Out of This World Cream Cheese Chicken Chili
This easy recipe for out of this world white chicken chili is made thick and creamy with cream cheese, creamed corn and salsa verde!
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Servings: 6 people
Ingredients
- 3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (3-4 cups shredded rotisserie chicken)
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 medium yellow onion, diced
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic, generous
- 32 ounces chicken broth
- 15 oounce can cream corn
- 16 ounce jar salsa verde
- (2) 15 ounce cans northern white beans, drained & rinsed
- 1 teaspoon each of salt, cumin and dried oregano
- ½ teaspoon each of ground black pepper and chili powder
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 8 ounces cream cheese, cut into cubes
- ½ to 1 cup half & half
- 1 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
Instructions
- If using boneless, skinless chicken breasts, boil, drain and shred.
- While chicken is boiling, dice onion and sautee with minced garlic in large soup pot with 1 tablespoon olive oil until translucent. Stir in chicken broth and let cook for 1 minute. Add creamed corn, salsa verde. Stir and let cook for another minute. Add beans. Stir well. Add the salt, peppers and dried spices. Let simmer on low for 5 minutes or until chicken is ready.
- Stir in shredded chicken. Add cream cheese and stir until melted. Stir in half & half. Add cilantro. Stir well.
- Serve with cornbread or corn chips. Can be topped with avocado and cheese.
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Notes
- Minimize prep time by using rotisserie chicken from your local grocery story.
- Want to know how to thicken your chicken chili? Usually this recipe is plenty thick, but sometimes I have to help it along. When that's the case, I just make a slurry of 1 tablespoon cornstarch and 1 tablespoon water and stir it into my simmering chili. After a stir or 3, it thickens right up!
- Salsa Verde comes in a mild, medium and hot varieties, so choose according to what your people like to eat. We're some spicy folks around here, but I still choose the medium because this recipe also calls for Cayenne Pepper.
- To further cut down on the heat, you can half the amount of Cayenne or just don't add it.