Description
This Slow Cooker Chicken Chile Verde Stew with Potatoes is a hearty and flavorful meal featuring tender chicken thighs and breasts simmered with salsa verde, diced green chiles, and red potatoes. Perfect for meal prep or freezing, this stew offers a mild spice and a comforting warmth ideal for family dinners or batch cooking.
Ingredients
Scale
Chicken
- 1 lb. boneless, skinless chicken thighs, cut into 1-inch cubes
- 1 lb. boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch cubes
Vegetables & Aromatics
- 1 medium yellow onion, diced
- 3 garlic cloves, peeled and minced
- 1½ lb. red potatoes, cut into 1-inch cubes
- 2 (4-ounce) cans diced green chiles
Liquids & Seasonings
- 1 (16-ounce) jar salsa verde (such as Trader Joe’s or Herdez)
- 1½ cups organic chicken broth
- 1 tsp. ground cumin
- 1 tsp. dried oregano
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Prepare Ingredients: Cut the chicken thighs and breasts into 1-inch cubes. Dice the yellow onion and mince the garlic cloves. Wash and cube the red potatoes into 1-inch pieces.
- Combine in Slow Cooker: Add the chicken, onion, garlic, red potatoes, diced green chiles, and salsa verde to the slow cooker. Sprinkle the ground cumin, dried oregano, salt, and pepper over the ingredients.
- Add Broth: Pour 1½ cups of organic chicken broth into the slow cooker. (If preparing a freezer meal, add the broth only when ready to cook, not during freezing.)
- Cook: Place the lid on the slow cooker. Cook on high for 4 hours or on low for 8 hours, until the potatoes are very tender and the stew is thickened.
- Season to Taste: Once cooked, taste and add additional salt and pepper as needed before serving.
Notes
- This stew is thick and hearty with a mild spice, making it ideal for meal prepping or freezing for later use.
- For freezer meals, do not add the chicken broth when freezing; add it fresh when cooking.
- You can substitute red potatoes with Yukon gold or russet potatoes if preferred.
- Adjust the heat level by choosing mild or hot salsa verde based on your spice preference.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 ¼ cups
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 2g
- Sodium: 700mg
- Fat: 4g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 26g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 26g
- Cholesterol: 60mg
