Loaded with tender chicken, beans and green chilies, this hearty, slow cooker chili is a crowd favorite. Perfect for game day or a comforting family dinner.
If you’re anything like me, your slow cooker gets a lot of use this time of year. With soccer practices and school performances almost weekly, I love the convenience of using my slow cooker for satisfying meals like this Slow Cooker White Chicken Chili.
Using my slow cooker means my family can still sit down to a hearty, home-cooked meal in the evening, even if I’m not home in the afternoon to prepare a meal.
I love that this chili is so versatile. You can leave out the chicken for a vegetarian version, or use pork in place of the chicken.
If you’d like to add some extra kick, try pepper jack cheese in place of the Monterrey Jack. You can also add a pinch of cayenne, or a diced jalapeno.
My husband (who is not a bean person) usually has seconds!
We also like to top our chili off with some shredded cheese and fresh cilantro. Diced avocado, sour cream, green onions and crushed tortilla chips are also great options.
One of our favorite things to do when we have chili is put an entire flour tortilla in the bottom of our bowl, then ladle the soup on top. When you get to the bottom of the bowl, you have a wonderful soft tortilla to sop up all of the leftover goodness in your bowl.
You can use any kind of white beans in this recipe, such as Great Northern or cannellini. Even pinto beans work great!
That’s the great thing about chili–you can easily adapt the recipe to suit your tastes, and use what you have on hand. So feel free to experiment with different ingredients and toppings.
This Slow Cooker White Chicken Chili is one of my absolute favorite comfort food recipes. I hope you love it as much as we do!
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Here’s what you’ll need to make Slow Cooker White Chicken Chili
- Canned white beans
- Chicken broth
- Chicken
- Canned diced green chilies
- Spices: oregano, salt and pepper, cumin
- Olive oil
- Produce: onion, garlic, fresh cilantro
- Sour cream
- Monterrey jack cheese
Slow Cooker White Chicken Chili
Ingredients
- 4 15 oz. cans white beans, rinsed and drained
- 3 cups chicken broth
- 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 2 4 oz. cans diced green chilies
- 2 teaspoons oregano
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 small onion chopped
- 3-4 cloves garlic chopped
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1 cup shredded Monterrey Jack cheese
- 1/4 cup fresh cilantro chopped
Instructions
- Place beans, broth, whole chicken breasts, diced chilies, and oregano in a slow cooker. Cover and set slow cooker to low.
- Meanwhile, warm oil in skillet over medium-high heat. Add onions, garlic and cumin and cook until onion is softened, about 5 minutes.
- Add onion and garlic mixture to slow cooker. Cook on low for 6 hours, stirring occasionally.
- About 30 minutes before serving, remove chicken breasts from slow cooker. Shred the chicken and set aside.
- Remove about 2 cups of chili from the slow cooker and puree in a blender; return the pureed chili to the slow cooker and stir to combine. (Alternately, you can use an immersion blender right in the pot–just be sure to leave some whole beans).
- Return the shredded chicken to the slow cooker, along with the sour cream and Monterrey Jack cheese. Just before serving, stir in the cilantro.
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44 comments
Zenetta
I love to make pasta sauce in the slow cooker.
Karen Matlock
I love chili but I’m going to try stuffing this year 🙂
Kate Newton
There are so many things I love to make in the crockpot..but I’d have to say that crockpot stuffing is probably my favorite. It’s simple, delicious and hard to mess up! Thanks for the opportunity to win!
Charles-Linda Bradshaw
We like to cook chili and also beef stew in the crockpot.
Melissa
slow cooking oatmeal
Mariaelena
I like BBQ chicken!
Tina W
I think beef stew is my favorite, with chili running a very close second.
shaunie
I would have to say pork loin with vegetables
Joan Kubes
My favorite thing to make is stuffed peppers.
Danelle
I’ve never tried them that way! I’ll have to make that soon. 🙂
Natalie
BBQ pulled chicken in the slow cooker.. my fave!
