Killer Chicken Chili Crock Pot Variation

Total Time: 6 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 6 hrs

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 lbs chicken thigh pieces, chunked and marinade overnight in a
• hot smokey barbecue sauce
• 2 links skinless breakfast sausage, in 1 inch pieces (optional)
• 1 (32 ounce) can pinto beans
• 1 (15 ounce) can garbanzo beans (optional)
• 1 (15 ounce) can black beans
• 1 (15 ounce) can great northern beans
• 2 medium yellow onions
• 1/2 teaspoon mild chili powder
• 3/4 teaspoon cumin
• 1 chipotle pepper (mashed or chopped up fine (from the can)
• 1/2 teaspoon celery seed
• 1 teaspoon liquid smoke or 1 teaspoon mesquite powder
• 1/2 teaspoon crushed black peppercorns
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar (heaping)
• 1/4 cup vinegar
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 teaspoon fine grits (optional) or 1 teaspoon cornmeal (optional) or 1 teaspoon masa harina flour, if you've got it (optional)

Recipe

• 1 cut up the thigh meat into fork sized chunks and marinade over night in the bbq sauce, i used the seminole gold#32345.
• 2 put the chicken chunks and the optional sausage on a tray in a 350 oven till the chicken is cooked through, 20 min or so, and set aside.
• 3 put all the beans{drained} in the crock pot.
• 4 i like to mix my beans both for the color and the tastes, but it's not necessary.
• 5 i like the garbanzos some don't.
• 6 rough chop 1 onion add now.
• 7 bash the spices down to the tomato paste add now.
• 8 mix water vinegar and tomato paste add now.
• 9 put the crock pot on high for a couple hours.
• 10 add the chicken and optional sausage.
• 11 put the crock pot on med.
• 12 if it's sloppy in the pot add the grits or masa and mix in, this is intended as a thick almost fork eatin chili.
• 13 if it gets too thick add a wee bit of water or chicken stock.
• 14 after 2 to 3 hours or so on medium add the second onion chopped fine.
• 15 give it another hour or so on med and dish up.
• 16 this freezes well.