White Chicken Chili
×Category: Main Course Ingredients | Type: Soups | Servings: 6 | By: The Mikey
White chicken chili is a hearty, chicken-based take on classic chili! My recipe has a creamy (but not rich) base and is perfect for using up leftover chicken. We love to top ours with cheese, tortilla chips, and cilantro!
Ingredients
- Cannelini Beans (Drained, Rinsed, and)
- Chicken Broth: 3 Cup
- Shredded Chicken (Shredded, see note)
- Olive Oil: 1 TBSP
- Salted Butter: 1 TBSP
- Yellow Onion (Diced, about 1 heaping cup about 1 heaping cup, Medium): 1
- Jalapeno Peppers ) (Chopped, Seeded, and about 3 tablespoons): 2
- Minced Garlic (Minced): 1 TBSP
- Diced Green Chilis ) (Diced, i use mild): 7 Oz Can
- Lime Juice: 1 TBSP
- Cumin: 2 TSP
- Onion Powder: 1/2 TSP
- Ancho Chili Powder: 1/2 TSP
- Cayenne Pepper: 1/4 TSP
- Salt: 1/2 TSP
- Ground Black Pepper (Ground): 1/2 TSP
- Sour Cream (Optional, Chopped, corn chips monterrey jack cheese cilantro and or jalapeno slices for topping): 1/2 Cup
- Additional Sour Cream (Optional, Chopped, corn chips monterrey jack cheese cilantro and or jalapeno slices for topping chopped)
Instructions
- Place half a can of cannelini beans (about ¾ cup) and ½ cup of the chicken broth in a blender and puree until smooth.
- Set aside.
- Combine olive oil and butter in a soup pot or dutch oven over medium heat.
- Once butter has melted, add chopped onion and jalapeno and cook until softened (about 3-5 minutes).
- Add garlic and cook until fragrant (about 30 seconds).
- Add cumin, onion powder, ancho chili powder, cayenne pepper, salt, and black pepper and stir well.
- Add pureed bean mixture to pot along with the remaining chicken broth and the remaining beans, then add chicken, chilis, and lime juice.
- Bring mixture to a boil then reduce heat to a simmer.
- Stir in sour cream.
- Simmer 15 minutes before serving, topped with additional sour cream, jalapeno slices, monterrey jack cheese, chopped cilantro, and crushed corn chips.
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