Andy's South-west Chicken Soup (atkins-low Carb)

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 lbs chicken breasts
• 1 cup bell pepper (chopped)
• 3 garlic cloves
• 1 small sweet onion (chopped)
• 1 1/2 cups chicken stock
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 chili seasoning mix (i use mccormick hot taco seasoning)
• 1 (14 ounce) can tomatoes (canned or chopped or stewed)
• 1/2 cup green chili (canned or fresh)

Recipe

• 1 cut chicken breast into chunks, sized to your liking (bite-size).
• 2 sauté bell pepper, garlic and onion in butter.
• 3 add chicken to the pan with bell pepper, garlic, onion, and butter. (season to taste) cook chicken just to to the point where it begins to change color (cooked-color).
• 4 preheat crock pot and add chicken stock, tomatoes, green chilies and the remaining ingredients from the pan.
• 5 stir in taco or chili seasoning.
• 6 set crock pot to high for around 45 minutes and reduce heat to low until ready to serve.
• 7 garnish with sharp cheddar and sour cream.
• 8 note: if you would like a little thicker more chili like consistency, cook uncovered, and maybe add a small can of tomato paste.
• 9 (options for non-atkins users).
• 10 beans (should help for a thicker consistency).
• 11 rice.
• 12 garnish with corn chips.