Delicious & quick homemade chili!

Good morning, ladies & gents!

Today I want to share with you another one of my 30 minute healthy meals! I LOVE chili. It is one of those low-maintenance, quick, and versatile weekday recipes that you can either play up or play down depending on your day. One thing always remains constant, though- it always hits the spot! This recipe is made with cubed chicken instead of ground turkey or chicken to speed up the time, and with frozen peppers to eliminate some of the chopping for you! :-) Feel free to change up the recipe and make it your own! Either way, this recipe and chili in general is a no-fail!

Enjoy! :-)


Ingredients:

• 3 chicken breasts, cut into large cubes
• 1 large onion, diced
• 3 cloves fresh garlic, thinly sliced
• 1 bunch of cilantro
• 3 c.'s cooked rice or quinoa, seasoned to your liking
• 1 pkg. frozen stir-fry peppers, partially defrosted
• 1 pkg. frozen "steamers" broccoli
• 1 can chili ready tomatoes
• 1 pkg. low-sodium chili mix
• Olive oil

Directions:

1) Get a large saucepan handy for your chili, and a smaller saucepan for your rice or quinoa. Put the appropriate amount of water in your smaller saucepan for your grain of choice, turn on med.-high heat, and bring the mixture to a boil.

In the meantime, dice up your large onion and cut your 3 cloves of garlic into thin slices. Pour about 4-5T of olive oil into the large saucepan and turn on med-high heat.

2) When your large saucepan is hot (oil should seem watery in its viscosity), drop in your garlic and cook for 1 minute or so, then drop in your onions. Saute until garlic is a light-med. golden brown, and onions are golden & lightly carmelized. Add your cubes of chicken.

3) By now your grain water should be boiling. Add your grain of choice and cook according to directions on the package. Cook your chicken until it is browned and almost cooked through, and then add your package of semi-defrosted frozen peppers. Saute until chicken is cooked through, and peppers are semi-soft and carmelized.

4) Add your low-sodium chili mixture to your chicken, peppers, onions, & garlic and stir until well blended. Saute for 2 minutes, then drop in your can of chili ready tomatoes and cook for another 2 minutes.

In the meantime you can place your "steamers" broccoli in the microwave and allow it to cook, and can chop up your cilantro! :-)

5) Add the cilantro to your chili mixture and give it a stir, and season your grain of choice (I like to use cilantro, butter, salt, & lime :-) ). Now add some seasoning to your bag of broccoli when it comes out of the  microwave, or you can saute it in a pan with your favorite seasonings if you prefer the taste of sauteed broccoli (I like to saute mine in olive oil with some garlic, salt, pepper, & red pepper flakes)! :-)

Your meal should look like this!:

Serve & enjoy! :-)



Have a great day!

Xo -Jess