Chicken Chili


Modified from The Silver Palate Good Times Cookbook

This is a nice alternative to the traditional beef based chili.

In a dutch oven heat 3 tablespoons of oil and brown:

3pounds chicken breasts, skinned, boned, cut into 1" cubes

Set the chicken aside. In the same dutch oven heat 3 tablespoons of oil and sauté for 5 minutes:

5cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
1large onion chopped coarsely

Add and sauté for additional 10 minutes:

2sweet red peppers, diced
4jalapeño peppers, diced

Stir in and cook for 5 minutes:

1 1/2teaspoons ground cumin
3tablespoons chili powder
1teaspoon ground coriander
Pinchground cinnamon

In the dutch oven add the chicken and:

128-ounce cans of puréed tomatoes
215-ounce cans pinto or cannellini beans
1bottle beer

Simmer for 30 minutes then add:

2ounces unsweetened chocolate
salt, to taste

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