Best Buffalo Chicken Chili

Category: Main Dishes | Blog URL: http://biz319.wordpress.com/2010/02/06/best-buffalo-chicken-chili/

This recipe was entered in The Foodista Best of Food Blogs Cookbook contest, a compilation of the world’s best food blogs which was published in Fall 2010.

Photo: Beth Velatini

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil

2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts

5 tablespoons of chili powder

2 tablespoons ground cumin

1 tablespoon paprika

1/2 cup Frank’s Hot Sauce

2 (15 oz) cans tomato sauce

1 (15 oz) diced tomatoes

1 (15 oz) black beans, drained

1 inch (15 oz) chili beans sauce (do not drain)

salt and pepper to taste

Preparation

Put chicken breasts in food processor to grind up – if you can find ground chicken breast, you can use that too. Heat oil and add ground chicken and cook about 10 minutes on medium heat until no longer pink. Rinse out processor and add carrots, celery, garlic and red pepper and puree. Add to chicken mixture and cook about 5 minutes until veggies start to soften.

Next add the rest of the ingredients, put stove on simmer and cook for 1 hour.

Nutrition Per Cup: 239 calories, 3.4 fat, 29 carbs, 7.5 fiber and 23.5 protein.

Good points: low in saturated fat, high in fiber, niacin, potassium, vitamin A, vitamin B6 and vitamin C!