Best Italian Sausage Chicken Chili Recipes

SLOW COOKER CHICKEN AND SAUSAGE CHILI

Steps:

• Combine the stewed tomatoes, beer, hot sauce, bouillon cubes, brown sugar, chili powder, paprika, oregano, garlic powder, and cayenne pepper in a slow cooker; cook on High for 1 hour.
• Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook the red onion in the hot oil until tender. Stir in the ground chicken; cook and stir until completely browned. Transfer the mixture to the slow cooker and return the skillet to the heat. Fry the sausage in the reheated skillet until completely browned and crumbly; add to the slow cooker. Mix the tomato paste and kidney beans into the chili. Continue cooking on High another 2 hours. Switch the heat to Low and simmer 4 hours more.

CHEF JOHN'S ITALIAN SAUSAGE CHILI

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Cook and stir hot Italian sausage, mild Italian sausage, onion, and a pinch of salt together in the pot, breaking up sausage with a wooden spoon. Cook until sausage is browned and crumbly, and most of the liquid is evaporated, about 10 minutes.
• Stir ancho chile powder, paprika, cumin, ground black pepper, chipotle chile powder, and oregano into sausage mixture; saute until fragrant, about 2 minutes.
• Pour water and tomato puree into sausage mixture, bring to a simmer, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook on a steady simmer until sausage is tender, about 45 minutes. Add water as necessary and skim any fat that floats to the top.
• Stir cannellini beans, red bell pepper, and green bell pepper into sausage mixture. Simmer until vegetables are tender, about 30 minutes. Season with salt to taste.

ITALIAN CHICKEN CHILI

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook sausage in oil over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. , Transfer to a 5-qt. slow cooker. Stir in the chicken, tomatoes, beans, celery, onion, red pepper, wine or broth, chili powder, oregano, garlic and thyme. Cover and cook on low for 6 hours or until chicken is no longer pink. , Stir in the zucchini and mushrooms. Cover and cook on high for 45 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Sprinkle with parsley. Serve with cheese if desired.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE CHICKEN CHILI

Steps:

• Spray large pot with no-stick spray.
• Heat oil over medium heat.
• Remove sausage from casings and mash with fork to break up into small pieces When almost browned, add veggies and garlic and cook 3-4 minutes-drain any visible fat.
• Add tomatoes, tomato sauce and spices.
• Bring to boil and simmer 30 minutes.
• Add corn and kidney beans and simmer another 30 minutes.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a nonstick skillet brown the sausage (apprx 8 minutes).
• Then remove onto a plate.
• Then put in chicken and cook for 5 minutes, turning once.
• Put on plate with sausage.
• Heat oil in the skillet and add the garlic and rosemary and saute for 1 minute.
• Then add potatoes and water and cover and cook for 15 minutes.
• Then push potatoes over to the side of skillet and add back in the chicken and sausage.
• Add in the salt, pepper, wine, vinegar, and red peppers.
• Cover and cook an additional 35 minutes, when chicken registers 170*.
• Take chicken and sausage back out onto plate, and cover.
• Cover skillet back up and cook potatoes, until they are tender (apprx 8 minutes).
• Pour over chicken.