Easy Slow Cooker Tex Mex Chicken Stew

 Easy to make using the slow cooker: This tex mex chicken stew will warn the entire family, especially on a cold winter night, and is a great leftover late-night snack.

 

Prep time 15 minutes

Cook time 8 hours

Ready in 8 hours, 15 minutes

Makes 6-8 servings

 

Ingredients

• 1 12-ounce bag frozen chopped onions
• 2 tablespoons chopped garlic
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1 tablespoon chili powder
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1 14.5-ounce can tomatoes, diced with zesty jalapenos or green chiles
• 2 15.5-ounce cans BUSH'S® Chili Magic® Chili Starter Texas Recipe
• 1 14.5-ounce can chicken stock
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2 1/2 pounds boneless skinless chicken thighs left whole
• 2 well-drained 11-ounce cans of corn, Mexican-style with red and green peppers
• 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1 small can of jalapeno wheels for garnish (optional)
• sour cream, for garnish (optional)

 

 

 

Directions

1. Place onions, garlic, tomato paste, pepper, chili powder, brown sugar, canned tomatoes, Bush’s Chili Starter, and chicken stock in a large slow cooker. Stir to mix ingredients.
2. Mix soft butter with flour in a small bowl to form a paste and stir into a slow cooker. (It will dissolve once the ingredients get hot).
3. Tuck chicken thighs down into the liquid so that they are totally submerged.
4. Cover and cook on low for seven hours.
5. After seven hours, remove the chicken to a plate or bowl.
6. Add corn to the cooker and raise heat to be high.
7. Shred chicken with two forks and add back to cooker along with cream cheese.
8. Stir and heat on high until the cream cheese has melted and all ingredients are at serving temperature.
9. Serve in bowls and garnish with the jalapeno wheels and sour cream if desired.

 

 

Recipe by Martha Pesa

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