Award Winning Chicken Chili

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 (6 ounce) packages tyson fajita chicken strips, diced
• 1 medium onion, diced
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 (1 1/4 ounce) package mccormick chicken chili seasoning mix
• 3 teaspoons chicken bouillon powder (i use caldo de pollo-mexican chicken bouillon)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper (or to desired likeness)
• 1/4 teaspoon cumin
• 2 (15 1/2 ounce) cans northern beans, rinsed and drained
• 2 cups water
• 1/2 cup light cream (i use 1/2 and 1/2)
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 (10 ounce) can rotel mexican-style tomatoes (or regular kind if you can find mexican style)
• 1 (4 ounce) can diced green chilies
• 8 ounces cheese dip (i use gordo's brand (in the refrigerator section by the other cheese at publix. it comes in a 16 oz )
• lime juice (optional, but a fresh squeezed lime is really good!)

Recipe

• 1 in a stock pot, add diced onion and olive oil. saute until clear.
• 2 add seasoning packet and all other "dry" ingredients.
• 3 continue to saute dry ingredients for a few minutes, stirring often.
• 4 whisk in the water and lime juice (if using)and heat to boiling.
• 5 add chicken, beans, rotel, diced chili's, cheese dip, 1/2 and 1/2 and the sour cream.
• 6 stir thoroughly and reduce heat to a simmer.
• 7 let simmer for ~30 minutes and enjoy
• 8 it's even better the next day.