Sharing my favorite White Chicken Chili Recipe today! This Slow Cooker White Chicken Chili Mac is flavor packed and makes the perfect meal for your family.
White Chicken Chili Recipe
Have you had white chicken chili before? It’s got all of the same great chili flavors but it is not red like traditional chili. There’s no chili powder or tomatoes which makes your chili that deep red color. What you will find is lots of vegetables, chicken, cumin, spices, lime, cilantro and diced avocado on top. This was such a favorite dinner for us last week. We ate it for days. Every time I use my crock pot I wonder why I don’t use it more often! It’s so great to use in the summer so you don’t have to turn on the oven. Break out your crock pot and enjoy!!
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Here’s a look at all of the ingredients I used.
How To Make White Chicken Chili
- Heat oil in a large dutch oven over medium heat. Saute onions and garlic until softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in Anaheim peppers, zucchini, green bell peppers, chicken and beans. Saute for 10 minutes, stirring often.
- Transfer to a large crock pot over high heat. Add broth, Ranch seasoning, lime juice, cumin, garlic salt, salt, pepper and pasta.
- Close lid and let cook for 2 hours on high. Reduce heat to low or warm. Right before serving stir in cilantro and top each individual bowl with diced avocado.
A large onion and garlic to start.
Anaheim pepper.
2 large or 4 small zucchini and a green bell pepper.
Cooked shredded chicken and white beans.
Transfer to a large crock pot.
White Chicken Chili Slow Cooker
Add your chicken broth.
Add 1 package of Ranch Seasoning packet plus fresh lime juice. I found an organic all natural Ranch mix at Whole Foods, yay!
Some cumin, garlic salt, salt and pepper to season.
With the crock pot on high add your pasta and let cook for 2 hours. Once al dente, reduce heat to low.
Right before serving, add fresh cilantro. Mmm!
Add diced avocado to each bowl and enjoy!
Slow Cooker White Chicken Chili Mac
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 large onion finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons minced garlic
- 1 diced Anaheim Pepper
- 2 cups sliced zucchini
- 3/4 cup diced green bell pepper
- 3 cups cooked shredded chicken breast
- Three 15 ounce cans white beans
- 64 ounces reduced sodium chicken broth
- 1 ounce package Ranch seasoning mix
- 3 limes juiced
- 1/4 cup ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 3 cups small dry pasta
- 1/2 cup fresh chopped cilantro
- 1 avocado diced
Instructions
- Heat oil in a large dutch oven over medium heat. Saute onions and garlic until softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in Anaheim peppers, zucchini, green bell peppers, chicken and beans. Saute for 10 minutes, stirring often.
- Transfer to a large crock pot over high heat. Add broth, Ranch seasoning, lime juice, cumin, garlic salt, salt, pepper and pasta. Close lid and let cook for 2 hours on high. Reduce heat to low or warm. Right before serving stir in cilantro and top each individual bowl with diced avocado.
Nutrition
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1/4 cup of cumin? is that right?
With the beans, do you drain the juice or add it?
Hi, I made this yesterday, and the pasta was really overcooked. Any suggestions? Thanks!
Looks delicious. Cant wait to try! After the 2 hours on high, how much longer does it need to be cooking on low?
The cooking is done after 2 hours so any amount of time on low (or warm). 🙂
Thank you. 🙂
Just wondering, but if you were use raw chicken and removed it, diced, and re-added it, do you think that might make it up the cooking time a bit? I’m in the market for recipes I can leave on over night for the next day after work since I’m gone almost 12 hours. (6 hours over night is much safer I think.)
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Thank you so much for all your wonderful recipes. I will definitely be making this white chili 🙂
Looks delicious! I just got your book and flagged several recipes to try soon–love it!!
The addition of pasta & ranch seasoning has me intrigued. Yum! And of course I’m always on the lookout for a great slow cooker recipe.
This is currently in my crockpot for dinner tonight! I am having my husband’s guy friends over and thought it’d be a good rainy day meal. I have to admit that I had to come back on here to check that it said 1/4 cup of cumin, because I’ve been worrying it was tsp and I read it wrong. I added 1/8 to be safe.
I put mine on low and just had my husband add the noodles, since work didn’t allow me to do 2 hours. Excited to try it, thanks for the great recipe!
I am the same – I love the slow cooker in the summer so I don’t have to heat up the house! This looks so good!
How long do you keep it on low, after you have cooked it on high 2 hours? Does it still need to cook more? Will the pasta get too soft if you keep it on low for a few hours (after the 2 hours of high)?
I love your kitchen towel! Where did you get it?
How long would you cook if on low? This sounds delicious!
Absolutely Fabulously Delish.
Can’t wait to make this. WOWWwww.
Even I am not a cooking blogger but I am sure the pictures form my kitchen are nicer than in any posh cooking blog, including you! 😉 😛
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This sounds so delicious! Love how it has lots of zucchini in it! I think my family would eat it up!
This looks amazing, your pictures scream fresh! They also scream “eat me” because I really want this dish!
This is a fab family meal & I LOVE all the avocado!
Is it really 1/4 Cup of Cumin? Sounds like a lot but I admit, I love Cumin. Just wanted to be sure.
That is correct 🙂 You scan always start w less if you’re nervous, but it’s a giant pot of chili 🙂
I’ll take a few bowls of this please!! It looks amazing!
This chili has my name written all over it! It was rainy this past weekend in Denver and totally put me in the mood for slow cooker meals:)
That looks great! I might try adapting to cook on the stovetop.
HECK YES!!! I am coming over for this next time you make it!!
I love slow cooker meals!! and this one looks great!
No oven – yes, please! And it looks delicious – I’m in!
This looks so good!
I am all over the slow cooker right now, but I love how this can totally be made any time!!!
This looks soooooo comforting. And I love the fresh zucchini in there! 🙂
Totally want to try this.
I like white chicken chili more than just the regular stuff. Like that you added pasta to yours.
I want a bowl right now!
Mmm!! Sounds so good. I would love a bowl for dinner tonight!
This soup sounds wonderful, Jenny!
That sounds delicious!!!
LOVE using my crockpot in the summer. This is such a fabulous and Summery spin on chili!!
That looks AMAZING! We are a big white chili family. I never even thought to add noodles. Can’t wait to try this version.