We had our first really cool day of the season on Monday. It was in the high 60’s by the time dinner time came around and I was in the mood for my annual pot of “first cool day of the season” chili. Of course, I had no idea it was going to be that cool on Monday so I did not have all the ingredients on hand to make chili. You can bet that on Tuesday, I was at the store ready to buy the ingredients to make us some chili. It was not nearly as cool on Tuesday night as it was on Monday, but I had chili on my mind and nothing was going to stop me from making it. I typically make the traditional chili with red beans, ground beef, etc. This year, however, I decided to make my good friend Sara’s White Bean Chicken Chili. If you were the family side of Dine and Dish back in the beginning, you might recall that I wrote about having this chili on Christmas Eve at Sara’s house. This chili is best if simmering on the stove all day. I, being the slacker mom that I am, started it at 3pm for a 6pm dinner time. It was still fantastic (although not as fantastic as Sara’s. I need to find out what her secret is!)
Oh – and doesn’t this beautiful bowl holding the chili just scream “soup” to you? I’ve used it for ice cream in the past, but it really is my new favorite soup bowl. My dear friend Jody of The Devils Cloth made this gorgeous bowl. She is super talented. Check out her store and while you are there snatch up one of her hot and highly demanded by boutiques everywhere, Arm Candy bags.
Is it cool where you are yet? What is your traditional “first cool day of the season” dish to make?
From Southern Living Magazine and my friend Sara
White Bean Chicken Chili
Ingredients
- 1 medium onion chopped
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 8 skinned and boned chicken breast halves cut into bite-size pieces
- 3 cups water
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 4 15-ounce cans cannellini or great Northern beans, rinsed, drained, and divided
- 1 14 1/2-ounce can chicken broth
- 1 16-ounce package frozen shoepeg white corn
- 2 4.5-ounce cans chopped green chiles
- 3 tablespoons lime juice
- Garnish: fresh cilantro sprigs
Instructions
- Sauté chopped onion in hot oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat 7 minutes; add garlic, and sauté 2 to 3 minutes.
- Stir in chicken pieces, and cook, stirring constantly, until chicken is lightly browned. Stir in 3 cups water and next 5 ingredients; reduce heat, and simmer, stirring often, 10 minutes or until chicken is done.
- Place 2 cans of beans in a blender; add broth, and process until smooth, stopping to scrape down sides.
- Stir
- bean pureé, remaining 2 cans of beans, corn, and chiles into chicken
- mixture in Dutch oven; bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce
- heat, and simmer, stirring often, 30 minutes or until thoroughly
- heated. Stir in lime juice just before serving. Garnish, if desired.
beautiful photo! i love the way that bowl too.
What a lovely recipe! I love how you have incoporated beans here.
I’ve been making lots of chicken and turkey chili lately — I particularly love the combination of turkey with green chiles. Most of the cold weather food I crave is hot and spicy. Usually a big old batch of jambalaya is my first cool-weather dish.
Lovely photo and recipe! I can hardly wait for cooler weather and the hearty comfort food it brings. We are heading to the mountains next weekend to get an early taste (for our area) of Fall weather
I’ve been thinking of making a chilli recently, and seeing this yummy one, I really must.
We are still burning up here with heat, hasn’t rained in 2 mnts!!
Chilli looks yum, guess I have to wait one more month for cold!
This looks like a wonderful change from the normal ground beef chili. I’m saving this recipe – the nights are finally getting cool enough for warm foods for dinner!
This looks delicious.
Here in NYC it’s been rather cool the past 2 days as well. I’m not a fan of the approaching winter season but I am happy that cider season is among us.
Yes, but now it is warm again…boooo. I want the cool weather back.
Hi Kristen, it’s always interesting to see what the bloggers in the northern hemisphere are cooking up. And now you say that it’s getting into cool season. guess what, down-under we are getting into Spring! Still a bit cool, so your chicken chili would be perfect for us too.
Looks yummy Kristen! I have a similar recipe that uses ground turkey (and no corn) and I love it. I’ll have to give them one a try on our next cool day.
I love the bowl and the chili sounds yummy! My favorite thing to make when the weather starts getting cool is a corn chowder I make using liquid smoke. Soooo yummy!
Hugs!
Kat
Alas, where I live it is always summer so we eat all kinds of food all year round.
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wow it must tell you the bowl looks fabulous. This picture looks right out of a Donna Hay Magazine ! Well done 🙂
Unfortunately, September and October tend to be our warmest months in SoCal. Something about Santa Ana winds…. I miss that fall time chill in the air, but not as much as I have missed soups and chilis. Yours looks fantastic. Perfect for fall and football.
Chili is always so good on a cool evening! and in that soup bowl = perfection.
I have a tomato veggie soup (sometimes with some ground meat) that I’ve always loved for cool evenings. Soup and cool do just go together.
I’m soooo ready for fall and warming bowls of chili!
We make white chili with left over turkey after Thanksgiving. Your recipe looks yummy!
Maybe it will eventually cool down here.
I’ve never had white chili… Now I will!
It is a gorgeous bowl.
Chili is always on the menu with cooler weather, and pot roasts, stews and baked pasta dishes. We had a good frost last night, and tonight I think we’ll get the fire pit going; the weather will be perfect!
I like this different kind of chili recipe! It is just starting to get cool at night here – supposed to be down in the 50s, which is blanket weather for me! Plus, we actually had a unhumid day today…the kind of weather that gets me outside for a little yard work.
I adore chili in the fall and ice cold days of winter. I will def try this recipe with some crumbled boca burger. Thanks so much for posting my bowl, it looks so delish with the colors of the chili.
hi kristen, i just want to tell you i kept coming back to stalk this chili so i had to make it. its still simmering on the stove but we are all drooling and cant wait to eat. i’ll try to get some pics tomorrow in the sunlight to post. thanks for another delicious recipe!!!
thanks for the input – i love the idea of starting out as grandma and waiting to see what develops from that. love your recipes!
It’s definitely cooler here too…about time to take the fan out of the window and shut it for good…it’s been so cold at night!
Definitely crockpot and chili time! 🙂
I hadn’t thought about a traditional first day of cool meal. For me, I guess it would have to be a soup. I don’t even think about soup all summer -way too hot! But as soon as it starts to cool down I think of a hearty bowl of soup with crusty bread.
How delicious! And I am so jealous it is cool!!
That bowl is lovely, and I hopped over to check out the darling Arm Candy bags @ The Devil’s Cloth and ADORE them…all my friends might be getting those for Christmas. Thanks for introducing us all. 🙂
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It’s actually getting a little coolish here. We might actually (gasp!) get some rain this afternoon.
Soup has always been my "cool night" escape. But, then again, soup anytime is fine by me! 🙂
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Soup looks yummy…on second thought, can you bring your Apron with you in a few weeks. You are a tremendous Mom, writer, and cook! Keep up the good work in all you do!! I am very proud of you!
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Kristen,
I am jealous that it is cool enough for chili. Your’s looks fantabulous! I will be adding this to my "to try" file for a time when it’s not 98 degrees.
I’m probably the only person in the world who does not like chili. Can you believe that? Alas, ’tis true.
I’ve loved white chili since I first had it in ’98.
Doesn’t even have to be cold weather when I make it!