Sunday, December 29, 2013

White Chili

This is a good, easy soup.  Except for cooking the chicken, it's all just adding cans and spices.
I got this recipe from Taste of Home but I modified it.  You can modify it however you like.  It is good the first day, but this is one that is much better the second day (once the spices have time to sit), so sometimes I like to make it the evening before and serve it the next night for dinner.  It freezes well, too, so we normally eat half and freeze the other half for a night when I need a quick dinner.

Sauté in 2 Tbs. oil:
4-5 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cubed
1 large onion
3 tsp garlic powder

Add and bring to a boil:
4 cans Great Northern beans
2 cans chicken broth (I just use bouillon to make my own)
1 can diced green chiles
2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. cumin
2 tsp. oregano
1 tsp. black pepper
1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper

Add and then simmer for 30 min:
1 cup sour cream
2 cups milk
(Sometimes I do 2 cups sour cream and 1 cup of milk if I want it to be creamier.  You can do heavy whipping cream instead of milk, but this is way less fat and still good.)

Enjoy!