# White Chicken Chili ## [![image.png](https://recipes.doylefamily.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-02/scaled-1680-/image.png)](https://recipes.doylefamily.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-02/image.png)
This White Chicken Chili is hearty, warming, creamy and perfectly comforting. It's a great alternative to traditional beef chili and makes a simple, yet completely delicious dinner! Makes about 8 cups.
Servings: 6 servings
Prep: 15 minutes
Cook: 35 minutes
Ready in: 50 minutes
### Equipment
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Food processor
### Ingredients - 1 small yellow onion, diced - 1 tbsp olive oil - 2 cloves garlic, finely minced - 2 (14.5 oz) cans low-sodium chicken broth - 1 (7 oz) can diced green chilies - 1 1/2 tsp cumin - 1/2 tsp paprika - 1/2 tsp dried oregano - 1/2 tsp ground coriander - 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper - salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste - 1 (8 oz) pkg Neufchatel cheese (aka light cream cheese), cut into small cubes - 1 1/4 cup frozen or fresh corn - 2 (15 oz) cans cannellini beans - 2 1/2 cups shredded cooked chicken\* - 1 Tbsp fresh lime juice - 2 Tbsp chopped fresh cilantro, plus more for serving - Tortilla chips or strips, Monterrey jack cheese, sliced avocado for serving (optional) ### Instructions
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Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add onion and saute 4 minutes minutes. Add garlic and saute 30 seconds longer.
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Add chicken broth, green chilies, cumin, paprika, oregano, coriander, cayenne pepper and season with salt and pepper to taste. Bring mixture just to a boil then reduce heat to medium-low and simmer 15 minutes.
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Drain and rinse beans in a fine mesh strainer or colander then measure out 1 cup. Set whole beans aside, transfer 1 cup beans to a food processor along with 1/4 cup broth from soup, puree until nearly smooth**.
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Add Neufchatel cheese to soup along with corn, whole beans and pureed beans and stir well. Simmer 5 - 10 minutes longer.
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Stir in chicken, fresh lime juice and cilantro. Serve with Monterrey Jack cheese, more cilantro, avocado slices and tortilla chips, if desired.
### Notes
- \* Recipe can also be updated to use pre-cooked shredded chicken such as rotisserie or leftover chicken. - \*\* If you don't own a food processor you can skip the pureeing step, soup just won't be quite as creamy.