Vicki
I love to cook pork for pulled pork sandwiches in my slow cooker… I use it so much it has a crack in it, so I could definitely put a new one to good use.
Wendy Forbes
My favorite slow cooker meal is pot roast.
kathy eyre
I like to make bread pudding and butternut squash soup in my ancient slow cooker
Jenny S
My husband loves when I do a whole chicken and potatoes.
Tierney
I love my slow cooker! My favorite thing to make a brisket. Yum!
Laura
Chili or pot roast!
valerie sobus
can i just say that as a first time mom with a 9 month old, ALL of the meals i cook in the crockpot are my favorite?!?! hahaha. seriously. I think if i had to pick though, it would be chicken and dumplings! 🙂 Thanks for the chance to win — my mom who works a lot would really benefit from owning a crock pot and i’d love to surprise her with one.
Danelle
Thanks Valerie. My kids are 11, 15 and 18 and I love my slow cooker even more now than I did back then! Dinner would be impossible some nights without it–so many after school activities! Good luck!
Brenda Haines
Pork shoulder roast with cranberry orange sauce, it’s so good!!!
Danelle
That sounds amazing!
Tracie Cooper
Our favorite slow cooker meals are Beef Stew and Chili Con Carne!
Alison H.
My favorite dish to make in the slow cooker is BBQ pulled pork!
Marsha A
My favorite dish to make in the slow cooker is a toss up between beef stew or chili.
MaryEllen
Chicken Nachos!!
Judith D.
I love to make beef and broccoli in the Crock Pot.
Ali Celestino
I like making Broccoli and Cheese soup or cabbage soup
Teri Giese
Was super excited when I recently purchased the casserole slow cooker! Programmable? SWEET! Love throwing literally any chunk of meat in my, “archaic “,low, high,or off, version of a slow cooker, let it go all day. Meat and potatoes one day, shredded meat for sandwiches or burritos the next. Need me another more modern version, in time for holiday meal making. Thanks for the giveaway and I love and have made many of your recipes. This chili sounds good for tomorrow!
Danelle
Thanks so much Teri!
Brienne
I love my slow cooker! Seriously, I don’t know what I’d do without it. We live white chili too and I’ve been looking for a better recipe so I’m excited to try this one. My favorite thing to make in the slow cooker is probably mashed potatoes!
Amanda
Mexican Pork Stew and posole are 2 of my favorites!
Kel
I like to make candy in my crockpot – it melts the chocolate slowly…. I would give this winning crockpot to my sister. thanks!
Danelle
Great idea!
David
I like any kind of meat, chicken, beef, pork tenderloin. They come out so tender and juicy.
Janelle
Do I have to pick only one?! This time of year it seems I get a new favorite crock pot recipe weekly! How about Crock Pot mashed potatoes! Easy and perfect for Thanksgiving!
Joanne
I love my slow cooker, and make a variety of meals with it. Your recipe looks good for a cold day!
Saundra
My favorite is potato, kale, and spicy Italian sausage in a crock pot! So hearty in the winter!
Becky Ellis
I have a burrito stuffing recipe with beans, rice, corn, chicken, etc. that I love making in the slow cooker. Got the recipe from my SIL. It’s easy and delicious!
Danelle
Okay, I think you need to share this recipe with me Becky!
Annie
I love to make pulled pork in my slow cooker. This recipe looks amazing…. I have to try it out! 🙂
Maureen
I have not cooked in a slow cooker. I do not have a slow cooker but I know that a friend of mine makes good pulled pork in hers.
Natalie Tycksen
I love cooking stew in the crockpot! Your chili looks amazing!
Danelle
Thanks Natalie!
erika
What! Why do I not have one of these already? I thought a slow cooker was the best invention. And now we can program them? I need to crawl out from underneath my rock and get one. Can’t wait to make french dip in it!