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Low fat Chicken Chili Recipe

In our house, its known as Grandma's Chiki Chili, the name given by my grandson. Made with poached chicken breast, red kidney beans, chickpeas, tomato juice and spices

Ingredients

1. Canola oil: 2 teaspoons
2. Red Onion finely chopped: ½ cup
3. Minced garlic: 2 cloves

4. Oregano: 1 teaspoon
5. Cumin powder: 1 teaspoon

6. Cayenne pepper: 1 teaspoon or to taste
7. Sea Salt to taste.. You may not need to add salt at all
8. Red crushed peppers to taste

9. Chili powder (Spice blend for American Mexican Chili dish): 1 Tablespoon
10. Poached and De-fatted Chicken : 1½ Cup Cubed about ½" to ¾"
11. Red Kidney beans (15 oz) can: 1 drained

12. Chick peas (15 oz) can: 1 drained

13. Red Bell Peppers: 1 Cored and sliced

14. Tomato Juice: 2 Cups

Method

1. Heat Canola oil in a heavy bottom pan. Add chopped onions, sauté onions till clear.
2. Add Garlic. Sauté about 1 minute
3. Add remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil.

4. Cover. Turn down heat and simmer for about 15 minutes.

Yield: 6 Cups

Serving Size: 1½ Cup

Food group per serving

Chicken Fish: 3 oz

This includes 1½oz chicken, and 1½oz equivalent from Chickpeas and Red Kidney beans

Vegetable: ½ cups from tomato juice, bell peppers, onions

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