Green Chili Chicken | Meal Prep Bowl

This saucy chicken recipe is based on my Authentic Chili Verde Recipe. I adapted this recipe into a meal prep bowl because I love it so much. Green chili is inherently low-carb so it's definitely keto-friendly! You can make it with chicken or pork and because it's super freezer-friendly you can make a double-batch!

What You’ll Love About This Recipe

• Easy
• Low-carb and keto-friendly
• Super flavorful
• Freezer friendly

Recipe Notes

This meal prep recipe starts with an easy hatch green chili stew recipe that's made with chicken. Using chicken in this green chile recipe is a bit lower in fat than my pork chili verde but it still tastes amazing.

Ingredients you'll need

• Chicken. I use bone-in chicken for this recipe because it gives you all the extra flavor. However, feel free to use diced chicken breasts or thighs.
• Chicken stock. You can use homemade or canned chicken stock or broth. It's best to choose the low sodium variety.
• Anaheim chilis. Anaheim chilies are the same as hatch chilies, except that they are a little less spicy and not grown in Hatch, New Mexico.
• Canned Hatch chilis. Hatch brand chilis come from authentic hatch chilis. They're my favorite. If you can't find it, you can use any other brand of green chile sauce.
• Tomatillos. Fresh tomatillos are great but if you can't find them or want to save time, you can sub in a large can of green enchilada sauce.
• Garlic, onions, cilantro, and green onions.

Step-by-Step Instructions

Step 1: Make the Green Chili Chicken Recipe

For this meal prep bowl, we are using Chile Verde with Chicken.

After you make a batch of protein, you can use this all week to meal prep. To make your prep even easier, start with rotisserie chickens and put the meat into different recipes for the week.

All of my meal prep bowls are designed to allow you to get an allocated amount of protein, that fits your needs, in each tasty bowl.

Step 2: Make any 'Extras'

For these meal prep bowls, I make two extra recipes that add flavor and texture.

For this bowl, I always make my Simple Guacamole Recipe...

...and I usually make my Spicy Mexican Slaw. Green bell pepper is also super tasty!

You can find all of my meal prep recipes in my recently published cookbook, Beast Bowl Nutrition.

I am working on getting all of the recipes published on the blog as well, so stay tuned, and feel free to share links with your friends and family!

Step 3: Build Your Bowl

Each one of my meal prep bowls is built on a bed of tasty greens and colorful vegetables.

The important thing here is that you are getting two to four handfuls of vegetables in each bowl.

It doesn't really matter what you pick. I make suggestions in my recipes as to what bowl basics I think will go the best, but feel free to use what you have.

Most importantly, use what you LIKE. Life is too short to eat food that you don't like!!!

The concept of building a meal prep bowl is simple.

Think of it as being made up of a few basic component parts:

• Greens/Veggies (what we sometimes call 'fixins')
• Healthy Carbs
• Protein
• 'Extras' (a slaw, salsa or dressing)

Step 1: Start with your Greens

Here we have spinach and red leaf lettuce.

While this doesn't represent many calories, these micro-nutrients go a long way toward health and nutrition! Pick a few of your favorite greens and add a few large handfuls.

You can also use spiralized squash noodles as a base for this meal bowl.

Step 2: Add Some Healthy Carbs

Healthy carbs can be quinoa, rice, or potatoes.

White rice is an easily digestible carbohydrate and goes great with this green chicken chili recipe. Try swapping in a handful of tortilla chips, too.

If you work out like I do, you definitely need some carbs in your life. Make sure you're fueling your muscles with the right amount of carbs. Everybody's needs are different.

Expert nutritionists say that 120 g of carbs a day is a baseline to keep hormones balanced and your metabolism running the way that it should.

Feel free to adapt the carb serving, or leave it out altogether. Every meal prep bowl is completely customizable.

Step 3: Add Your Protein

Four to eight ounces of protein is a typical serving.

You can also add more colorful veggies here if you'd like. For this meal, I've added some shredded cabbage. When I have it in the fridge, I like to add my Mexican Slaw, too.

Step 4: Add Some 'Extras'

Most of my meal prep bowls have one 'extra' and a sauce or dressing. Here we have some guacamole, and of course, the sauce from the hatch chili chicken.

Step 5: Top with some fresh herbs.

Cilantro and green onions are a great pairing for this recipe. I also like to top this meal prep bowl off with some freshly sliced radishes, salt and pepper, and a nice big squeeze of lime juice.

The Result: one impressive bowl of macro-friendly deliciousness! This is the ultimate keto green chile chicken to nurture your body and your tastebuds.

FAQs and Expert Tips

Slow Cooker Instructions

1. Prepare the veggies per the recipe instructions.
2. Add all of the ingredients to a slow cooker and cook on high for 3 to 4 hours or low for 6 to 8 hours. 
3. If you are using bone-in chicken, remove the bones before serving. 

Instant Pot Instruction

**NOTE: If you are using pork in this recipe, set the Instant pot to sauté, and after about a minute add the pork to the instant pot and brown for a few minutes.  

1. Prepare the veggies per the recipe instructions.
2. Add all of the ingredients to your instant pot. 
3. Set the Instant Pot to manual and cook for 25 minutes. Allow the pressure to release naturally. 
4. If you're using bone-in chicken, remove the bones before serving. 

Recipe Variations

The hatch chili sauce is delicious with chicken or with pork. I've also made it with extra firm tofu for my daughter during her vegan years.

• Boneless chicken. Bone-in chicken has more flavor, in my opinion, but you can easily leave it out and use boneless chicken. 
• Pork shoulder.
• Extra-firm tofu.

What to serve with green chili chicken?

My favorite way to eat spicy chicken recipe is in a veggie-packed meal prep bowl, but you can totally serve it ala carte. In addition, here are a few sides to make with this Green Chicken Chili recipe.

Other Meal Prep Bowl Recipes To Try