No, you’re not going crazy, I did post another white chicken chili recipe – it was last winter when it was actually chili weather. But an easy recipe is good anytime, and with only 4 ingredients and the fact that you cook it in the crock-pot, this one is perfect for crazy days when you need to throw something together quick! I’ll be adding it to the “our version of fast food these days” list.
Lyn’s Easy White Chicken Chili Crock-Pot Recipe
- 4 Chicken breasts (or leftover chicken) – buy from local farms with pastured chickens
- 3 (15oz) cans Great Northern beans, undrained
- 16 oz. Monterey Jack cheese (or raw cheese!)
- 1 jar of your favorite salsa (Lyn suggests you puree’ it in the food processor first, so there are no chunks to scare off the kids. My suggestion: buy organic if you can.)
Lyn’s directions:
Boil chicken breast and pull apart (I typically use leftovers from a roasted chicken or one that I boiled previously for stock). Combine chicken, beans, cheese and salsa in a crock-pot and cook on low all day or on high 2 or 3 hours. Eat with nacho chips on top and a dollop of sour cream.
A similar recipe:
***This one uses black beans instead, and it also calls for corn and cream cheese – it’s so good and just as simple! Crock Pot Chicken w/ black beans and cream cheese. (p.s. I add salt, garlic powder, & onion to this recipe.)
My notes:
- I add some chicken stock to this for more nutrition.
- When buying nacho chips, I buy organic to avoid GMO’s!
- FYI: If you don’t make homemade sour cream yet, Daisy brand sour cream has a nice, short ingredient label.
- DO YOU HAVE ANY SUPER EASY AND NUTRITIOUS RECIPES YOU’RE WILLING TO SHARE? If so, I’d love to post them, please email them to me, preferably with a picture of yourself that I could use in the post! (Or tell me if you’d rather stay anonymous.)
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Teena 04.23.09 at 9:14 am
Can chicken broth be used instead of chicken stock?
Kelly 04.23.09 at 1:46 pm
Hi Teena!
Yes, it’s pretty much the same thing – try to use homemade if you can! (Read at this post what the “official” difference is between the two: http://kellythekitchenkop.com/2009/01/part-1-health-benefits-of-bone-broth-homemade-stock-beef-chicken-turkey-etc.html, and in part 2 it tells how to make it.)
Kelly
IssacsWife 04.23.09 at 1:50 pm
Kroger natural sour cream also has a short ingredient list.
………now I read labels ALL the time – something I only used to do the first time I tried a new brand and now its a constant thing since you never know when they are going to change the ingredients and not tell you………………well today it was the blue cheese dressing, sugar replaced with HFCS. :’( which I just use to eat wings with and not salad. sigh
On another note has anyone had any luck buying cottage cheese that is not made with skim milk?
Nancy 04.23.09 at 2:15 pm
I have a similar recipe. I use black beans, salsa and corn. When the chicken is done, you can shred it and add a block of cream cheese. When the cheese is melted stir it in. It makes a cream sauce. I usually leave the corn out. Last week to save money I used a can of tomatoes and added cilantro and onion instead of the salsa (much cheaper!). Yummy! I love it wrapped in a tortilla.
Kelly 04.25.09 at 8:44 am
Nancy, my mouth is watering!
Isaacswife, I hope someone responds about the cottage cheese, I’d like to know, too!
Susanna 04.28.09 at 1:00 pm
Do you really have to cook the chicken first? Seems like several hours in the pot would guarantee that it’s cooked.
Kelly 05.03.09 at 12:22 pm
No, but if you’re using a whole chicken you can cook it first and pull the meat off so it’s ready for this recipe.
darnold23 10.06.09 at 11:01 pm
I love white chicken chili. I guess there must be a zillion versions, but yours sounds tasty AND easy. Thanks for sharing it. I would love for you to post to Crock Pot Wednesday. Come check it out.