Slow Cooker Chicken Chili with Greens and Beans
"Beans, greens and chicken come together with tomatoes in a thick and creamy broth. This recipe, as with most chili recipes, doesn't need to be exact and can be altered to fit your taste or what you have on hand. The choice of greens is up to you - my first choice is kale, but you can use spinach, turnip greens, collards or a combination (my favorite)! If you use fresh greens, wash and chop them very fine before adding them to the slow cooker."
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 10 of 11 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 100g cooked | 165 |
| Black Bean | 1/2 cup canned (120g) drained | 114 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Tomato | 1 medium (123g) | 22 |
| Chili | 1 tsp (2.7g) | 8 |
| Spinach | 1 cup raw (30g) | 7 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Bean | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 2 cups canned black beans, rinsed and drained
- 2 cups canned white beans, rinsed and drained
- 2 (14.5 ounce) cans petite diced tomatoes
- 1 1/2 cups frozen cooked kale
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1/2 cup diced onion
- 2 tablespoons chili powder, or more to taste
- 1 tablespoon garlic and herb seasoning, or more to taste
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 2 large skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 1 cup heavy cream