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Easy Slow Cooker White Chicken Chili

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This white chicken chili recipe is made with white beans, green chili’s, veggies, chicken broth, and pantry seasonings. It’s slow cooked, and full-flavored with juicy, tender chicken thighs. No pre-cooking here, just an easy, white chicken chili!

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Easy Slow Cooker White Chicken Chili

Allow me to share the things I love about this chili. In fact, I’ll just bullet point my notes for you…just because 🙂

  • We’re using simple, everyday ingredients…nothing weird, and should be found at your regular ole grocery store.
  • 15 minute prep, so NO pre-cooking anything. It’s a throw-and-go!
  • Great recipe for any season…who doesn’t love chili any time of the year?!

A couple things to note about the ingredients for this recipe:

I use boneless, skinless, chicken thighs, which translates to hassle free, fall-apart, juicy, tender chicken chili.

No dry chicken…ever!

Also, I recommend using as many garnish ingredients suggested in the recipe below (cilantro, jalapeños, sour cream, lime, etc).

They were made for this chili!

My healthy tips when making Slow Cooker White Chicken Chili:

  1. Opt for reduced-sodium chicken broth and no salt added beans. This way, you’re in complete control of the salt content.
  2. Mash up one of the cans of beans to help develop a naturally creamier consistency; this avoids adding unnecessary extra ingredients as thickeners.

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Slow Cooker White Chicken Chili Ingredients:

  • boneless, skinless chicken thighs (uncooked)
  • reduced-sodium chicken broth
  • can reduced-sodium white beans
  • canned diced green chilis
  • onion
  • celery
  • garlic
  • cumin, chili powder, oregano
  • salt and pepper
  • frozen corn
  • any garnish ingredients (cilantro, lime, avocado, jalapeños, sour cream, cheese, tortilla chips)

* See full recipe card below

Kitchen tools I use for this recipe

Check out this vintage Crockpot brand slow cooker I picked up at the thrift store for $10!

I was super stoked to find it. They just don’t make them like they used to!

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I know that the vintage cookers don’t let you take out the ceramic insert, but I’ll sacrifice that feature any day.

This slow cooker truly cooks slower than some of these newer slow cookers.

I’ve been researching, as well as testing, and I’m going to report my findings here on the blog at a later date. Stay tuned!

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Looking for a couple more hassle-free chicken recipes for busy weeknights?

Check out my scrumptious Fall Apart Chicken Vegetable Crockpot Soup.

My lightly crispy Simple Baked Chicken Leg Drumsticks use a hands-free, sheet-pan baking method with no frying.

And then there’s 10 Minute Pesto Chicken Gnocchi Soup. Seriously, 10 minutes of cook time…and yum!

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5 from 6 votes

Easy Slow Cooker White Chicken Chili

This white chicken chili recipe is made with white beans, green chilis, veggies, chicken broth, and pantry seasonings. It's slow cooked, and full-flavored with juicy, tender chicken thighs. No pre-cooking here, just an easy, white chicken chili!
Course Main Course, Soup
Cuisine American, Mexican
Keyword white chicken chili
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 4 hours
Total Time 4 hours 15 minutes
Servings 10 1-cup servings
Calories 90kcal
Author Traci Antonovich

Ingredients

  • 1 Lb Boneless Skinless Chicken Thighs uncooked
  • 4 cups Reduced sodium Chicken Broth
  • 2 15oz cans Reduced-sodium Cannellini Beans drained, one mashed
  • 1 4.5oz can Diced Green Chilis
  • 1/2 medium Yellow Onion diced
  • 2 stalks Celery diced
  • 3 cloves Garlic minced
  • 1 tsp Ground Cumin
  • 1 tsp Chili Powder
  • 1 tsp Dried Oregano
  • 1 tsp Kosher Salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon Black Pepper
  • 1 cup Corn frozen, canned, or fresh

