Growing up, cornbread and chili was a staple. A pound of hamburger could feed a family with 6 kids thanks to all the beans. We may have ran each other out of the house and singed nose hairs once the beans “came calling” but we all loved chili!
Oddly enough, it hasn’t been until recent years that I even heard of white chicken chili. But now, we almost prefer this easy white chicken chili over regular chili.
Ever been in a hurry, rushing around to make dinner, and suddenly realize you are missing ingredients? At this point you have three choices; Make something else, run to the store, or substitute.
One night I was making white chicken chili and realized I only had half the white beans needed. After looking through my pantry, I decided to substitute rather than ask Jason to run to the store. What did I use? A can of black beans and a can of chick peas.
The result? It was fantastic! In fact, I decided to change my easy white chicken chili recipe and always add in black beans and chick peas.
You see, sometimes life throws curve balls. You have everything all planned out and ready to go, then “swoosh!” out of nowhere something changes.
That’s when you get to make a choice. You can stress and fight to fix things, or you can let go. Let go of your plans, think outside the box, get creative. You may discover the end result is far better than what your plans would’ve ever given.
So how about this recipe for easy white chicken chili supreme? It’s easy, less than an hour start to finish and because the pot needs to simmer awhile, you have plenty of time to wash up the meal prep dishes and set the table!
Easy White Chicken Chili Supreme
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 5 green onions thinely sliced
- 2 stalks celery sliced
- 5 mini bella mushrooms diced
- 3 gloves garlic minced
- 5 cups chicken broth (I prefer bone broth)
- 2 cups shredded chicken
- 2 cans Great Northern Beans
- 1 can chick peas
- 1 can black beans
- 16 ounces corn (I use frozen)
- 1 small can diced grean chilies
- 1⅕ teaspoons cumin
- ½ teaspoon oregano
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- 1½ cups sour cream
- 2 cups shredded cheese (Monterrey Jack or Mexican blend)
- Chives for garnish (optional)
- Saute the onions, celery, mushrooms and garlic in butter for 3-5 minutes.
- Add broth, chicken, beans, corn, chilies, cumin, oregano and pepper.
- Simmer on Med-Lo heat for 30 minutes.
- Right before serving, stir in the cheese and sour cream.
Do you prefer beef or chicken chili?
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I made a white chicken chili that was in a Keepers at Home cookbook called Healthy choices and we loved it. I don’t think we will go back to red chili again.
Until now I’ve never heard of white chicken chili, we usually use ground turkey in replace of ground beef but this looks delicious and I’ll have to give it a try next time. Thanks for joining us for this weeks the Creative K Kids’ Tasty Tuesday linky party.
It’s amazing! I think it must be somewhat of a newer thing though to be honest.
Good Morning Kendra! I chose your recipe as my Host Favorite for the linky party, Delicious Dishes. Your recipe will be featured tomorrow on our party and will be pinned to our group board. I will also be visiting your profile and pinning a few other of your pins to my personal boards! Thanks for sharing with our party!
oh how fun! Thanks so much Lois!!!