WHITE CHICKEN CHILI Recipe

Ingredients

2 cans northern beans or cannanelli beans, drained
1 large onion, chopped
1 stick unsalted butter
1/4 cup all purpose flour
3/4 cup chicken broth (vegetable works too)
2 cups half n half (whole milk DOES NOT work)
1 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon white pepper, black works too,
but white is better
2 4-oz cans mild green chilies, drained and chopped
5 bonless chicken breasts, cooked and shredded
I actually use a rotisserie chicken from
the grocery store since it's already cooked
1 1/2 cups grated cheese--any kind
1/2 cup sour cream

Preparation

Step 1

In a large skillet, cook onion in 2 TBS butter over moderate heat until softened. In a 6-8qt pot, melt remaining 6 tblespoons butter over low heat and whisk in flour. Cook, whisking constantly for about 3 min. Stir in onion and gradually add broth and half and half, wisking constantly. Bring mixture to a boil and simmer, stirring occasionally, 5 min, or until thickened. Stir in chili powder, cumin, salt and pepper. Add beans, chilies, chicken and cheese and cook mixture over low heat about 20 min. Stir sour cream into chili.

I always leave the sour cream on the table instead and let people add if they want it. You can serve this with tortilla chips and scoop up if you want.