The Best White Chili With Chicken

The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 116.

	this recipe	typical
liquid	27%	48%
fat	2%	1%
aromatics	9%	10%
salt	0%	0%
vegetables and beans	0%	9%
collagen idx	0.8	0.8
marbling idx	0.6	0.6

Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

454 g	1 pound dried small white (Navy) beans, Great Northern beans, or cannellini beans (see note)
	Kosher salt
	2 fresh poblano chilies
	4 fresh Anaheim or Hatch chilies
30 g	2 jalapeño chilies
150 g	1 medium onion, peeled, trimmed, and split in halt from top to bottom
24 g	8 medium cloves garlic
41 g	3 tablespoons vegetable or canola oil
960 g	1 quart homemade or store-bought low-sodium chicken stock
15 g	1 whole pickled jalapeño pepper, plus 2 tablespoons pickling liquid from the can
7 g	1 tablespoon ground cumin
2 g	1 teaspoon ground coriander seed
907 g	4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves (about 2 pounds)
454 g	1 pound shredded pepper Jack cheese, divided
	2 tablespoons fresh juice from 2 limes, plus 1 lime cut into wedges for serving
100 g	1 cup roughly chopped fresh cilantro leaves, divided
	4 to 6 scallions, white and light green parts only, thinly sliced

Method: 8 steps, published by www.seriouseats.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“I've been making this for years (and won a contest with a slight variation on it, so thanks Kenji!)- This works great with canned beans.- I BBQ the peppers and onions because I like the little bit of smoke you get there. Works great with roast hatch chilies fr” — a cook

“Fabulous. I forgot to puree some of the Cannellonis before adding the shredded chicken so it seemed like a lotta beans. I shoulda followed the recipe but liked it anyway. The chili "paste" was really spicy hot. It was perfectly spicy when combined with everyth” — a cook, 5★