Find Recipe For White Chicken Chili

As a cozy weeknight dinner or an addition to your game day spread, chili is the comfort food staple we can’t get enough of. We’ve created our fair share of variations on the classic, but this white chicken chili is one of our all-time favorites. Adding white beans makes this heartier than your average chicken noodle soup, and the addition of green chiles, jalapeño, and sour cream add the perfect amount of heat and creaminess to switch up classic chili. Plus, everything comes together in less than an hour, making it an easy, no-stress dinner to cozy up to any time of year. 

Add a bit more sour cream, or better, fold in 1/2 cup more of the Monterey Jack directly into the chili before serving.

In addition to adding sour cream, we thicken our chili up by mashing around one-quarter of our beans toward the end of cooking. If your chili still isn’t thick enough, keep mashing for a thicker, heartier texture.

Creamy Slow Cooker White Chicken Chili Recipe

To make this chili vegetarian, swap out the chicken broth for vegetable broth, omit the chicken, and sub in an extra can of beans like pinto or chickpeas to round out the chili.

If you’d prefer to use rotisserie chicken or leftover cooked chicken, no prob! Just wait to add it with your beans and corn, when the chili is done cooking.

. If you like your chili with a kick of heat, take inspiration from our creamy gochujang white chicken chili and add in some gochujang (or even more green chiles!) for a spicier bowl. 

White Chicken Chili [slow Cooker, Instant Pot + Stovetop]

We love topping our bowls with chopped cilantro, crushed tortilla chips, and even more cheese, but feel free to add whatever you please! Add an extra dollop of sour cream or sliced avocado for even more creaminess, lime wedges for a citrus boost, or sliced jalapeño for more heat.

Sealed in an airtight container, leftovers will keep in the fridge for 4 to 5 days and in the freezer for up to 3 months.

Lena Abraham is a freelance contributor with , and was formerly Senior Food Editor, where she developed and styled recipes for video and photo, and also stayed on top of current food trends. She’s been working in the food industry for over 10 years, and will argue that the best fish tacos in the world are made in New York. Don’t @ her.This White Chicken Chili recipe is ultra thick and creamy, with shredded chicken, white beans and corn and just the right amount of spice! Make ahead and freezer friendly, perfect for pantry cooking.

Creamy White Chicken Chili Recipe

The fact that this White Chicken Chili recipe is ready in 30 minutes or less with mostly pantry ingredients means that I can actually get it on the table while chasing 3 kids around the house, which is pretty much how things happen these days.

You can easily make this White Bean Chicken Chili in the crockpot to make it even easier to fit in your day!

I do things a little differently when I make this chicken chili in the slow cooker, simply because if I’m using my slow cooker I don’t want to be babysitting it all day. I throw everything in the pot and let the chicken cook with everything else, then shred it later.

Healthy White Chicken Chili Recipe (crock Pot Or Stove)

The cream cheese adds a wonderful richness without making this chili heavy. If you don’t have any, that’s fine! I’ll share some other things you can add in the next section.

The corn starch is optional, but we love our chili super thick and creamy, so we like to add it. If you skip the corn starch, it will still be perfectly creamy but not quite as thick.

Another way to thicken white chicken chili if you don’t have cream cheese or corn starch, is to keep some of the white beans aside, and puree them in a blender before adding into the chili. This is a great way to make this chili dairy free!

White Chicken Chili With Cream Cheese

Chili is a great freezer meal! It can be frozen up to 3 months before using, so it’s a good idea to make a large batch and save some for another day.

I like to reheat this chicken chili on the stovetop or in the microwave with an extra splash of cream or broth — it keeps it from drying out!

This White Chicken Chili is ultra thick and creamy, with shredded chicken, white beans and corn and just the right amount of spice! Make ahead and freezer friendly, perfect for pantry cooking.

Keto White Chicken Chili Recipe (easy & Creamy!)

Serving: 465 grams | Calories: 394 cal | Carbohydrates: 39 g | Protein: 38 g | Fat: 10 g | Saturated Fat: 4 g | Cholesterol: 88 mg | Sodium: 1236 mg | Potassium: 1085 mg | Fiber: 8 g | Sugar: 4 g | Vitamin A: 379 IU | Vitamin C: 15 mg | Calcium: 103 mg | Iron: 3 mg

My name is Ashley Fehr and I love creating easy meals my family loves. I also like to do things my way, which means improvising and breaking the rules when necessary. Here you will find creative twists on old favorites and some of my favorite family recipes, passed down from generations!White Chicken Chili is loaded with shredded chicken, cannellini beans, green chiles, and corn! It’s the perfect way to change up chili night and hits the spot on a cold night.

Fall and winter are soup and chili season for me. Some people willingly eat it year-round, but I just can’t do it. The thought of eating a steaming hot bowl of chili in the middle of summer makes me break out in a sweat.

White Chicken Chili Recipe

Luckily the weather is starting to cool off a little and it feels like a good time to share the recipe for this white chicken chili. In my opinion, this is a lighter chili. It’s not a thick and loaded with meat and beans. Although, that doesn’t mean that it isn’t a hearty meal.

The flavor of white chicken chili versus traditional chili is quite different. This Southwest flavor loving girl is partial to white chicken chili for that reason.

There are two main types of chili. The one most people are familiar with uses lot of canned tomatoes, peppers, onions, chili powder, some type of ground meat and/or beans.

Best White Chicken Chili Crockpot Recipe

White chicken chili is a chicken broth based chili. There are no tomatoes, but rather green chiles. Instead of ground meat this chili uses shredded chicken. It also uses white beans in place of kidney, pinto or black beans.

This is a recipe for stovetop white chicken chili. Assuming you already have a couple cooked chicken breasts or some rotisserie chicken, it should only take 30 minutes to make.

Use a large heavy bottomed pot and add the olive oil. When the oil is hot, add in the onion, garlic, jalapeño, spices, salt and pepper. Sauté for several minutes until the vegetables soften.

Instant Pot White Chicken Chili

Add the green chiles and corn in and sauté another minute. Turn the heat down to low and scoop out about a 1/2 cup of the vegetables and put them into a blender. Add in a little bit of chicken broth and a 1/2 cup of the beans. Blend everything until it’s smooth and creamy.

Pour the creamy mixture back into the pot and add in the remaining chicken broth and beans. Bring it to a boil and then simmer for 10 minutes. The soup won’t be thick and creamy, but the puréed bean and vegetable mixture does thicken the broth slightly.

For the final 5-10 minutes of cooking add in the shredded chicken and cilantro. I like to add the cooked chicken at the end so that it doesn’t become dried out. Squeeze in the juice of a lime and taste the soup for seasoning.

Award Winning White Chicken Chili

Many white chicken chili recipes are creamy. This recipe is more broth based, with a little creaminess from the puréed beans and vegetables. If you’d like to make this a creamy chili, add in 4 ounces of room temperature low fat or full fat cream cheese just before squeezing in the lime juice. Stir it in until it’s completely melted.

For additional creaminess try stirring in 1/2 cup of plain low fat or full fat Greek yogurt, similar to what I did in this slow cooker green chile chicken enchilada soup.

Hi, I’m Danae! Blogger, photographer, and avid runner! My mission is to create delicious, mostly healthy, easy, and balanced meals that use a variety of fresh and affordable ingredients. You’ll find everything from one pan skillet dinners, to colorful salads, comforting pasta recipes, the occasional treat, and more.

The Best White Chili With Chicken Recipe

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