Recipe: White Chicken Chili
I’m always on the look-out for recipes that are not only “cheap and cheerful,” but also ones that can be made in large quantities just as easily. Of course, I’d like them to be healthy, too!
Several years ago, someone made this for us and it has become a family favorite. My husband loves this white chicken chili!
I like it because it’s just as easy to make for 2 people as it is to make for 20. Not too expensive, either… PLUS, it has a unique chicken / lemon / cumin taste that makes it delightful. Not too heavy, like some chilis. It’s very aromatic and flavorful without being spicy hot. Have I convinced you to try it yet? Here goes:
White Chicken Chili
Start by boiling 4 chicken breasts in a large stock pot. Let boil until cooked through, then remove to cool and cube. These will be added to the soup later. You can use this same large stock pot to make the rest of the soup, so don’t bother cleaning it now.
Base:
Cook the base ingredients (below) together in a small sauce pan until onion is softened.
- 1 cup onion, chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic (you can easily substitute garlic powder equivalent)
- 1 Tbsp ground cumin
- 1-1/2 tsp. oregano
Then, in your large stock pot, add the base ingredients PLUS:
- 4 chicken breasts (previously cooked) cubed
- 2 cups of chicken broth
- 1 cup of water
- 1 tsp. lemon pepper
- 2 Tbsp. juice
- 2 15 oz. cans of white northern beans, undrained
- 2-15 oz cans of shoepeg corn*
Mix all together in one large pot and bring to a simmer. I’m guessing this would serve about 4 people.
NOTE 1: This is the recipe as it was given to me. I like the lemon taste to be a bit stronger, so I put in a little extra lemon juice and more lemon pepper seasoning.
NOTE 2: I also like my soup to have more contents than broth, so I add a third can of corn and a third can of beans. 
Make adjustments however you like!
NOTE 3: *Instead of buying the shoepeg corn, I found our supermarket carries their own brand of “small white sweet corn,” which is identical to the Green Giant shoepeg corn, but for less than half the cost.
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I like to serve this with a simple biscuit, roll or croissant. The soup is light and flavorful, so you don’t need a fancy side dish!
If you give it a try, let me know how you like it!