White Chicken Chili

What you need:

• 6 chicken thighs
• spice mix of cayenne, paprika, cumin, ground coriander, dry oregano, kosher salt…adjust ratio based on your taste. I love love love cumin, so I was heavy on that one.
• 1 Tb. olive oil
• 1 large yellow onion, diced
• 1 Tb. minced garlic
• 3 cans white beans of your choice, drained (I used great northern beans and regular white beans)
• 1 7oz. can diced green chilies
• 1 tomato, diced
• Hot sauce, to taste
• Low sodium chicken broth
• Scallions, cheese, sour cream, crusty bread, and any other toppings you like on your chili

What you do:

• Rub chicken thighs with spice mix to cover, grill to cook, rest and chop.  I used our Foreman grill and this was SO easy…I love that thing.

• Heat the olive oil in a large dutch oven or deep pan.
• Sauté onion and garlic in oil until translucent.

• Add a couple spoonfuls of the same spice mix you used to coat chicken, beans, chilies, tomato, and hot sauce.
  • Thanks to my friend Daniel, I pureed about 1/3 of the beans before adding to the pan, this helps thicken the chili. 
  • The grocery had some gorgeous heirloom tomatoes and I used one for this chili and another I’m saving for Monday’s dinner.  Look how pretty!

• Add chicken broth to cover and bring to desired consistency. The longer you cook your chili, the thicker it will get.  We let ours simmer for several hours, so I added quite a bit of broth to make it pretty soupy at first.

• Heat on low until everything is nice and hot, and you can eat whenever you’re hungry.  This kind of thing usually only gets better and better as it cooks.  If it’s getting too thick, you can always add more chicken broth. You could also do this in a Crockpot and let it cook on low all day.
• Serve and add toppings of your choice…we went with shredded cheese and scallions.  Plus, some really great crusty bread from Macrina Bakery.  We have at least 2 servings ready for leftovers….I can’t wait!

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