). I recommend adding 1 Tbsp of lime juice at a time and tasting as you go.
• 12. Serve with crackers or tortilla chips. Optional garnishes: sour cream, shredded cheese, pickled jalapenos, cilantro, red pepper flakes.