White Chicken Chili Recipe (2024)

Full of flavor with tasty and easily available ingredients, this White Chicken Chili Recipe is the perfect comfort food when you want to warm up and switch up your chili routine.

I’m a chili fan, always have been and always will be. I don’t discriminate on any types of chilis at all and this White Chicken Chili is super tasty and we love it.

Now when you think of chili you always think your normal chili with kidney beans, ground beef, etc. Well think outside the box with this one.

With a fun southwest twist we just can’t get over the flavor of this White Chicken Chili Recipe and neither will you, it will become a regular dinner recipe.

This is also the perfect recipe to make if you have any leftover shredded chicken! We cook up batches of chicken at the time and shred it and freeze it for other uses.

This Chili would be perfect for that, or you could boil or bake your chicken or use rotisserie chicken as well for this! The possibilities are endless.

Some of our other favorite chili recipes that we have on our site include: Instant Pot Chicken Chili, Crockpot Taco Chili and Sweet Heat Chili!

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS:

• Readily available ingredients that are easy to find at your local grocery make this super easy.
• This makes a large batch to serve a crowd.
• This can made in the slow cooker for a fix it and forget it option.

INGREDIENTS NEEDED (FULL RECIPE AT BOTTOM):

Onion
Garlic
Butter
Shredded chicken
Rotel
White beans
Fire roasted corn
Green chiles
Ranch seasoning
Salt
Black pepper
Chicken stock
Cream cheese
Cilantro, jalapeños, limes, tortilla strips, Shredded cheese (optional)

HOW TO MAKE THIS WHITE CHICKEN CHILI RECIPE, STEP BY STEP:

1. Sauté́ diced onions, minced garlic, and butter in a large Dutch oven or large pot until onions are translucent.
2. Add in shredded chicken, Rotel, white beans, corn, green chilies, ranch seasoning, salt, pepper, and chicken stock.
3. Stir and let simmer over medium heat for 35 minutes.
4. Turn heat to low and add in cubed cream cheese.
5. Stir until melted.
6. Serve with all your favorite chili toppings.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ON WHITE CHICKEN CHILI:

WHAT KIND OF CHICKEN SHOULD I USE?

You can use rotisserie chicken, chicken breast or even canned chicken. I have made a crockpot of chicken breast and use the shredded chicken throughout the week.

You can also boil or bake chicken breasts as well and shred them up to use for this recipe! There are so many possibilities!

CAN THIS WHITE CHICKEN CHILI BE MADE IN THE SLOW COOKER?

Yes! To make this in the slow cooker, just add all the ingredient and cook for 4-6 hours on low. Then you will add in the cream cheese right before serving.

I would use an 8 quart slow cooker for this recipe to make sure everything fits.

If you are halving this recipe you can use a smaller slow cooker.

CAN I USE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF ROTEL?

Absolutely, while we default to the regular Rotel for this recipe, we have also used Chili Fixins and Mexican Style. But there are about 6 different kinds of Rotel and all will work for this depending on your flavor preference.

HOW TO STIEE:

This White Chicken Chili Recipe can be storeD in an airtight container in the refrigerator where it will keep for up to 1 week.

This can also be frozen, place your cooled chili in a freezer container or freezer bag and place in the freezer where it will keep for up to 3 months.

To defrost, remove your chili from the freezer and let it thaw in the refrigerator overnight. Heat up on the stove until heated through.

TIPS AND TRICKS:

• Use any kind of shredded chicken you have, see my tips above on some uses.
• There are many different Rotels, we use regular in this recipe but all will work depending on your flavor profile.
• This can be frozen, see my tips above.
• White beans can either be Great Northern or Cannellini.
• You can top this with any of your favorite toppings, we like cilantro, sliced jalapeños, limes, tortilla strips an shredded cheese.
• This can be made in the slow cooker, see my instructions above on how to do that.
• Fresh green chiles can be used if you have them, just sauté then with your onions.

Wan’t a fun and flavorful chili recipe that is different from your normal routine? Then you have to make my White Chicken Chili Recipe!

If you like this recipe you might also like:

• Chicken Rice Soup
• Slow Cooker Chicken Wild Rice Soup
• Chicken Gnocchi Soup

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