Peasant Stew

Total Time: 4 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 3 skinless chicken thighs (about 3/4 pounds)
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1 cup green peppers or 1 cup red pepper, chopped
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can mexican-style stewed tomatoes, with cilantro, undrained
• 1 (4 1/2 ounce) can fat free chicken broth
• 1/4 cup wine, a good one you drink
• 1 (15 ounce) can kidney beans, rinsed and drained
• 1/4 cup minced fresh cilantro
• 1/4 cup reduced-fat sour cream
• 1 cup cooked brown rice
• shredded cheese (mexican blend works best)

Recipe

• 1 combine chili powder, garlic powder, kosher salt, and pepper; sprinkle over chicken.
• 2 place chicken in an electric slow cooker.
• 3 stir in onion, tomatoes, broth and wine.
• 4 cover with lid; cook on high-heat setting for 3 hours.
• 5 stir in beans.
• 6 cover; cook on high-heat setting 1 hour.
• 7 place 1/3 cup brown rice in each of 3 soup bowls.
• 8 next, place 1 chicken thigh on top of brown rice in each soup bowl;
• 9 ladle 1 1/4 cups stew into each bowl.
• 10 top each serving with 2-3 tablespoons shredded mexican blend cheese & 2 teaspoons cilantro and 2 teaspoons sour cream.