Foods Celebrate all the wonder of fall with this hearty and warming, grain-free Chicken and Sweet Potato Chipotle Chili. With the perfect blend of sweet and spicy, it’s a dish that’s sure to make a regular appearance at your dinner table!
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Bring on the soup.
I love fall because everything dies. Just kidding! I really do love fall, though. All the bundling up, changing colors of leaves, brisk evenings, and best of all… the soup. Even though I live in the south where it doesn’t really get down to soup temperatures until the end of November, I get bit with the soup bug around the beginning of September.
Broccoli soup, squash soup, split pea soup, chowder… I love them all! And though I love all soups made in my slow-cooker, too, there’s a special place in my heart for a big pot of soup simmering away on my stove top! And don’t even get me started on chili!
While my family loves my white chicken chili, and a hearty beef- or veggie-filled bowl of chili is always a win, I’ve been wanting to make a good sweet potato chili for quite a few years now. The problem? I was the only one who enjoyed sweet potatoes. Until now.
Sweet potato love.
I’ve been trying to sneak sweet potatoes into things for a while now, and while my chocolate sweet potato pudding is always a hit, I want my family to be able to enjoy sweet potatoes for their own special goodness.
Not only are sweet potatoes delicious, they are a wonderful way to get many needed nutrients into your body, as well! Among the vitamins and minerals plentiful in sweet potatoes are vitamin A (i.e. beta-carotene), vitamin C, manganese, copper, pantothenic acid and vitamin B6. They’re also a good source of potassium, niacin, vitamin B1, vitamin B2 and phosphorus.
Seeing as they go well with both sweet and savory dishes, what better a way to enjoy them than in a big bowl of hearty, comforting chili?
Chicken and Sweet Potato Chipotle Chili.
This delicious Chicken and Sweet Potato Chipotle Chili dish was pretty much all my chili dreams come true. The sweet potatoes add a (you guessed it) subtle sweetness, paired with the hearty meaty beans and chicken, evening out the spicy chipotle and sriracha seasonings. Even though my kiddos don’t usually enjoy spicy foods (they really don’t know what spicy is, IMO), they gobbled this Chicken and Sweet Potato Chipotle Chili down without complaining!
Though you can use canned beans for this dish, I don’t ever have canned beans around. I prefer to soak and sprout dry beans instead (you can find out more about that here). I usually just pop a few cups that I have soaking on the counter into my Instant Pot (newest love!), and they’re ready by the time the rest of the soup is prepared!
If you’re totally not into sweet potatoes, butternut, or pumpkin is a good alternative.
Chicken and Sweet Potato Chipotle Chili
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons butter or coconut oil, bacon grease, tallow
- 1/2 cup yellow onion chopped
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon chipotle sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon taco seasoning
- 6 cups sweet potatoes peeled and chopped (about 3 potatoes)
- 1 quart chicken stock or beef or veggie
- 3 cups cooked or canned beans your favorite type: cannellini, pinto, black, etc.
- 4 cups chicken cooked and shredded or chopped
- salt & pepper to taste
- dash sriracha powder optional
Instructions
- In large pot, saute the onions in fat until translucent.
- Add in garlic, chipotle salt, and taco seasoning, stirring for a minute until fragrant.
- Add in chopped potatoes and stir around for a few minutes, until coated in seasonings and beginning to brown.
- Pour stock over potatoes, cover, and bring to boil. Remove cover, reduce heat, and simmer until potatoes are fork-tender, about 10 minutes.
- Place 2 cups of the cooked sweet potatoes in a blender long with a cup of the stock. Puree, then stir back into soup, along with beans and chicken.
- Season with salt, pepper, and sriracha, to taste.
- Serve with shredded cheese and/or sour cream.
Nutrition
If this Chicken and Sweet Potato Chipotle Chili got you salivating, make sure you check out my 3 Bean White Chicken Chili recipe, too! And, of course, make sure you check out my Soups & Stews Archive!
I love sweet potatoes, and this sounds delicious! I can’t wait to try it!
Might I ask where to find Chipotle salt or Sriracha powder? I’ve heard of those, but never bought any, so I’m not sure where to find them.
Thank you, Megan! I hope you get a chance to enjoy it. 🙂 You can get both those ingredients online on amazon.com, though I did get the chipotle salt from rawspicebar.com.
I love sweet potato in chili and you have incorporated so much flavor into this dish.
Thank you so much, Janette! I agree that sweet potatoes are a wonderful addition to chili!
The flavors in this are on point! Spicy and sweet sounds awesome to me and very warming.
Thank you, Meg! I hope you get a chance to enjoy it. 😉
I’ve seen so many white chilis recipes this year but none that combined chipotle and sweet potato – the chicken looks so moist too…the perfect cozy comfort food!
Thank you, Taylor! I love the extra flavor they add. 😉
I love soup season! This looks wonderful; just love all the flavours you have going on here. Sweet potato is my favourite!!
Thank you, Annie! I can’t get enough of sweet potato, either!
Sweet potatoes are popping up in all kinds of unusual places. This sounds delicious!
Thanks, Amanda! I love sneaking them in whenever I can. 😉
This sounds absolutely delicious! My husband would really love this chili. Such yummy flavors!
Thank you so much, Emily! I hope your family enjoys it! 🙂
HI Raia,
This soup sure sounds healthy and hearty and would taste great on a cool Autumn’s day or a cold Winter’s day. Two of my favorite food chicken and sweet potatoes make it perfect. Thanks for sharing on Real Food Fridays. Pinned & tweeted!
Thank you so much for pinning and tweeting, Marla! It is a wonderful pot of comfort on a chilly day. 😉
Ah what a comfy soup!!! A little heat and warmth!
Yep! Thanks, Rebecca!
This looks like a meal my family would enjoy! I love the sweet potato/chipotle combo!
Looks delicious, love the combination sweet and spicy. Perfect meal to enjoy.
Thank you so much, Sabrina! It’s a wonderful flavor combo, in my opinion. 😉
This just looks so delicious, warm and comforting. Love the addition of sweet potato, I just can’t get enough of it!
Thank you, Monique! I love adding sweet potatoes to everything!
This sounds delicious -just my kind of food!
Thank you so much, Emma!
What a winner! We’re so glad you shared this hearty, healthy and delicious Grain-Free Chicken & Sweet Potato Chipotle Chili recipe at the Healthy, Happy, Green and Natural Party Blog Hop. I’m Pinning and sharing!
Thank you so much, Deborah!
I ended up at your recipe from a site that said it was an instant pot recipe but it’s not. Is there another link to an instant pot equivalent for this recipe?
Hmm… Interesting. Sorry about that! I don’t have an IP equivalent written up anywhere, but you can most certainly and easily adapt this for the IP. Just complete steps 1 through 4 in the instructions section directly in the Instant Pot. Instead of boiling, just put the lid on, seal the vent, and push manual. Set the time to 7 minutes and then do a quick release when it beeps. Complete the remaining steps as written. Should work just fine. 🙂 Hope you enjoy it!
LOL, I came to this via an instant pot search too. I may try it anyway. Thanks!
Sorry about that! 🙂
Great post.