Loaded Beans & Chicken White Chili

Name: Loaded Beans and Chicken White Chili
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Fusion
Ingredients: onions; green bell peppers; garlic cloves; carrots; celery stalks; olive oil; butter; chicken; chicken broth; pinto beans; pinto beans; vermouth; chickpeas (garbanzo beans); cumin; red hot pepper sauce; chili powder; honey; red hot pepper sauce; mozzarella cheese

Submitted by Tarapin

Loaded Beans and Chicken White Chili recipe

YIELD

16 servings

PREP

10 min

COOK

40 min

READY

50 min

Ingredients

MEDIUM ONIONS
finely chopped

LARGE GREEN BELL PEPPERS
finely chopped

LARGE GARLIC CLOVES *

CARROTS
shredded

CELERY STALKS
finely chopped

TABLESPOON OLIVE OIL

TABLESPOON BUTTER

1 ¼

POUNDS CHICKEN
boneless, cooked, chopped

CAN CHICKEN BROTH
low salt, 15 ounces *

CAN PINTO BEANS
drained and rinsed *

CAN PINTO BEANS
not drained and pureed in blender *

CUP VERMOUTH
dry white *

CAN CHICKPEAS (GARBANZO BEANS)
optional *

TEASPOON CUMIN
ground

TEASPOON RED HOT PEPPER SAUCE

TEASPOONS CHILI POWDER

TABLESPOON HONEY

TEASPOONS RED HOT PEPPER SAUCE
medium

MOZZARELLA CHEESE
shredded, optional *

Directions

In a medium saucepan, sauté in oil and butter over medium high temperature the onion, green pepper, garlic, carrot and celery 6 to 8 minutes.

Gently add the cooked chicken, broth and beans. Add vermouth, chick peas, cumin, tabasco sauce, chili powder, honey and hot sauce and simmer and stir on low for a half hour.

For a nice touch and added flavor, melt shredded mozzarella cheese on top of each serving.