boneless skinless chicken breasts

Buffalo Chicken Chili

Recipe by Sarah Thomas-Drawbaugh, Recipe Developer and Food Blogger, Healthyish Foods

Prep Time: 20 mins  Cook Time: 30 mins  Total Time: 50 mins  Serves: 4

This buffalo chicken chili recipe checks all the boxes. It’s easy to make, loaded with healthy ingredients and delicious. Perfect for game day or as a meal prep item through the week. This buffalo chicken chili will warm you up and keep you cozy.

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons avocado oil, divided, or olive oil

  • 1 lb. Smart Chicken Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts, cubed

  • Salt and pepper to taste

  • 2 teaspoons garlic, minced

  • 1 yellow onion, diced, about 1 cup

  • ½ – ¾ cup carrot, diced

  • ½ – ¾ cup celery, diced

  • 1 can pinto beans, 15.5 ounce can, rinsed and drained

  • 1 can cannellini beans, 15.5 ounce can, rinsed and drained

  • 1 can diced tomatoes with juice, 14.5 ounce can

  • 1 can tomato soup Campbell’s, 10.75 ounce can

  • 1.5-2 cups chicken broth

  • ¼ cup hot sauce, Frank's Hot Sauce

  • 4 ounces cream cheese, cubed

  • 2 Tablespoons parsley, chopped

  • 2 Tablespoons green onion, chopped

Directions

Heat a soup pot over medium high heat and add one tablespoon of avocado oil. Once hot, add the cubed chicken and season it with salt / cracked black pepper.

Once cooked through, remove the chicken from the pot and set it aside. Next, add the remaining avocado oil, minced garlic and diced onion. Sauté for 2-3 minutes.

Then, add the diced carrots and celery. Sauté until the veggies begin to soften. Next, add the rinsed and drained pinto beans and cannellini beans.

Then, add a can of diced tomatoes with the juice, one can of Campbells tomato soup, and 1.5-2 cups chicken broth. Bring everything to a simmer and add the hot sauce. Stir well. Add the chicken back into the chili and add the cubed cream cheese. Once the cream cheese is melted and well combined season everything with salt and pepper and serve hot.

Top with chopped green onions and chopped Italian parsley.

Nutrition

serving: 1serving, calories: 417kcal, carbohydrates: 28g, protein: 34g, fat: 20g, saturated fat: 7g, polyunsaturated fat: 2g, monounsaturated fat: 8g, trans fat: 0.01g, cholesterol: 103mg, sodium: 1351mg, potassium: 838mg, fiber: 8g, sugar: 6g, vitamin a: 3490IU, vitamin c: 29mg, calcium: 160mg, iron: 4mg

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