Aunt Annie's Chicken Chili

MamaJ's Note:

My sister, Ann, hates to cook but has several delicious recipes in her repertoire that she makes again and again. This is one of those recipes. It is a little different from most chicken chilis as it includes black beans and beer and olives. Excellent comfort food! Enjoy.

• Total Time: 1 hrs
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 5 tablespoons olive oil, divided
• 1 1/2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts, diced
• 1 medium onion, diced
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 large red bell pepper, diced
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cumin seeds
• 1 tablespoon chili powder
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 1 (10 ounce) can Ro-Tel tomatoes
• 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 12 ounces beer
• 2 (15 ounce) cans black beans, with liquid
• 1 cup corn (fresh or frozen)
• 1/3 cup ripe olives, sliced
• 2 teaspoons cilantro, minced
• shredded cheddar cheese
• sour cream

Directions:

1. Heat 3 T. oil in dutch oven and saute chicken until no longer pink.
2. Remove chicken and wipe pot dry.
3. Heat remaining oil and saute onion, garlic, pepper and cumin 5 minutes.
4. Stir in chili powder, oregano, tomatoes, tomato sauce and beer.
5. Add chicken, cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
6. Add beans, corn and olives.
7. Simmer 15 minutes longer.
8. Stir in cilantro.
9. Top with cheddar and sour cream.
10. Serve.

Reviews

[Shuzbud]

We loved the warm, rich flavour of this chili! It wasn't very spicy so I upped the cumin a bit for our tastes. Very healthy and tasty!

[shelliguy]

everyone loved it! i got so many compliments i blushed!

[bmcnichol]

This was good but very different for us. I followed the recipe as written except I used a can of white corn. I used Budweiser and we thought the beer taste was a bit overpowering (not sure if it was my choice of beer or what but that is what hubby drinks so that is what I used :) )