Slow Cooker Chicken and Sausage Chili

In this easy and delicious chicken and sausage chili slow cooker recipe, ground chicken, Italian sausage, and beer combine to create a hearty chili.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 7 hr 15 mins
• Total Time: 7 hr 30 mins
• Calories: 315 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 1 pound ground chicken
• 1 (15 ounce) can kidney beans, rinsed and drained
• 2 beef bouillon cubes
• 3 (14.5 ounce) cans stewed tomatoes, chopped
• 0.5 teaspoon paprika
• 0.25 teaspoon dried oregano
• 0.5 cup beer
• 0.125 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 0.5 teaspoon chili powder
• 0.25 teaspoon garlic powder
• 0.25 teaspoon hot sauce
• 0.5 red onion, chopped
• 0.75 pound bulk Italian sausage

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Combine stewed tomatoes, beer, bouillon cubes, brown sugar, chili powder, paprika, hot sauce, oregano, garlic powder, and cayenne pepper in a slow cooker; cover slow cooker. Cook on High for 1 hour.

Step 2

Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add red onion; cook until tender. Add ground chicken; cook and stir until completely browned. Transfer mixture to the slow cooker.

Step 3

Cook sausage in the same skillet until completely browned and crumbly; add to the slow cooker. Stir kidney beans and tomato paste into chili; continue cooking on High 2 hours more. Switch heat to Low; simmer 4 hours more.