Super Easy White Chicken Chili Recipes

WHITE CHICKEN CHILI

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add onion and saute 4 minutes minutes. Add garlic and saute 30 seconds longer.
• Add chicken broth, green chilies, cumin, paprika, oregano, coriander, cayenne pepper and season with salt and pepper to taste. Bring mixture just to a boil then reduce heat to medium-low and simmer 15 minutes.
• Drain and rinse beans in a fine mesh strainer or colander then measure out 1 cup. Set whole beans aside, transfer 1 cup beans to a food processor along with 1/4 cup broth from soup, puree until nearly smooth**.
• Add Neufchatel cheese to soup along with corn, whole beans and pureed beans and stir well. Simmer 5 - 10 minutes longer.
• Stir in chicken, fresh lime juice and cilantro. Serve with Monterrey Jack cheese, more cilantro, avocado slices and tortilla chips if desired.

WHITE CHICKEN CHILI

Steps:

• Heat a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add the olive oil, then onion and poblano pepper. Season with ½ teaspoon of salt and cook until slightly softened, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and jalapeño and cook for 2 more minutes. Add the cumin, coriander, chili powder, black pepper, and oregano and cook 1 more minute, or until fragrant.
• In a small measuring cup, whisk together ½ cup of chicken broth and the cornmeal or masa harina.
• Add the remaining 3 ½ cups chicken broth, cornmeal mixture, white beans, canned green chilis, and frozen corn to the Dutch oven. Bring to a simmer and cook, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes, over medium heat. Stir in the cooked chicken and cook for 5 more minutes. Stir in the heavy cream, lime juice and cilantro and remove from the heat. Season with the remaining ½ teaspoon of salt, plus more to taste.
• Serve topped with additional cilantro, sour cream, tortilla chips and shredded cheese, if you like.

ONE-POT WHITE CHICKEN CHILI

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add chicken, garlic, chives, oregano, thyme, basil, salt, pepper, and bay leaf; cook and stir until juices run clear, 5 to 8 minutes. Stir in 3 cans great Northern beans, water, chopped tomatoes, and salsa. Reduce heat to low and simmer, stirring occasionally, until flavors combine, about 1 hour.
• Stir remaining 2 cans great Northern beans and sour cream into the pot. Increase heat to medium-low and simmer until thick, about 25 minutes. Ladle into bowls.

SUPER EASY WHITE CHICKEN CHILI

Steps:

• Drain and rinse the beans. Drain the chicken.
• Dump the first seven ingredients into a crockpot. Set to High and cook for two hours, stirring occasionally.
• Add masa and stir - turn off crock and let set for five minutes.
• Stir again and salt to taste.
• Stir in cheese.
• I like to serve in bowls topped with fresh diced onion, crushed tortilla chips, jalapeños, and some hot sauce.

EASY WHITE CHICKEN CHILI

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, cook chicken and onion over medium-high heat until chicken is no longer pink, 6-8 minutes, breaking up chicken into crumbles., Pour 1 can of beans in a small bowl; mash slightly. Stir mashed beans, remaining can of beans, chiles, seasonings and broth into chicken mixture; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, until flavors are blended, 12-15 minutes. Serve with toppings as desired. Freeze option: Freeze cooled chili in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally; add broth if necessary.