Thursday, January 7, 2010

White Chicken Chili



My second chili day in a row….this time with some meat! With the weather at a minus 20 degree wind chill factor, it doesn’t hurt to turn up the heat with a little more of this warm comfort food. The nice thing about this recipe is that it doesn’t skimp on being good for you. I will have to admit that I took the recipe right off of the back of the Great Northern bean bag, but if it works, it works!



White Chicken Chili

1 ½ pounds boneless, skinless chicken breast, cubed
1 tablespoon chopped garlic
1 tablespoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon chili powder
½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
½ pound Great Northern Beans, soaked, drained and rinsed
2 cups chicken broth
1 cup chopped onions
2 (4 oz) cans diced green chiles, undrained
2 tablespoons fresh cilantro (oops, I was out….I used parsley)



Just throw it all in a slow cooker--what could be easier?


In medium bowl, combine chicken, garlic, cumin, salt, chili powder and cayenne pepper; toss to coat chicken. Add seasoned chicken, beans, chicken broth, onions and chiles to a slow cooker. Cook on HIGH for 4-6 hours or LOW for 8-10 hours. Serve with cilantro, sour cream and shredded cheese, if desired.




Easy comfort food, but next time I may have to double the recipe....I had no leftovers for lunch!

Update: September 23, 2012--I made this again, partly because I wanted to write a new post, updating this recipe. The only changes I ended up making, however, were to cut up the chicken into smaller pieces and to increase the chicken broth to 4 cups. No real improvements necessary. :)



13 comments:

  1. I hope it warms up for you! This tasty-looking chili should definitely help with that!

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  2. It's freezing here too!! Any time there is a - in front of the temp is just to cold! This chili looks like a great way to get warmed up. Yum:)

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  3. I've been thinking about making a white chili and this looks delicious. I would have purposely left out the cilantro so no biggie there! It looks like the perfect thing to eat on a freezing cold day!

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  4. Love this dish - it is a mainstay in the winter - healthy and warms you to your bones....

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  5. how good is that!! fantastic and healthy! I wanna make this right away!

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  6. Oh yum! LOVE white chicken chili. This sounds so tasty.

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  7. It's pretty cold here, but not that bad! Course, I still want some chili. Heh.

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  8. This sounds so yummy! Tis the season for great chilis and soups!

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  9. I have never made, nor had a white chili. It looks mouthwateringly good though. I need to try this.

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  10. Your chicken chili looks wonderful! So hearty and warming. A delicious comfort meal.

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  11. I love white chicken chili. Very savory...

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  12. This looks really good. Going to try it tomorrow! Thanks!

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  13. I love me some good ole white chili!! and hey...sometimes the mfg know what they're talking about when it comes to recipes for their products LOL

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