These 10 White Chili Recipes Are Healthy Comfort Food for Fall

Instant Pot® Colorado Chile Verde
Photo: Diana71

These top-rated chili recipes are lower in calories and saturated fats than beefy chilies but still hearty and satisfying. They get it done deliciously with low-fat chicken breast or ground turkey meat. These white chili recipes are always a great choice for quick, healthy meals.

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Crock-Pot® Chicken Chili

Crock Pot Chicken Chili
Photo by Katy Hyde.

"Made a chicken chili recipe, and it was bland. So I took the ingredients and added my own flair," says Starr, adding salsa verde, diced tomatoes with green chile peppers, and simple seasonings. Arizona Desert Flower raves: "Fabulous! Spicy, filling and healthy...not to mention easy!"

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White Chili II

White Chili II
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"This is a nice low-fat meal," says Nancy. "It can be made in a slow cooker, or on the stove top." END54 says, "A fantastic chili with enough bite to be flavorful & pleasing and low enough in fat and sodium to be allowed on my diet!"

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White Chili

Chili with white beans, corn, cilantro, and ground turkey
Sarah Seifipour

This simple ground-turkey chili combines salsa, corn, and great Northern beans with jalapeno pepper-jack cheese. "It is very tasty and a little spicy," says TINA.

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White Bean Chicken Breast Chili

White Bean Chicken Breast Chili
Photo by Diana Mc.

The key to Chef John's white-bean chicken chili is to cook the chicken breasts in just a small amount of vegetable oil, and then to deglaze the skillet, scraping up all the flavorful browned chicken bits from the pan. If you prefer, use chicken thighs here, but chicken breasts have less fat -- and this chili is so flavorful with garlic, ancho and chipotle chili powders, cayenne, cumin, and oregano, you'll never miss the fat.

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Popa's Simple White Chili

Popa's Simple White Chili
Photo by Buckwheat Queen.

Here's a quick-and-easy version of white chili with ground turkey, Great Northern beans, Mexican spices, and cans of green enchilada sauce and diced green chiles. Make it on the stovetop or in a slow cooker. Soup Loving Nicole raves, "This recipe was super-simple, packed full of flavor, fuss-free, and perfect for days when you don't have much time to spend in the kitchen."

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Spicy White Chili with Chicken

spicy white chili chicken
Chef Mo

Cubed cooked chicken breast meat combines with corn, chopped jalapeno peppers, diced green chiles, and a combo of garbanzo and Great Northern beans. A squeeze of lime juice brightens up the flavorful spices. "Delicious white chicken chili," says tmelenick. "Make on stove top or let it simmer all day in slow cooker."

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White Chili with Ground Turkey

White Chili with Ground Turkey
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"A great alternative to regular chili," says Donna. It combines ground turkey and cannellini beans with green chile peppers, garlic, and Mexican spices, including cumin and ground cinnamon. Garnish with cheese, salsa, sour cream, and cilantro, and serve with rolled tortillas.

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Slow-Cooked White Chili

Slow-Cooked White Chili
Photo by Rock_lobster.

This simple white chili combines cubed cooked chicken breast meat with navy beans, white corn, green chilies, and plenty of spices. "This version won our chili cookoff at work a few years ago in the non-traditional category," says skw.

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Chicken and White Bean Chili

Chicken and White Bean Chili
Photo by bd.weld.

"DELISH," raves LilSnoo. "This was so good, it was eaten before I could even get a pic! I used a medium roasted tomato and chipotle salsa, and the flavors were perfect!"

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Instant Pot® Colorado Chile Verde

Instant Pot® Colorado Chile Verde
Diana71

Here's a chicken and Hatch chile pepper chile that cooks in the Instant Pot. "This is a chili that you'll find in the Mountain West, either Colorado or New Mexico," says Diana71. "It has a medium heat and complex taste, thanks to green chiles from Hatch, New Mexico. The dish is a simple stew with a cohesive taste across different textures and flavors, that can be thickened as you like it. Serve with bread, tortillas, rice, or even over a breakfast burrito!"

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