Creamy White Chili Recipe Taste of Home Recipes

I am a Taste of Home girl all the way. Whenever I am looking for a recipe or a How-To tip, you'll find me on their site. We are having a soup and salad dinner tonight at church and I was looking for something a little different. I ran across this award winning recipe and immediately started making my grocery list. I already have it in the crock-pot and even though I haven't tried it yet, I think this one is going to have a regular spot on the Withrow menu list ;-)

 

This particular recipe is my first very own creation :-)  I had wanted something with chicken and corn and creamy so I started looking up recipes and used ideas from about 3 or 4!  The result is one of my favorite comfort soups.  It is so quick to make and easy to keep ingredients in stock.  The other week I even made it on Saturday evening to have for Sunday lunch!  We like it with grilled cheese sandwiches :)

 

Here’s what you need:

• 1/2 – 1 small onion, chopped
• 1 Tbsp butter
• 2 Tbsp olive oil
• 1 lb. cooked chicken, cubed or pulled
• 1 can cream of chicken soup
• 1 1/2 cup milk
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 1 can whole corn or bag frozen corn
• 1 can diced potatoes or 2 medium potatoes peeled, cubed, and cooked
• (optional) 1 c peas, bacon, and/or shredded cheese
• Above picture is without optional ingredients.

How to fix it:

• In your soup pot, sauté onion in butter and olive oil.
• Combine soup, milk, and broth and add to pot.
• Then add cooked chicken, corn, and potatoes to soup. (opt. peas) and simmer until heated/cooked through.
• Top with bacon and cheddar if desired.

I fixed these salads the other night for supper and thought I would share with you!  This salad is soooo yummy and easy to throw together.  I got the original recipe out of a magazine and then tweaked it for our taste.

Here’s what you need for the salad:

• green lettuce (I used green leaf lettuce here, but butter lettuce is also VERY yummy for this salad)
• diced red onion
• can of black beans, rinsed
• cooked corn (I got a bag of the frozen sweet corn that you steam in the microwave, makes it extra fast!)
• diced tomatoes
• 1 lb. cooked chicken
• shredded cheddar or Mexican blend cheese

Just layer in one big bowl or individual serving bowls. Sorry I do not have exact measurements.  For our family, I normally just cut up what I need at the moment and put in individual bowls.

The Dressing:

• 2/3 cup Ranch mixed with
• 1/4 cup BBQ sauce

Enjoy!