After experimenting with many white chili recipes, I came up with one of my own that was creamy, hot-spicy yet sweet, and packed with ground chicken, beans, peppers, and savory herbs. My partner frequently brings samples of my food to the office for coworkers to try, and they have all remarked that it is not just delicious chili with a kick, but also one of the greatest non-traditional chilis they have ever had! Thick and substantial, excellent for dinner on a chilly night. Increase the oomph with tortilla chips or corn muffins as a side, the muffins with kernel corn and diced chilies.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 1 hr |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 20 mins |
| Servings: | 12 |
| Yield: | 12 servings |
Ingredients
- 2 pounds ground chicken
- 1 cup water
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 1 medium green bell pepper, diced
- 6 small beef bouillon, crumbled, or more to taste
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 2 teaspoons dried basil
- 2 teaspoons dried oregano
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground thyme
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 (15 ounce) can pinto beans, drained
- 1 (15 ounce) can great northern beans, drained
- 1 (15 ounce) can sweet corn, drained
- ½ cup white sugar
- 1 (8 ounce) tub whipped cream cheese
- 1 (8 ounce) container sour cream
- 1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle beer
Instructions
- Combine chicken and water in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Cook and stir, breaking up the chicken finely, about 5 minutes. Add onion, bell pepper, jalapenos, and garlic; continue to cook until vegetables are soft and liquid is nearly cooked off, about 5 minutes.
- Stir in chili powder, salt, basil, oregano, thyme, black pepper, and cayenne pepper; reduce heat to medium. Taste and adjust seasonings. Stir in pinto beans, great northern beans, corn, and sugar. Add cream cheese and sour cream; cook and stir until thoroughly blended. Stir in beer.
- Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 45 to 60 minutes.
- You can leave seeds in the jalapenos as you dice to increase heat. To simplify the jalapeno peppers, use a container of widely available pre-chopped jalapeno peppers found in prepared produce.
- You can use navy beans in place of great northern beans.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 349 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 32 g |
| Cholesterol | 75 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 5 g |
| Protein | 24 g |
| Saturated Fat | 7 g |
| Sodium | 681 mg |
| Sugars | 10 g |
| Fat | 14 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
When I first made this, I didnt enjoy the mix of flavors. I only used 2 T sugar, and it was very sweet. The cream cheese and thyme were a bit odd for me with the beer flavor. However, after sitting a day in the fridge, the leftovers were much better. The flavors all melded together better. I think it’s too much meat, but it’s an interesting recipe. Thanks.