Slow Cooker White Chicken Chili
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The easiest crockpot recipe of your life! It’s a one pot wonder – no searing, no fuss. Simply throw everything right in!
I love a good crockpot recipe. Especially the ones that cook low and slow for 7-8 hours, undisturbed, as you walk into the door from work where dinner is magically finished and set.
But then there are those other crockpot recipes that require a little bit of babysitting – ex. an initial sear before that low-and-slow goodness or a cornstarch slurry at the very end of cooking time.
But again, I truly love all slow cooker recipes. But I’m just not particularly fond of the ones that require that extra step, you know?
That’s why this recipe has quickly become my favorite recipe yet.
There’s no searing, no fuss. No extra steps of anything. No nothing.
Nope. You can throw everything right into the crockpot – all of it.
Then you can let it cook low and slow as the chicken gets so unbelievably tender – so tender, you can even shred this by giving the chili a good stir in the crockpot. (Note: chicken breasts can be substituted here, but thighs are much better in my opinion).
When ready to serve, top this bad boy off with all your favorite toppings – tortilla chips, cilantro, sour cream, red onion, avocado slices and lime wedges. But for me, personally, I just need a bag of tortilla chips for dipping purposes.
Slow Cooker White Chicken Chili
Ingredients
- 1 ½ pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs
- 4 cups chicken stock
- 3 (4-ounce) cans diced green chiles
- 1 (15.5 ounce) can cannellini beans , drained and rinsed
- 1 (15.5 ounce) can garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 medium sweet onion, diced
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- ½ cup chopped fresh cilantro leaves
- 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice
For the toppings
- 1 ½ cups tortilla chips
- ½ cup fresh cilantro leaves
- ½ cup sour cream
- ½ cup diced red onion
- 1 avocado, halved, seeded, peeled and sliced
- 1 lime, cut into wedges
Instructions
- Place chicken into a 6-qt slow cooker. Stir in chicken stock, green chiles, beans, onion, garlic, cumin and oregano; season with salt and pepper, to taste.
- Cover and cook on low heat for 7-8 hours or high heat for 5-6 hours.
- Remove chicken from the slow cooker and shred, using two forks.
- Stir chicken, cilantro and lime juice into the slow cooker; season with salt and pepper, to taste.
- Serve immediately with desired toppings.
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Had this at my son’s house and it was delicious! Even better the next day.
Has anyone figured out the calories per serving?
Thanks
Tried this a few weeks ago and will never go back to red chilli. Making it again tomorrow for guests. Thanks!
This recipe is Damn Delicious! Added some corn and it was great.
Omg! Easy to make and delicious!
Thanks for.sharing.
First off, some cooks have said they added cream of chicken soup for thickness. Just, no. Cream of soup has no place in chili. None. Thicken with corn meal, which thickens and adds some flavor. Try this after you have mashed some of the beans and still find it too soup-like. Please don’t add cream of anything soup!
I followed almost all of this recipe, used cream of chicken soup instead of stock and added can of corn. Used serrano peppers and doubled cumin. fantastic
Not sure what step to add h th e beans…..
Looks like Step 1…
So easy! I made this in my instant pot. I had made a whole chicken in it the day before. I used all the dark meat, and the broth I made from cooking the chicken bones all day. I upped the cumin and dried oregano to one heaping tablespoon each. Added the rest of the ingredients, and cooked 24 minutes on high pressure with 10 minutes natural release. Yum! Served with cilantro and diced avocado.
We add a diced red pepper for color. 2 pounds, sautéed not browned, ground pork for volume (sometimes). Freezes excellent! We also use potatoe flakes for thickening. When thawing we sometimes add a chunk of cream cheese and another can of beans for volume (sometimes). Love this recipe.
My family loves this soup as is. Please let me know if it can be frozen? Before or after adding the beans?
This really is delicious! As is, it’s a good base. I ended up adding some more ingredients to this to make it thicker and more flavorful. I used whole green chile peppers chopped in the food processor rather than diced peppers. It gave the dish more substance and thickness. I also added a can of creamed corn and a tablespoon of corn starch to thicken it up a bit. For flavor, I added some taco seasoning. And because I don’t like dark meat, I used boneless, skinless chicken breast and it turned out tasty.
This was great!!! I doubled the chicken and doubled the broth. Added one extra can of beans and a can of corn.
I did have the thicken the broth with a rue afterwards on the stove but it was so delicious.
The BEST! Easy & DELICIOUS!
Fantastic recipe, thank you! A tip for others: don’t skip the sour cream at the end, it makes it so nice and creamy! Ended up making too much of this the first time so gave it to my sister with a new baby, and she texted immediately to ask where I got the recipe. Delicious!!
This is one of my favorite recipes! I have it about once a month! Thank you!
Delicious! Didn’t have cannelini beans so used black beans – partner said it was a 10!!
Yeay!!! I Have all the ingredients. Everything is in the crockpot now. Done cooking for the day. Can’t wait to have this yummy chili for dinner. Thanks for sharing.
Looks delicious! Question – if I don’t have chilies is there something I can substitute them for? Jalapeños maybe? If so, how much? Thanks!
Less Jalapenos if you don’t want too much heat cause green chilies are very mild in comparison
I’ve found the easiest substitute for the green chilies is salsa verde or hatch green chili salsa. And It already has definitely diced onions (and sometimes garlic) in it!
This was delicious! My husband kept going back for more. I will definitely be making this again. Thanks for the recipe.
What are the nutrition facts on this recipe
Is there something that I could add to make this creamier? It is definitely a soup, not thick like a chili. Tastes great, tho! I added jalapenos and used Costco rotisserie chicken breast meat. YUM!
Less broth, puree one of the cans of beans, add cream or cream cheese towards the end
I added one can of cream of chicken and it thickened right up 🙂
Add some corn meal, if you have it. That’s a traditional way of thickening chile and other latin dishes. Adds flavor and nutrition, and not just carbs and calories.
Reduce the chicken broth by 1 cup and don’t drain the beans. I also add a 1/2 jar of tomatillo salsa.