Instructions

  • In a 3.5 quart slow cooker, combine CHICKEN, CHICKEN BROTH, BEANS, GREEN CHILI'S, ONION, CELERY, GARLIC, CUMIN, CHILI POWDER, OREGANO, SALT, and PEPPER.
  • *Set slow cooker to high for 2 hours or low for 4-6 hours.
  • 30 minutes before cook cycle ends, stir in CORN, cover, and allow to heat through; serve warm with topping options: cilantro, lime, avocado, jalapeños, sour cream, or cheese
  • White Chili Hot Tip: If you mash some of the beans, they'll help thicken the chili naturally.
    Note: Crockpot cooking times can vary depending on age, size, and features, so make sure you’re well acquainted with the heating/timing tendencies of your cooker.

RECIPE NOTES

Yield: 10 cups
Serving size: 1 cup
Nutrition facts are provided as a courtesy, and are estimates based on unbranded ingredients acquired from a nutrition database. For accurate calculations, please refer to brand packaging information and consult your nutritionist.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Easy Slow Cooker White Chicken Chili
Amount Per Serving (1 cup)
Calories 90 Calories from Fat 18
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 2g 3%
Cholesterol 43mg 14%
Sodium 312mg 13%
Potassium 267mg 8%
Total Carbohydrates 5g 2%
Sugars 1g
Protein 11g 22%
Vitamin A 3.3%
Vitamin C 2.2%
Calcium 1.7%
Iron 4.7%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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Comments

    • Traci Antonovich says

      06/13/2019 at 3:39 pm

      Hi Sherry, this recipe calls for uncooked chicken. I'll make sure that's more clear in the recipe. Let me know if you have any more questions. Thanks! :)

  3. Ginny says

    01/24/2018 at 2:09 pm

    I love crock~pot cooking especially for soups, chilis and stews. Mild green chilies go so well with white beans in a chili like this.
    Reply

  5. Joyce says

    01/24/2018 at 12:21 pm

    whoa cool, white chili!! :D I am loving how easy everything put together and how I don't need to babysit my stove! Thank you for this recipe! :D
    ★★★★★

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    • Traci Antonovich says

      01/24/2018 at 9:24 pm

      Oh Jacqueline, this is THE perfect recipe to break you back in. You literally drop everything in and go away for hours. No pre-cooking, no searing, etc. Drop and run :)

  9. Nichole says

    11/01/2017 at 9:37 am

    We have cold and dreary weather in Kansas already, and this soup looks like just the fix I need to warm me up! I love "set it and forget it" cooking as well especially when I get to smell something as delicious as that white chicken chili simmering in the slow cooker all day! :)
    ★★★★★

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  10. Sandi says

    11/01/2017 at 9:24 am

    You are totally killing it with all of these yummy recipes lately. I love your old crock pot...mine is ancient too. I think the old ones were built to last forever.
    ★★★★★

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    • Traci Antonovich says

      11/01/2017 at 10:09 am

      Sandi, you're killin me with that lovely comment...thank you! Yea, the old school crockpot truly cooks "slow". From what I've seen and read, some of the newer ones heat control cycles are too short to cook away from home during the average work day. I'm hanging on to my orange beast :)

  11. Amy at cooking1handed.com says

    11/01/2017 at 8:14 am

    I love recipes that use what I have in my pantry! I'm from New Mexico so I always have about 12 cans of green chiles ready and waiting...you can never have too many. This looks like a perfect dish for the cool nights of fall.
    ★★★★★

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  12. Elaine @ Dishes Delish says

    11/01/2017 at 8:05 am

    Mmmm. I love that you use chicken thighs in this delicious chili!! I love white chili and this looks absolutely perfect!! Especially when it involves a slow cooker!! I will be trying your delicious chili this weekend!
    ★★★★★

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    • Traci Antonovich says

      11/01/2017 at 9:12 am

      Thanks Elaine! Yeah, I'm with you on the chicken thighs...you can cook them all day and they don't dry out. Thanks for commenting...hope you love this recipe!

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