Sweet Potato & Chicken Chili 🍲

Before you make any judgements on how you think this may taste, let me tell you that if you do like sweet potatoes and you do like chili, this is an amazing new twist to the norm.

With a little bit more broth than the usual, this recipe gives you the expected kidney beans and then add pinto beans, ground or shredded chicken, cubed sweet potatoes, tomatoes, onion, celery and spices, to create this variation on a favorite.

I make a large enough batch to freeze several portions for Jack to take as “school lunch.” My mom always called it school lunch so I kept that and it tickles Jack. Crock pot is my preferred way to cook this dish, but in a big pot with room for boiling will work just as well.

A few products came from Trader Joe’s, and these beans are the very lowest in sodium without soaking your own, if you like to soak them in advance. Eden Organic is the brand and most large grocery stores will carry them or Amazon, my bff.

Ingredients

4 boneless skinless chicken breast

(You may sub browned ground chicken or turkey)

1 large yellow onion chopped

2 large sweet potatoes (cook slightly, cube)

1 can stewed tomatoes no salt

1 can diced or petite diced tomatoes no salt

1 can kidney beans

1 can pinto beans

1 can chopped green chilis

1 small jalapeño chopped, optional

1 bunch celery, chopped

1 bunch cilantro

3 cups chicken broth no sodium or KB Wellness bone broth

3 minced garlic cloves

1 teaspoon cumin

1 tablespoon chili powder

1 tablespoon cocoa powder (unsweetened)

1/2 teaspoon black pepper

1/2 teaspoon sea or other salt

Cook sweet potatoes to soft enough to cut. I cook them at 400° for thirty minutes. Warm up your crock pot with broth while cutting the cilantro and celery. Put everything into the pot, including the cubed sweet potatoes. Stir and cover to let cook and become amazing!! (Time may vary, cook 4 – 6 hours) If using chicken breasts, at four hours, remove chicken and smash or shred with a fork and knife. You should be able to easily shred or cook a little longer, add the shredded chicken back to the crock pot for another thirty minutes.

Serve with 2% Greek yogurt, fresh chopped cilantro and any hot sauce you may prefer, like cholula. Enjoy!!

Let me know if you try it!!

xoxo

 

Here is another fabulous chicken chili which is white/green and so delish!!!

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