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Crockpot White Chicken Chili combines chopped onions, garlic, spices, rotisserie chicken, green chiles, hearty beans, and chicken broth. The best part is the flavors meld in your slow cooker while it cooks all day.
Reasons You’ll Love This Recipe
- Healthier Chili Option: Compared to classic beef chili, this version uses a leaner protein. Serve it with my guacamole and detox salad to make your meal complete.
- Hands-Off Cooking: With this recipe, you can throw the ingredients in your crock pot, set it, and forget it. Come home to the smells of yummy dinner waiting for you!
- Meal Prep: This recipe is perfect for meal prep. Make a big batch and heat it up for quick lunches or dinners throughout the week.
Ingredients in Crockpot White Chicken Chili
These ingredients are some of my favorites. The garlic with the coriander and cumin brings in a great taste without making it spicy. Check out the recipe card at the bottom of the post for all of the exact measurements.
- Onion: You can use a yellow or a white onion in this recipe.
- Minced Garlic: I love the flavor that the garlic brings to this dish! In my opinion, you can never have too much garlic!
- Cooked Chicken: To make it easy on myself, I use a rotisserie chicken or canned chicken so that it’s all cooked. All you have to do is shred it up!
- Spices: The ground cumin, ground coriander, salt, and ground black pepper give this chili so much flavor!
- Chicken Broth: Using chicken broth as the base gives this chili a lot more flavor than water would.
- Green Chiles: Is it even a chili recipe without some green chilis?
- Cannellini Beans: Drain and rinse your beans before adding them in with the rest of the ingredients.
- Sour Cream: This makes the whole recipe come together and makes it nice and creamy.
Is White Chicken Chili Easy to Make?
Yes! This crockpot white chicken chili recipe is so simple and it’s the best because it just cooks in your slow cooker all day long!
- Combine: Add all the ingredients except for the sour cream to a 4 or 6-quart slow cooker.
- Cook: Cook on high for 4-6 hours or on low for 8-10 hours.
- Add Sour Cream: When it is done cooking, then stir in the sour cream and let it cook for 10 minutes more until heated through.
- Add Toppings: Serve hot with desired toppings.
Tips and Variations
There are ways to change up this crockpot white chicken chili to make it as spicy (or not spicy) as you want, what beans to use, and suggestions for toppings!
- Dice: Keep your chicken the same bite-sized pieces to cook evenly.
- Should I drain the diced chilis? This recipe calls to drain your green chilies, but I often don’t. I like the extra kick of spice it adds to the broth. There isn’t that much to drain off either, so it’s easier to just dump it all in.
- Heat: If you really want to spice it up, you can use medium or hot chilies or even canned diced jalapenos.
- Toppings: Cheese, sour cream, avocado, cilantro, tomatoes, lime wedges, corn, and tortilla strips are all some of my favorite toppings.
- Beans: I like to use cannellini beans or the smaller great northern beans, but you can also use white beans if you prefer.
How to Cook White Chicken Chili in the Instant Pot
- Combine: Add everything but the sour cream and beans to the instantpot.
- Cook: Cook on manual for 20 minutes.
- Natural Release: Natural release for 10 minutes, then remove the chicken and shred.
- Heat and Serve: Return to the pot and add beans and sour cream. Allow to heat through for about 15 minutes before serving.
Storing Leftovers
- In the Refrigerator: This white chicken chili will keep in the fridge in an airtight container for up to 5 days. Reheat gently in the microwave in 30-second intervals or on the stovetop over medium head.
- To Freeze: To freeze this chili, cook as directed in the recipe card, except do not add the sour cream. Cool completely and transfer to a large freezer bag or two. Freeze for up to 2 months. Thaw overnight in the fridge. Heat on the stovetop on medium till hot. Add the sour cream, stir till thoroughly mixed, and serve.
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Crockpot White Chicken Chili
Crockpot White Chicken Chili combines chopped onions, garlic, spices, rotisserie chicken, green chiles, hearty beans, and chicken broth. The best part is the flavors meld in your slow cooker while it cooks all day.
Ingredients
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 2 ½ cups cooked chicken (rotisserie or canned work great)
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 1 4-ounce can green chiles, drained
- 2 15-ounce cans cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 cup sour cream
Instructions
- Add all the ingredients except for the sour cream to a 4 or 6-quart slow cooker.
- Cook on high for 4-6 hours, or on low for 8-10 hours.
- When it is done cooking, stir in the sour cream and let it cook for 10 minutes more until heated through.
- Serve hot with desired toppings.
Nutrition
Calories: 189kcalCarbohydrates: 4gProtein: 17gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 70mgSodium: 1027mgPotassium: 235mgFiber: 0.3gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 273IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 64mgIron: 1mg
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Hello Alyssa,
I tried your Crockpot White Chicken Chili and the taste was wonderful, however mine was wetter than I normally like it. The two hungry men totally enjoyed it as it was a very cold day in Maine! I so enjoy receiving your recipes.
I followed the recipe exactly! I didn’t add anything different except the chicke broth I had on hand was Chicken bone broth. This is a real keeper for me perfectly flavored for my taste buds. I do have to watch my salt intake since I’m 81 years old. I made for my toppings my own Totilla strips since most are too salty, used a little shredded cheese, and a couple slices of avocado. I should had taken a picture of it since it was very yummy and looks so appetizing as it was!! I shared with my neighbors since I’m alone and made the full revipe. They loved it too! Thanks for the recipe, I will make it again.
Hello Ms. Claudia! I’m looking forward to making this recipe, but I wanted to ask about using a rotisserie chicken. Was your chicken already cooked? And if so, was the cooked chicken overcooked after the 4 – 6 hours?
Great, simple and tasty recipe. Served it with sour dough bread and hot sauce.
Crockpot white chicken chili was delicious. Thanks for sharing.
Can you make this without the green chilies?