Buffalo Chicken Chili
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Buffalo Chicken Chili
Description
The Buffalo Chicken Chili starts with sautéed onions, celery, garlic, and beans in a crock pot combined with diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, and a measured amount of buffalo sauce to provide moderate heat and flavor. Seasonings like chili powder, cumin, and sugar balance the spicy and savory notes. Chicken breasts or thighs are nestled into the mixture and cooked slowly until tender. Removing the chicken to shred and stirring softened cream cheese back into the chili adds richness and a creamy texture.
The chili offers a balanced flavor profile with creamy, spicy, and savory elements and a thick stew-like consistency. It is ideal for serving as a filling main course during cooler weather or when you want a comforting, mildly spicy dish.
This dish pairs well with toppings such as sour cream, cheddar cheese, blue cheese crumbles, corn chips, cilantro, and green onions, which add layers of fresh and tangy flavors, and additional texture contrasts.
Ingredients
- 2 pounds chicken breast, or thighs, boneless, skinless
- 1 onion chopped, large
- 2 cups celery about 5-6 stalks, diced
- 30 ounces cannellini beans drained (2 cans)
- 10.5 ounce tomato 1 can
- 10.5 ounce green chile 1 can
- 15 ounces tomato sauce (1 can)
- ½ cup buffalo sauce more or less to taste and preferred level of spice
- 5 cloves garlic chopped
- 3 tablespoons chili powder
- 1 tablespoons cumin ground
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
- 8 ounces cream cheese
Chili Toppings Ideas
- sour cream
- blue cheese crumbles
- cheddar cheese
- corn chips
- cilantro chopped
- green onion chopped
Instructions
- Place the onion, celery, beans, tomatoes, tomato sauce, and buffalo sauce in the bottom of a large crock pot. Add the garlic, chili powder, cumin and sugar. Mix to combine
- Nestle the chicken into the mixture in the crock pot. Then cook on high for 2-3 hours, or low for 3-4 hours or until the chicken is cooked through and the veggies are tender.
- Remove the chicken from the crock pot. Place the block of cream cheese on top of the remaining chili mixture and replace the lid to soften for about 5+ minutes.Shred the chicken. Before mixing the chicken back in stir the cream cheese into the chili until it is incorporated. Stir the shredded chicken back into the chili.
- Serve hot with your choice of toppings.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 8people
Amount Per Serving
Calories 359 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1.25cup | |
| Calories | 359kcal | 18% |
| Carbohydrates | 30g | 10% |
| Protein | 34g | 68% |
| Fat | 14g | 22% |
| Saturated Fat | 6g | 30% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
| Trans Fat | 0.01g | 1% |
| Cholesterol | 101mg | 34% |
| Sodium | 1236mg | 52% |
| Potassium | 850mg | 18% |
| Fiber | 8g | 32% |
| Sugar | 8g | 16% |
| Vitamin A | 1701IU | 34% |
| Vitamin C | 11mg | 12% |
| Calcium | 150mg | 15% |
| Iron | 5mg | 28% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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