Quick Chicken Chili

This chicken chili has few ingredients with lots of flavor. If you are looking for something quick and healthy, this is the recipe to use. This is wonderful over white or brown rice. Top with reduced-fat cheese and/or sour cream--I do both!

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 40 mins
• Total Time: 50 mins
• Calories: 354 Calories

Ingredients

• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 2 cups chicken stock
• 1 stalk celery, chopped
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 teaspoon chili powder, or more to taste
• 1 (4 ounce) can chopped green chilies
• 1 teaspoon fresh chopped garlic
• 2 (16 ounce) cans cannellini beans, divided
• 12 ounces cubed cooked chicken

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Combine onion and celery in a pot over medium heat. Cook about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook until vegetables are tender, about 2 minutes more. Season with salt and pepper. Add green chiles, then chili powder and 1 can cannellini beans. Cook until flavors marry, about 5 minutes.

Step 2

Meanwhile, pour remaining can of beans into a bowl and mash to a paste consistency. Add mashed beans to the onion and bean mixture. Add chicken stock and cooked chicken. Reduce heat and simmer about 25 minutes.