White Bean Chicken Chilli Recipe

We like a spicy white bean chicken chilli as an alternative to more traditional tomato-based chilli recipes, just to mix things up every once in a while. This one is easy to make. You can also just toss it all into a crock pot after step 2 below and wait!

Ingredients

• 3 cups cooked chicken, chopped or shredded
• 2 cans white northern beans, drained (16 ounce cans)
• 2 jalapeno peppers, diced
• 1 small onion, diced
• 2 tablespoons minced garlic
• 2 (4.5 ounce) cans chopped green chilies
• 2 cups chicken stock
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 tablespoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon oregano
  
• salt and pepper to taste
  
• 2 tablespoon cornmeal
  
• 1/2 cup milk

Cooking Directions

1. To a medium frying pan, add oil and onion. Saute about 5 minutes, or until onion becomes tender.
2. Add garlic and cumin. Saute about 1 minute, until fragrant.
3. Add green chilies, jalapenos, chicken, beans, chicken stock, oregano, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil.
   
4. Reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes.
5. In a small mixing bowl, combine milk and cornmeal. Stir.
6. Stir cornmeal mixture into chilli and simmer about 10 minutes to thicken.
7. Serve!

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