Janet's Chicken Green Chili

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From Janet Fremont

Ingredients

  • 3 pounds bone in chicken breasts
  • 7 cups water
  • celery, carrots, onion, garlic for broth
  • 1 cup chopped onion
  • 2 T olive oil
  • 2 t chopped garlic
  • 1/3 cup flour
  • 28 oz canned green chills (7 small cans)
  • 28 oz canned diced tomatoes
  • 2 t oregano
  • 2 bay leaves
  • salt and pepper to taste

Preparation

Step 1

Simmer chicken, water and veggies for 1 hour. Remove chicken and strain broth through cheese cloth and reserve 7 cups of broth. Let chicken cool and then shred.

Saute onion in 2 T olive oil. Stir in flour to make a thickening roux. Add broth. Add all other ingredients and simmer.

Add shredded chicken. Adjust seasoning and simmer another 30 minutes