Buffalo Chicken Chili
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.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons avocado oil, divided, or olive oil
- 1 lb. chicken breasts, cubed, Smart Chicken
- salt, to taste
- pepper, to taste
- 2 teaspoons garlic, minced, about 2 cloves
- 1 cup yellow onion, diced small, about 1 medium onion
- ½ - ¾ cup carrot, diced small
- ½ - ¾ cup celery, diced small
- 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 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
Equipment
- 1 soup pot or dutch oven
Instructions
- Heat a soup pot or dutch oven 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 to the same pot, 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. Season with salt and black pepper. Then, add a can of diced tomatoes with the juice, one can of Campbells tomato soup, and chicken broth. Mix well. Make sure to scrape up and crispy pieces from the bottom of the pan.
- Let everything to a simmer over medium low heat 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 fully melted and the chili has reduced to your desired thickness you can serve! Top with chopped green onions and chopped Italian parsley.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1serving or 1/6th of the entire pot, Calories: 282kcal, Carbohydrates: 20g, Protein: 23g, Fat: 13g, Saturated Fat: 5g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 6g, Trans Fat: 0.01g, Cholesterol: 69mg, Sodium: 901mg, Potassium: 571mg, Fiber: 5g, Sugar: 5g, Vitamin A: 2327IU, Vitamin C: 20mg, Calcium: 109mg, Iron: 3mg