Low Fat Chicken Green Chili Recipes

CHEF JOHN'S GREEN CHICKEN CHILI

Steps:

• Season chicken thighs with salt on both sides.
• Transfer 1/2 the chicken to a dry, nonstick skillet over high heat. Cook until browned, about 4 minutes per side. Transfer to a bowl. Brown the rest of the chicken. Let cool to room temperature before cutting.
• Combine salsa verde, green chilies, garlic, jalapeno, and cilantro in a blender. Blend, starting on low and finishing on high, until sauce is very smooth and bright green.
• Cut chicken into bite-sized pieces and transfer back into the bowl. Combine chicken pieces, accumulated juices, and the green sauce into a pot. Season with cumin, chipotle pepper, black pepper, oregano, and salt.
• Rinse out blender with a splash of water and pour into the pot. Mix together and set heat to medium-high. Bring to a simmer; reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer until chicken is tender, depending on size of chicken pieces, about 1 hour. Stir in kidney beans and simmer until thickened, about 15 minutes.

GREEN CHILE CHICKEN CHILI

Steps:

• Place the chicken, onions, peppers, jalapenos and chiles in a 5- or 6-qt. slow cooker. Pour salsa over top. Cover and cook on low 5-6 hours or until chicken is tender., Remove chicken; cool slightly. Shred chicken with 2 forks, discarding skin and bones; return meat to slow cooker. Stir in the beans, sour cream and cilantro; heat through. Serve with toppings as desired. Freeze option: Before adding sour cream, cilantro and toppings, cool chili. Freeze in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally and adding a little water if necessary. Stir in sour cream and cilantro. Serve with toppings as desired.

LOW FAT CHICKEN GREEN CHILI

Steps:

• In a large saucepan or dutch oven, heat the oil over medium high heat and saute the onions for a few minutes, until softened. Add the garlic and saute for another minute. If at any time during the saute the pan starts to dry, add a splash of chicken broth (up to 1/2 cup is set aside in the recipe for this step) and stir.
• When the onions and garlic are soft, add the rest of the broth, salt, pepper, salsa and chicken. Stir to combine. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to low and simmer, covered, for 15-20 minutes, or until the chicken is no longer pink in the center. Remove the chicken and set aside to cool.
• Stir in the rest of the ingredients and bring to a boil over high heat. Shred the chicken with two forks and add it back to the pot. Stir to combine. Reduce heat to low and simmer, covered, for 30 minutes. Stir occasionally to keep from sticking to the bottom of the pot.
• We like to eat this topped with a little bit of reduced fat shredded cheddar cheese and a dollop of low fat sour cream.

LOW FAT CHICKEN CHILI

Steps:

• Spray large skillet with non stick cooking spray.
• Cook chicken and garlic over medium heat until browned, stirring to break up meat.
• Drain.
• Add spices, stir well.
• In large pot, combine tomatoes, beans, onion, chilies, tomato paste, and tomato sauce.
• Cook until hot and well combined, about 10 minutes.
• Add chicken mixture.
• Cover and cook on med heat until all the flavors are well blended.
• (the longer it's cooked, the better the taste will blend, but it can cook for as little as a half hour).

EASY LOW-FAT CHILI

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, cook the onion and green pepper in 1/2 cup water until tender. Add beans, tomatoes and tomato paste. Stir in chili powder, salt if desired, pepper and remaining water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20 minutes.

LOW FAT CHICKEN, CORN, AND GREEN CHILE CHOWDER

Steps:

• Spray a large saucepan with cooking spray, then add onions through garlic and saute over mediun-high heat. Add a little chicken broth to prevent burning and cook 8-10 minutes.
• Add corn, chicken, chiles, pepper, and remaining broth. Bring to a boil 2-3 minutes.
• Dissolve cornstarch in the half and half, then stir into soup.
• Bring to a boil, then serve.

LOW-CARB CHICKEN CHILI CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease an 8-inch square baking pan.
• Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat; stir in onion. Cook and stir until the onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes.
• Combine onion with shredded chicken, chili powder, garlic powder, black pepper, seasoned salt, red pepper flakes, and cumin. Stir in 1/2 cup Cheddar cheese and green chiles. Spread in the bottom of the prepared baking pan and top with remaining Cheddar.
• Whisk milk and eggs together in a bowl. Stir in crushed pork rinds and pour over top of the casserole.
• Bake, uncovered, in the preheated oven until top of casserole is set, about 45 minutes.

LOW FAT WHITE CHICKEN CHILI

Steps:

• Saute the 1st 4 ingredients together.
• Add the beans, broth, chiles, jalapenos, and all of the spices, simmer for 1/2 hour.
• Add the sourr cream and whipping cream, stirring frequently until hot.
• Great served over rice, or just by itself.

LOW-FAT GROUND CHICKEN CHILI

Steps:

• Brown the chicken and when it's nearly done, add the chopped onion and green pepper.
• Add the seasoning mix and stir well.
• Sautee for 5 minutes.
• Add all ingredients to a crockpot and cook on low for 4 hours.