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Thursday, February 23, 2023
White Chicken Chili
My parents live near a Barons Market and they carry fantastic soups. Walk anywhere within a quarter mile of any Barons and people on the street will stop to tell you how good the Barons soups are, especially the clam chowder. (I am only exaggerating a little bit here.) One of our favorites is the white chicken chili and, since we don’t have immediate access to a Barons or unlimited funds, I decided I needed to figure out how to make it. I did some research on their soup as well as several recipes and settled on a winner from Taste of Home, with a few modifications.
I love this recipe. It is easy to throw together (hardly any chopping or dishes!) and it tastes awesome with toppings like sour cream, cilantro, lime and avocado. You could probably even throw some tortilla strips on there and be soup-er happy! (sorrynotsorry) Bonus, the soup is creamy and still gluten free. The mashed beans give it a cozy, chowder-like texture and the chicken cooks nice and tender.
This is one of our family’s favorite dinners now. Apologies for the sub-par photography…my “real” camera’s battery was dead and I had to get a picture of the last available bowl in daylight before anyone ate it. The only reason, in fact, that I haven’t posted the recipe before now is because I could never get a photo in daylight because it always gets eaten up!
White Chicken ChiliWhite Chicken Chili Author: Jane Maynard This soup offers a little kick of heat, which can be easily adjusted as per the ingredients belowAuthor: Jane MaynardIngredients- 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts, cubed (last time I used up to 2 pounds and soup came out great)
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 garlic cloves, minced (or pushed through a garlic press)
- 32 ounces chicken broth
- 1 4-ounce can chopped green chiles (mild, medium or hot depending on your preference)
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 2 teaspoons dried oregano
- ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper (add up to 1-1/2 teaspoons if you want it spicier)
- 3 14-ounce cans great northern white beans, drained
- ¾ cup fresh chopped cilantro (measurement does not need to be precise, just a nice big handful) + extra for garnish
- 1 lime
- Optional toppings: Shredded cheese, sour cream, fresh lime, fresh cilantro, avocado, thinly sliced radish
Instructions- In a large pot, cook chicken and onion over medium heat until lightly browned.
- Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer.
- Stir in the chicken broth, chiles, cumin, oregano and cayenne; bring to a boil then reduce heat to low.
- Mash 1 can of the white beans with a potato masher or pastry blender until quite smooth. Add mashed and whole beans to the pot. Simmer for 20-30 minutes.
- Serve as is or with optional toppings listed above!
Posted by Jane Wallin at 1:18 pm 4 Comments
Categories: all recipes, fab faves, featured recipes, Gluten-Free Recipes, main dishes, Recipes Tags: chicken, chili, soup, white chicken chili |
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Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Carne Asada Salad with Cilantro Crema
As promised, I am sharing my carne asada salad recipe, although it’s more of a guide than an actual recipe. This salad is flexible. If you’re missing something, no worries. Really the only required attendees in carne asada salad are, well, carne asada, salad (you know, the greens) and my homemade cilantro crema. Beyond that, do what I describe below or get creative! The world (well, this salad) is your oyster (except there aren’t oysters in this salad, and, actually, as flexible as the salad is, I would skip the oysters).
This is a great go-to dinner option. The cilantro crema dressing is easy to make, the carne asada (which I get from the butcher at the store) grills up in mere minutes, and the salad is super easy to throw together. Also, all my kids like this meal so that automatically makes it my favorite. But, seriously, Nate and I do love it as well!
Carne Asada Salad with Cilantro CremaAuthor: Jane MaynardIngredients- Salad greens (whatever is your favorite!)
- Sliced, grilled carne asada
- Beans (black, pinto, garbanzo, whatever)
- Fresh or canned corn
- Chopped or sliced avocado
- Chopped tomatoes (I usually forget these)
- Fried tortilla strips or broken up tortilla chips
- Cilantro Crema
Instructions- On a plate place your greens. Top with carne asada, beans, corn, avocado, tomato, then drizzle with dressing. Finish off with tortilla strips! Enjoy!
Posted by Jane Wallin at 4:41 pm 2 Comments
Categories: all recipes, featured recipes, main dishes, Recipes Tags: carne asada, go-to dinners, go-to meals, recipe, salad |
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Sunday, January 8, 2017
Barbecue Chicken Salad Recipe
For a while I wrote a fun series of posts on Babble called “3 Kids, A Mom & a Kitchen.” For one of the article the girls and I made a super tasty Barbecue Chicken Salad recipe. I just clicked through to link to that recipe for today’s weekly menu and discovered that Babble did a website update, which means the captions that had the recipe included are missing! So, I’m reposting the recipe here, for posterity’s sake. Well, actually, mostly for my sake so I can have the recipe handy. 😉
This is one of those recipes that’s not really a recipe – no measurements necessary and feel free to add or omit ingredients at will. I pretty much stole the idea for this salad from a restaurant called Croutons. Enjoy!
Barbecue Chicken SaladAdapted from a dish served at a restaurant called CroutonsAuthor: Jane MaynardIngredients- Grilled chicken breast
- Barbecue sauce
- Romaine lettuce, chopped
- Shredded cheese, cheddar or mozzarella
- Canned black beans, rinsed and drained
- Canned corn
- Chopped tomato
- Cornbread croutons (if I can find these at the store I toast cubed cornbread in the oven until crispy)
- Chopped Granny Smith Apples
- Ranch dressing
Instructions- Shred grilled chicken and toss in barbecue sauce to coat.
- Toss everything together and serve with ranch dressing. Voila!
- No set amount for ingredients - plan for about ½ chicken breast per person and adjust ingredients as necessary for the size of the salad!
Posted by Jane Wallin at 3:31 pm No Comments
Categories: all recipes, main dishes, Recipes Tags: barbecue chicken salad, chicken, recipes, salads |
