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Home / Nutrition / Kick Up Your Protein Intake with Shredded Chicken Green Chili

Kick Up Your Protein Intake with Shredded Chicken Green Chili

By Olivier Poirier-Leroy, NASM-CPT

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In today’s PT Intel, Joshua Garcia submits a high protein chili recipe that is also low in fat (and obviously tasty!). Joshua is a personal trainer and founder of Unification Point in Denver, Colorado. You can find him online by clicking here.

Description: Loaded with spices including fresh peppers, cayenne and garlic this soup is an uplifting nutritious meal with self medicating benefits such as immune support, aiding digestion and improving circulation. Especially helpful for early symptoms of colds, sore throats and infections!

1. Boil 4 cups of water and add raw halved chicken breast. Let boil for 5 minutes or until done. When chickens cooked shred with two forks or in a food processor with the slicer attachment.

2. Add olive oil to large pot and heat over med-high heat. Add minced, jalapeno, chopped poblano, chopped onion,minced garlic, cumin, coriander, chili powder, salt and pepper, saute about 3 minutes.

3. Add chicken broth and beans. Bring to boil and then let simmer on low heat for at least 20 minutes.

4. Add juice of two limes, split 7.5 ounce bag of tortilla chips between 6, crumble in soup, garnish with fresh cilantro and enjoy!

NOTE: Feel free to sub different chilies, such as Serrano, and red pueblos. Always be conservative with spices until you taste, then customize to to your taste preferences:) Prep Time = 5 min. Cook Time = 20 min.

 

Makes 6 Serving(s) Amount Unit Calories Fat Carbs Protein
Oil, olive, salad or cooking 2 tbsp 238.7 27 0 0
Peppers, jalapeno, raw 1 pepper 4.1 0.1 0.9 0.1
Poblano 2 Pepper 96 0 18 4
Onions, raw 1 small 28 0.1 6.5 0.8
Garlic, raw 4 clove 17.9 0.1 4 0.8
Salt, table 1 tsp 0 0 0 0
Spices, cumin seed 1 tbsp 22.5 1.3 2.7 1.1
Spices, coriander seed 1 1/2 tsp 8 0.5 1.5 0.3
Spices, chili powder 1 tsp 7.6 0.4 1.3 0.4
Soup, chicken broth, low sodium, canned 4 cup 153.6 5.8 11.5 19.2
Limes, raw 2 fruit (2″ dia) 40.2 0.3 14.1 0.9
Chicken, breast, meat only, raw 4 (0.50) breast, bone an 538.1 12.2 0 100.2
Coriander (cilantro) leaves, raw 1 (0.25) cup 0.9 0 0.1 0.1
Snacks, tortilla chips, low-fat, unsalted 7 1/2 oz 884.5 12.1 170.3 23.4
Beans, pinto, mature seeds, canned 14 1/2 oz 353.5 3.3 62.7 20
Beans, black turtle soup, mature seeds, canned 14 1/2 oz 374.1 1.2 68.1 24.8
Total for entire recipe (Micro Nutrients for entire recipe) 2767.7 64.3 361.8 196
Total per serving 461.3 10.7 60.3 32.7

Filed Under: Nutrition, PT Intel

About the Author

Olivier Poirier-Leroy, NASM-CPT, is a former national-level athlete, Olympic Trials qualifier, certified personal trainer, and complete workout nerd. He has been featured on NBC Sports, Muscle & Strength, BodyBuilding.com, and more.

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