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White Chicken Chili

Dinners and Mains

White Chicken Chili

Caroline Chambers, what to cook when you don’t feel like cooking

Ingredients

  • 3 cups low-sodium chicken stock
  • 2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs
  • 2 (15-ounce) cans white beans, such as cannellini, chickpeas, navy, or great northern, drained and rinsed
  • 1 (16-ounce) har medium or spicy salsa verde
  • 1 tbsp ground cumin
  • 2 tsp kosher salt, plus more as needed
  • 1 tsp dried oregano
  • 1 tsp onion powder
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tsp chili powder
  • 1 bunch curly kale
  • 1 bunch cilantro
  • 1 zucchini (optional)
  • 2 limes
  • 1 (16-ounce) bag frozen white corn, or the kernels cut off from 4 ears fresh corn
  • 1/3 cup heavy cream
  • 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese, plus more for serving
  • Toppings (optional): your favorite chili accompaniments, such as sour cream, Piedmont Pennies panko, tortilla chips, Fritos, or cornbread

Directions

  1. In a large pot, combine the stock, chicken, beans, salsa verde, cumin, salt, oregano, onion powder, garlic powder, and chili powder. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce the head to medium-low, cover, and cook for about 30 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through.
  2. Meanwhile, stem and roughly chop the kale leaves. Chop the cilantro, Cut 1 lime in half. Dice the zucchini or other extra veggies, if using.
  3. Transfer the chicken to a bowl or cutting board and use two forks to shred it, then return the shredded chicken to the pot. Add the kale, 1/2 cup of the chopped cilantro, the corn, cream, cheese, and the juice of the halved lime. Cook, uncovered, until the kale is wilted and the chili has thickened, about 5 minutes (I turned up the heat to medium-high at this point). Tase and add more salt as needed.
  4. Cut the remaining lime into wedges. Serve the chili in bowls with the remaining cilantro sprinkled over top, the lime wedges alongside for squeezing, and any other toppings or go-withs you like.

Recipe credited to Caroline Chambers, what to cook when you don’t feel like cooking. Shared for documentation; please support the original creator. See our legal notice.