One of my all-time favorite comfort foods is white chicken chili.
This seriously is amazing!
With winter upon us, you NEED to make this!
What I did here is earlier in the day I made some Sourdough bread bowls. To serve, I scooped out a good bit of the center and filled it with chili. The stuff I scooped out I saved and used to make rustic croutons the next day.
The bread bowl recipe is here! This White Chicken Chili & Crusty Bread Bowl is one of my favorites!
PrintWhite Chicken Chili
- Prep Time: 20
- Cook Time: 35
- Total Time: 55
- Category: soup, chowder, chili, chicken chili
- Method: stove top
- Cuisine: soup, chowder, chili, chicken chili
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Ingredients
- 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast, cubed
- 1 med-sized yellow onion, diced small
- 2 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1qt. chicken stock – homemade is best but you can use box/can but be sure it’s low sodium
- 2 cans of white northern (cannellini) beans – not drained!
- 4 ounces roasted hatch chile peppers, chopped *can omit if you do not want the heat
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne
- 2 cups corn (fresh is possible if not, then frozen corn NOT IN BUTTER!)
- 1 cup half & half
- 1 cup sour cream plus additional for serving (low fat is OK)
- 1/4 cup each Cheddar Cheese, Gouda, and Gruyere
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a large pot over med-high heat.
- Add the chicken & chopped onion and saute for about 5-7 minutes, or until the chicken is seared and the onion is translucent.
- Add the garlic and cook for another 2-4 minutes.
- Add the beans, spices, chicken broth, corn and chilies – bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for thirty minutes.
- Turn off the heat and add the sour cream and half & half. *if you want a thicker chili then use heavy cream*
- Ladle into a bowl, added a pinch of all 3 kinds of cheese and a dollop of sour cream.
Notes
Crusty Sourdough Bread Bowl or you can use my Hoagie Roll Recipe and shape it into a bread bowl
- If you want it spicier, add 1 1/2 teaspoon of crushed red pepper flakes.
- If you want to make it cheesier, increase the cheese to 3/4 cup each and, when you put the sour cream and half & half in, add the cheese then, stirring to melt in.
Keywords: white chicken chili, hatch chile chicken soup, green chile chowder, comfort soup, bread bowl soup, creamy soup
This looks delicious. I’m not sure I could do the heat. But certainly is worth a try.
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Cooking is where you can truly modify the amounts of spices to adjust to your heat preference.
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Looks absolutely delicious. Going to try this one soon. We eat chili year round.
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You’ll love this one Tim! We do! And I’m with you – even when it’s 115 out, I’m making chili!
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I make a white chicken chili with a lot of the same ingredients but in the crock pot. Can this be made in the crock pot. I just found your website and can’t wait to try many, many recipes I see. I am making your corn beef and beer crock pot dish as I write this.
This looks amazing! I haven’t tried it yet. BTW…I made it to the site!
Yeah! Thank you so much Jen!
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With the nights turning colder up here in Maine, I wanted to make chili but didn’t want the traditional beef/bean chili. I came across you via Google and fell in love with your site. I made this last weekend and it’s ALL GONE NOW! This is the absolute best chili I have ever had! You get that heat but more importantly, you get flavor and comfort.
I am totally addicted to your site and now your facebook site!
Amazing work!
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Hi Marlo!
First off thank you to Mr. Google 🙂 LOL Yeah this is one of my all time favorite comfort foods. Now that summer is over and we are having cooler evenings, I will be making this very soon!
So happy that you loved this 🙂
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This picture is absolutely gorgeous! I love a really good white chicken chili that is thick but hadn’t found any until I tried yours.
WOW!!! This is perfect! I didn’t change one thing except I have no clue how to make bread bowls so I cheated and bought one at the store. Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!
LOVE your site!
-Heather
That’s great news Heather, thanks! This is one of my go-to comfort meals. As for the breadbowl, you can cheat or if you’re feeling adventurous one day, try making one on your own. Trust me, there are days when I take liberties from the supermarkets/stores when I just don’t have the time to bake my own bread, etc.