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White Chicken Chili

Slow-cooked white chicken chili with sweet potato, green chiles, and coconut cream.

Serves 10Prep 15 minCook 210 minDifficulty easyCuisine American

slow-cookerspicygluten-freemain

−Servings: 10+

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Ingredients

• 5 lborganic boneless chicken breasts
• 1large white or Japanese sweet potato, peeled and cut into 3/4 inch chunks (about 3 cups*)
• 2 cuphomemade bone broth or sugar-free broth/stock
• 4 ozcan diced green chiles
• 1 tbspfinely chopped fresh jalapeños
• 1 tspsalt
• ¼ tspblack pepper
• 2 tspcumin
• 1 tsporegano
• ½ tspchili powder
• ⅛ tspcayenne pepper (more or less depending on your spice preference)
• 1small yellow onion, diced
• 4 clovegarlic, finely chopped
• 1 tspdried cilantro or 1 tbsp fresh, minced
• 1 tbsporganic ghee, clarified butter
• ½ cupcoconut cream**
• 1 tbspfresh lime juice
• 2 tbspnutritional yeast – optional
• Tip: For best texture, use Japanese sweet potato (key for recipe); available at Whole Foods or health/organic food stores.*
• *Coconut cream = thick, rich part from canned full-fat coconut milk (chill can first to separate).*

Instructions

1. Place the chicken in the slow cooker and top with sweet potato cubes, broth, green chiles, jalapeño, onion, and garlic, salt, and all the spices (you will leave out the last 4 ingredients for now). Cook on high for 3–4 hours or low for 6–7 hours. *(I use a programmable slow cooker, which makes timing very convenient!)*
2. After the cook time is complete, remove the chicken to a large dish and set aside. Add the ghee, coconut cream, lime juice, and nutritional yeast to the slow cooker and stir well to combine.
3. Cover and cook on high for 20 minutes.
4. During this time, shred the chicken with two forks, then add it back to the slow cooker after 20 minutes and continue to cook 10 more minutes on high.
5. Serve with avocado, extra cilantro, or chives. Enjoy! ### Tips/Comments
6. I opt for closer to 1 lb of chicken breast; it can become too dry and not enough moisture if you don’t increase the liquid portion. Recommend almost doubling the broth/liquid portion (2 cups to 3 or 4 cups) depending on how much chicken and/or sweet potato you use.
7. I like it spicy, so I add more than the recommended jalapeño portion and sometimes add in my own hot sauce and/or chili flakes.
8. Recommend adding coconut cream to your preference of creaminess—usually eyeball and go a bit more than recommended amount.
9. Make sure you cook this one the lower end of the suggested cook times… chicken may be a bit dry if you cook it on the high end.