This Creamy White Chicken Chili is a wonderful alternative to the more traditional, beef-y, tomato-y varieties. My dear husband, (who happily held the spoon in the air for me while I took pictures of this dish!) told me this was at least as good as his previous favorite chili, the one I even named “Brad’s Favorite Chili!”
Even though this dish contains no special ingredients and is a very frugal meal, the flavors are extraordinarily delicious together! A perfectly pleasant level of heat is brought to you by:
4 small cans of chopped green chilies
a teaspoon of cumin
half a tsp of cayenne (you can change this to 1/4 tsp, if young children will be enjoying the chili, too)
Fresh garlic and onion, butter, chicken broth, mineral salt, ground pepper, dried oregano, sour cream, and heavy cream, are added to the chicken thighs (or you can use chicken breasts, if you prefer) and white kidney beans to make up the rest of the chili’s phenomenal flavor.
Since a pot of this chili will yield at least 10 servings, there are not enough beans in this creamy white chicken chili (less than 1/4 cup per serving) to put you into S Helper or Crossover mode. You are welcome to add more if you’d like to enjoy one of those fuels instead of an S.
This Creamy White Chicken Chili couldn't be easier or tastier! A delicious alternative to beefy, tomato-y chilies. A no-special-ingredient THM S. Since this is an S meal, you can serve it with a generous sprinkling of grated cheese on top! White or yellow cheddar is my favorite. Creamy White Chicken Chili | THM: S
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Suggestions for dairy free? Will coconut milk or cream work?
I’m sure it would!
Well, I put it all in the instant pot and have it going so I hope so. I added Daikin radish and a little chopped celery to make it full bodied as I had them on hand and plant to,add a bit of fresh chopped cilantro before serving. I can’t have dairy so may top with avocado and black olives. Sometimes if I have coconut yogurt on hand I dub,it for sour cream, but none on hand right now.
Would it be possible to make this in the Instant Pot & if so what modifications would be needed? I am fairly new to my I. Pot & this is the best looking recipe I’ve seen for White Chicken Chili but want to make in my IP… Thank you for sharing this with us! God Bless you & yours this Christmas season.
I am making a pot right now, only subbing coconut milk for the dairy. Also leftover turkey for chicken and turkey broth for chicken broth. Doing it in my instant pot. Going to do it on soup setting and hope the beans don’t go mush. Everything else is the same. You could saute the chicken, onions and garlic in the pot then add the remaining ingredients and cook it on low for a while, or on saute with the glass lid on and no pressure on stirring often or on soup with the pressure lid on and locked. I would say natural release or quick release would be fine
Thank you!
I don’t have an Instant Pot, so I’m not sure how to help you there, but Cheryl sounds like she knows what she’s doing! 🙂
Not realky, but I’m not afraid to experiment.
What’s the carb count on this?
About how many pounds of chicken is this?
Approx. 3 lbs
Just curious – how is this an S with the 2 cans of beans?
That’s what I’m trying to
Figure out too.
Ah, just read and found the answer to my question!
I can’t eat the beans. What would you suggest replacing them with?
What do you put into regular chili instead of beans? Suggest quinoa or brown rice
Just meat.
CAULIFLOWER
I made this for the first time this week and it is definitely a keeper! It was delicious. Thank you for sharing!
Not very often my kids give meals a thumbs up and actually eat the whole thing! Very flavorful. I used chicken I had already cooked and shredded previously which made it even simpler. Hardest part was opening the cans-ha! Didn’t put the cayenne because my kids say anything is spicy, but it would have been even more delicious for my husband and I with it. Thank you!
I picked up Great Northern Beans instead of white Kidney Beans. Will it be okay?
Says to eat immediately after adding the dairy… can it be reheated?
I have been making this soup for my family for quite some time now. We all love it! However, I’m stalled right now so I’m using myfitnesspal to find out what’s going on. I plugged in this recipe and there are way too many carbs for this to be an S. The fat per serving is 19g and the net carbs are 16g. I plugged in 10 servings for the serving size. Even if I only put in one can of beans, the carb count would be way too high. Any advice?