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Award Winning White Bean Chili Recipe

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This Award Winning White Bean Chili Recipe remains one of our favorite and cherished recipes. Combining chicken and Italian Sausage with lots of mouthwatering creamy ingredients, this is a crowd pleaser

Award Winning Creamy White Bean Chicken Chili

Update: Winning the Michigan State Chili Championship, this recipe comes from my friend Richard. It’s a delicious white bean chili recipe that wonderful for feeding a crowd. Since I posted this recipe, Richard has passed away. RIP.

What Makes This Chicken Chili Recipe So Darn Special?

If you win a Championship, I would feel comfortable calling this one of the best white bean chicken chili recipes around. It’s a creamy white bean chicken chili (yes please) and it’s laced with Italian Sausage. It brings some heat with jalapeno peppers and a hint of sweet due to the sweet corn. And every time I’ve made it, people shower me with compliments. But before we get to the recipe.

Creamy Award Winning White Bean Chili with chicken and Italian sausage

How Did I Get This Recipe?

Can I see a show of hands of how many of you watch “Giada At Home” on Food Network??? … Ok, good…a few.

A couple of weeks ago I unwittingly posted a White Bean Chicken Chili recipe that I watched Giada make on her program.  Delicious, so I quickly blogged, and confidently exclaimed that it was the best White Bean Chicken Chili EVER.  Why? Because it’s a great recipe and it’s really really killer.

Award Winning White Bean Chili with Chicken and Sausage. Creamy with Alfredo Sauce

Let The smack down begin

Soon after the post, I  received an email from Buffalo Dick over at “Opinions and Rectums, We All Have One”   saying that he had an Award Winning White Bean Chili recipe.  Well it appears that we had a White Bean Chili smack down on our hands. How could I resist a comparison.  I promptly began the begging process for his recipe, gained his permission to blog about it and here’s my opinion (see he’s right, we all have one) about his Chili.  This just might be the best White Bean Chili recipe EVER!  Folks, my husband and I had a FIT over this recipe, right there at the dining room table – a FIT.  I highly recommend you give this a try.

In Conclusion

A great chili recipe for feeding a crowd, perfect for your Super Bowl party, or any excuse you have for gathering y0ur friends around your table.  There are some special nuances about this recipe.

  • Toasting cumin seed, love that idea.
  • A combination of orange (or red) sweet bell pepper and green bell pepper
  • 3 – 6 jalapeno peppers – choose your heat level
  • Jarred Alfredo Sauce makes this a creamy white chicken chili. Using jarred makes it easy.
  • The addition of Salsa Verde. You can make your own Homemade Roasted Tomatillo Salsa, it easy. Or use a jarred version. We like D.L. Jardines Tomatillo Salsa. I’ve included an affiliate link for your shopping convenience.
  • The soup includes both chicken and Italian sausage – love all of that heartiness.
  • Black olives and Parmesan cheese for garnish. Unique and a nod to the Italian sausage.
  • This can also be made in the crockpot – great for making ahead and serving when the hungry crowd arrives.

I hope you give this recipe and try and if you do, please leave a comment about your experience. And thanks to “Buff” (Richard) for the inspiration to try another white chili recipe.

Award Winning White Bean Chili Recipe

I hope you give this white bean chili recipe a try and if you do, please come back and give the recipe a star rating. And if you have a favorite white chicken chili recipe, let me know, I’d love to give it a try.

More Chili Recipes

And if you’re looking for more, don’t miss my Soup category. You’ll find a ton of slurp-worthy recipes.

Award Winning Creamy White Bean Chicken Chili
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Award Winning White Bean Chili
Prep Time
45 mins
Cook Time
45 mins
Total Time
1 hr 30 mins
 
