Buffalo Chicken Chili Recipe

This is a Hungry Girl recipe (for those who are familiar with Hungry Girl.) This is  a low calorie, low fat, and extra yummy recipe. I also like spicy foods and blue cheese (what’s not to like?)

If I have the time I like to cook my recipe on my stove top. This reduces the cooking time to one hour and for more favor, I use one pound of boneless chicken thighs instead of chicken breast.

Prep Time: 25 minutes
Cooking Time: in a crock pot 3-4 hours on high, 7-8 hours on low
Serves: 10

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 lb. raw boneless skinless chicken breasts, halved
• 1/4 tsp. each salt and black pepper
• 2 cups low-sodium fat-free chicken broth
• Two 15.5-oz. cans cannellini (white kidney) beans, drained and rinsed
• 3 cups chopped celery
• 2 cups peeled and chopped carrots
• 2 cups chopped onion
• 1 tsp. chopped garlic
• 1 tsp. chili powder
• 1 tsp. ground cumin
• 1/3 cup plus 2 1/2 tsp. Frank’s RedHot Original Cayenne Pepper sauce
• 1/2 cup plus 2 tbsp. crumbled blue cheese
• Optional seasonings: additional salt and black pepper

Directions:

Season chicken with salt and pepper, and place in a crock pot. Add all remaining ingredients except hot sauce and blue cheese. Gently stir.

Cover and cook on high for 3 – 4 hours or on low for 7 – 8 hours, until chicken is fully cooked.

Remove chicken and place in a large bowl. Shred with two forks — one to hold the chicken in place and the other to scrape across and shred it. Add 1/3 cup hot sauce to chicken, and toss to coat. Stir saucy chicken into the chili in the crock pot.

Top each serving with 1/4 tsp. hot sauce and 1 tbsp. blue cheese crumbles. Enjoy!

Makes 10 servings

1/10th of recipe (1 heaping cup): 207 calories, 3.5g fat, 772mg sodium, 20g carbs, 6g fiber, 4g sugars, 23g protein

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