Recipe: White Chicken Chili

Lots of stuff going on today, so I'm just posting a recipe. Some of the people in my ward asked if I'd share it after I brought it to our church Halloween party last week. It looks complicated but it really comes together quickly once the chicken is done. Sometimes I cheat and use a rotisserie chicken. This is one of my favorite meals, but since none of my kids like it (is anyone surprised by that?) I don't make it very often. Which is probably a good thing, as it's not the healthiest thing I could make. Still: delicious!

3-4 chicken breasts
3 chicken bullion cubes
juice of two limes
1 onion, diced
1 stick butter
1/4 cup flour
1 can chicken broth
2 c half and half
1 c milk
2 tsp green Tabasco
2 tsp chili powder
1.5 tsp cumin
red pepper flakes
salt & pepper
2 cans white kidney beans
2 cans diced green chilis
2-3 cups corn
1.5 cups shredded Monterey jack cheese
1/2 cup sour cream

Boil chicken in a broth made with water, lime juice, and chicken bullion. Shred. While the chicken is cooking, measure milk and half&half, then set aside to bring to room temperature.

Melt butter; saute onion till translucent. Add flour and heat until thick. Whisk in chicken broth, milk, and half&half until smooth and creamy. Add spices to taste. Drain beans; add with shredded chicken, diced green chilis, and corn. (If using canned corn, drain it first. If using frozen corn, just toss it into the chili still frozen.) Warm almost to boiling over medium heat, being careful not to scorch, stirring often. When hot, add cheese in small handfuls, stirring to melt between handfuls. Blend in sour cream just before serving.

Notes: Sometimes this turns out too thick, so I just add a few extra glugs of milk. Plus, I don't really measure the cheese, I just put some in. Finally, this does NOT taste the same if you use regular Tabasco. The green stuff is what makes it magical!

Comments

[Julie]

You always have good recipes. I really need to cook more, but I don't know whats wrong with me. I don't want to, but I need to. I really need to sit down and get like 5 meals on paper and go to the grocery store and buy everything, then start cooking. I need to become a cook again. I have lost interest. You have had a lot of good recipes posted, so maybe I will start there. Thanks for sharing them

[Wendy]

Yours was my favorite, I have to say. Thank you for posting the recipe!

[Helena]

That sounds so good. We've been enjoying our chicken-and-black-bean chili, but I think this is quite different. I'll have to give it a try!

[Aprilyn Bucklein]

I get so tired of my kids not liking anything. I never know what to cook!!

[Sarah]

Forgive me if this comes across the wrong way - I'm just curious and don't want to offend.

I know Halloween is a huge cultural activity in the US, but how does the *church* celebrate it? Here in the UK, many churches (rightly in my view) are very keen to promote 'light parties' and other alternatives to Halloween because of the biblical warnings against witchcraft, and Halloween's obvious associations with the occult. This has been baffling me for years and I just thought I'd take the opportunity to ask an American, since you mentioned it. Hope you don't mind.

[Android]

This recipe sounded so good I had to make it. The only thing I changed is I added Mexicorn or Fiesta Corn - whatever you want to call it. The kind with a red & green peppers pieces.

My family loved it. Even Grandma who was visiting for the BYU game liked it.

You know it's good when everyone wants it again really soon !

I agree the Green Tobasco rocked the flavor.

Thanks !