Michigan Award Winning White Bean ad Chicken Chili Recipe
Course: Main Course, Soup
Servings: 10
Calories: 782 kcal
Author: www.highlandsranchfoodie.com
Ingredients
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 3 pounds chicken thighs Boneless, skinless, seasoned with light salt and white pepper, cooked and cubed
  • 1 large onion chopped
  • 1 yellow bell pepper chopped
  • 1 green bell pepper chopped
  • 3-6 Jalapeno peppers seeded and fine chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic peeled and chopped
  • 1 pound sweet Italian sausage crumbled and browned.
  • 2 15-oz cans chicken broth low sodium
  • 30 ounces Great Northern white beans canned, rinsed and drained
  • 2 teaspoons white pepper
  • 2 teaspoon Mexican Oregano
  • 1 teaspoon cumin seeds toasted
  • 15 ounces sweet corn canned, drained
  • 22 ounces Alfredo Sauce jarred. About a jar and a half
  • 1 cup Salsa Verde your favorite brand, I prefer Jardines
  • Grated Parmesan or Romano cheese for garnish
  • Sliced black olives for garnish
Instructions

  1. Cut chicken thighs into bite sized pieces. Set aside. In a large Dutch oven, heat oil. When hot, add onion, and all peppers. Cook, stirring frequently until onion starts to look translucent. Stir in garlic and cook until fragrant. Less than 1 minutes.

  2. Tear the Italian sausage into pieces and add to vegetable mixture. When fat starts to render, add pieces of chicken. Stir and cook until meat is just undercooked. Drain fat.

  3. At this point, if you want, add the ingredients to a slow cooker. Or you can continue with stove top cooking. 

  4. Heat a small dry non-stick skillet over medium high heat. Add cumin seeds and cook just until fragrant. Add to soup.

  5. Add chicken broth, beans, spices, Alfredo sauce, salsa verde and corn. Heat through until meat is cooked and flavors are well blended. About 40 minutes on medium low. Stirring frequently. 

  6. If you’re using a crockpot. After adding meat and vegetable mixture. Add the remaining ingredients to the slow cooker. Cook on low 3 – 4 hours.

  7. Garnish when served in bowls with grated Parmesan or Romano cheese, and sliced black olives. Drizzle with chile oil for some color and even more flavor.

Nutrition Facts
Award Winning White Bean Chili
Amount Per Serving
Calories 782 Calories from Fat 468
% Daily Value*
Fat 52g80%
Saturated Fat 19g119%
Cholesterol 209mg70%
Sodium 2891mg126%
Potassium 1413mg40%
Carbohydrates 37g12%
Fiber 6g25%
Sugar 6g7%
Protein 41g82%
Vitamin A 489IU10%
Vitamin C 78mg95%
Calcium 129mg13%
Iron 6mg33%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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  4. Vickie says

    November 25, 2009 at 4:47 am

    Okay, I’ve never even heard of garlic alfredo sauce in a jar – much less thought of putting it in chili! Having said that, I’ll bet this is really good. I love unexpected flavors that work together. I plan to do try this! Thanks BD and thanks LA for sending it my way!

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  5. buffalo dick says

    November 25, 2009 at 1:02 pm

    You did the recipe proud! Next time to preserve white color, use green Jalapeno salsa… Thanks for the compliments and the award! Please take no offense, but I don’t post awards (probably have received 10-12!) It’s my odd way of encouraging new bloggers, who should get them to boost their confidence in posting! Happy Thanksgiving!

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    • leaannbrown says

      November 25, 2009 at 1:09 pm

      That’s the only Jalapeno Salsa that Safeway had in stock. I’ll keep looking. Not taking offense at all about the award, I actually didn’t think you’d post it. Again, thanks for that recipe.

      Reply

  6. Chilebrown says

    November 25, 2009 at 3:48 pm

    I love the name of Buffalo’s website. Ms. Goofy watches Giada. All the camera angles and shots are pretty polished. How tall is Giada? She is very pretty.Soft core food porn, Yeah! think a smackdown is a great idea.

    Reply

  13. Olga says

    November 29, 2009 at 1:50 pm

    ooh, this looks so good! I’ve made white chili before, but LOVE the addition of Alfredo!

    Hope you had a great Thanksgiving! Thank you for all the comments while I was on vacation 🙂

    Reply

  15. Leah says

    December 3, 2009 at 7:21 pm

    OMG Lea Ann, that looks so yummy. I wish I had a bigger freezer so I could freeze fresh corn at the end of the summer too… maybe next year.

    Nice Blog!

    Reply

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