Yankee Chicken Chili

Yankee Chicken Chili

16 oz pkg Great Northern Beans, washed
32 oz chicken broth
4 oz can chopped green chiles
2 Tbsp Ancho chile powder
1/2 cup Sofrito
Garlic Salt & Pepper
2 Tbsp olive oil
2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 tsp Hot Mexican chili powder
1 large Vidalia onion, coarsely chopped
1 Lime
1 cup water

Place the beans in a crockpot with the chicken broth, green chiles, ancho chile powder, sofrito and Garlic Salt & Pepper.

Heat olive oil in a heavy skillet. Season the chicken breasts with Garlic Salt, pepper and Hot Mexican chili powder and cook in oil over medium heat until well browned on both sides., adding chopped onions about halfway through cooking time. Squeeze lime juice over chicken and onions and add water. Bring to boil, scraping pan to loosen browned bits, then add mixture in skillet to the beans in the crockpot.

Cook on high 6-8 hours or until beans are tender. Chop the chicken and return to the pot. Simmer 5-10 minutes and then serve.

6/11/11 - This was really good, especially the broth and the chicken. Try making this without the beans (just a Braised Chicken kind of thing). The beans were actually kind of bland, so I may experiment with a sour cream/salsa based topping or maybe a Ranch/Sour Cream flavor.