White Chicken Chili with Aged Cheddar Cheese

January 26, 2019

This recipe for White Chicken Chili has plenty of white aged cheddar cheese swirled in to create a wonderful cheesy texture to this bowl of chili.

Winter is the best time to share a really good chili recipe, so it’s appropriate that I’m sharing this one in the middle of January. I’ve heard there have been some pretty hard-core snowstorms blazing through the country this winter. I live in Arizona, so I can’t relate. But I used to live near Lake Tahoe, so I’m quite familiar with the cold and snow.

Not to worry! I’ve got an extremely delicious white chicken chili recipe here to help you keep warm this winter. It’s made with sauteed onion, bell peppers and jalapeno. Creamed corn and white beans are added in to give it plenty of depth. Chopped green chiles and ground cumin are mixed in for great flavor. And it’s finished off with milk, shredded chicken and white cheddar cheese.

White Chicken Chili vs. Classic Red Chili

Most people are quite familiar with classic red chili. It’s tomato-based with plenty of chili powder. And it usually has some kind of meat in it. White chili is very different since it doesn’t have any tomato or chili powder in it. It’s more like a creamy chili. The use of whole milk and white cheddar cheese gives it a rich texture, and of course helps to create a white-based chili.

The Best Cheddar Cheese:

This recipe originally comes from the KerryGold website. KerryGold is a producer of butter and cheese. They have a nice, white aged cheddar cheese that is perfect for this chili. Imagine swirling the cheese into the chili just before serving. It melts into the milk and surrounds the beans and corn. It’s an unbelievably awesome addition, and it’s the cheese that makes this chili as wonderful as it is.

The Best Soup and Chili Bowls:

These bowls with handles are my very favorite soup and chili bowls. They’re 20-ounce white porcelain bowls, and I like them so much because of the handles. Since the handles don’t get hot, it makes it so much easier to carry the bowls of hot soup or chili. You can also find similar handles bowls at World Market. And I’ve spotted them once in a while at HomeGoods too.

Favorite Soup and Chili Pot:

And here’s the pot I have (in this orange color!) that I love to make my soups and chilis in. It’s the Rachael Ray Enamel on Steel 12-Quart Covered Stockpot (found on Amazon). I ordered it on whim when I needed a large pot, and I have really loved it ever since! It’s easy to clean, and it holds a lot of soup and chili. I like to double recipes, make a lot and freeze some.

This White Chicken Chili makes a good comfort food meal, especially for a chilly day. It’s also a nice chili to share with friends. Double the recipe and serve it at your Super Bowl party too!

You might like to try more chili recipes. Here are some of the best chili recipes that I can recommend: