Slow Cooker White Bean Chicken Chili Verde + Video
This Slow Cooker White Bean Chicken Chili is always a crowd pleaser! By using your Crock Pot this dish is a true dump and go dinner that your entire family will love!
Cozy up with a bowl of creamy, flavorful white chicken chili made effortlessly in the slow cooker. This hearty dish combines tender chicken, white beans, green chilies, and a rich, spiced broth for a comforting meal perfect for any night of the week.
With minimal prep and hands-off cooking, it’s a fuss-free recipe that delivers big on flavor. Serve it with your favorite toppings like shredded cheese, avocado, or tortilla chips for the ultimate crowd-pleaser!
Ingredients for White Bean Chicken Chili
This slow cooker white chicken chili recipe is very easy and loaded with basic ingredients you probably already have. The ingredients you will need are:
- Garlic
- Onion
- Jalapeno
- Chicken
- Canned Green Chilies
- Salsa Verde
- Chicken Broth
- Spices (cumin, oregano, garlic powder, black pepper, onion powder, salt)
- Lime juice
How to Make White Chicken Chili
- Begin my placing minced garlic, chopped onion and chopped, seeded jalapeño in the bottom of your slow cooker.
- Place boneless, skinless chicken breast right on top of the vegetables in the slow cooker. There is no need to pan sear them or chop ahead of time, they will cook and shred perfectly in the slow cooker. Top the chicken with the spices, salsa verde, canned green chilies, white beans and broth.
- Cook the soup for 8 hours on low, or up to 4 hours on high.
- Add the chicken back into the slow cooker, squeezed a whole lime over the top and a sprinkle of seasoned salt, if desired.
Tips
- Since the jalapeño is seeded it does not have a lot of spice. However, you can use 1/2 of a chopped green bell pepper in place if you are sensitive to jalapeños.
- Trim the chicken breasts of any excess fat before placing them in the slow cooker.
- I prefer making this chicken chili verde in my Crockpot so I can set it and forget it. However, if you don’t have a Crockpot you can easily make this recipe on the stovetop over low heat (it’ll cook faster, just FYI).
Recipe FAQ
White beans refers to a small group of white beans that includes Cannellini Beans, Navy Beans, Great Northern Beans, and White Kidney Beans. I use Cannellini Beans for this recipe, however any of the other white bean options will work as they are all very similar in taste and texture.
This recipe is formulated for already soft, canned beans. If you want to use dry beans you will need to prepare them ahead of time separately.
This soup is very hearty, but if you want to thicken things up further you can blend an extra can of white beans and add the bean puree to the soup and simmer at least 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
This soup is very hearty, but if you want to thicken things up further you can blend an extra can of white beans and add the bean puree to the soup and simmer at least 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
More Gluten-Free Soup Recipes:
- Instant Pot Chicken Spinach Soup
- Slow Cooker Chicken Enchilada Soup
- Smoky Black Bean Soup with Spicy Sausage
- Lightened Up Slow Cooker Potato Soup
- Sweet Corn Chowder
- Slow Cooker Cabbage Roll Soup
Get the Recipe: Slow Cooker White Bean Chicken Chili Verde
Ingredients
- 2 pounds chicken breast, fat removed
- 1 cup onion, finely chopped
- 2 fresh jalapeños, seeded and diced
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon oregano
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
- 2 (4 ounce) cans green chilis
- 1 cup salsa verde
- 2 (15 ounce) cans white beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 (32 ounce) container of chicken stock
- 1 lime, juiced
- 1 1/2 teaspoons season salt, garlic salt or salt based cajun seasoning
Instructions
- Place the chopped onion, diced and seeded jalapeno peppers, and minced garlic in the bottom of your slow cooker.
- Top with Chicken breast and spices
- Add undrained cans of green chills and salsa verde
- Add the cans of drained and rinsed white beans and chicken broth.
- Let mixture simmer on low for 8 hours or on high for 4 hours.
- Before you serve, remove the chicken breast and shred, add the shredded chicken back to the crock pot.
- Squeeze lime juice into the soup and sprinkle season salt, stir, and let simmer an additional 20-30 minutes.
Notes
- Since the jalapeño is seeded it does not have a lot of spice. However, you can use 1/2 of a chopped green bell pepper in place if you are sensitive to jalapeños.
- Trim the chicken breasts of any excess fat before placing them in the slow cooker.
This is a go to for my family! We use this recipe multiple times throughout the winter.
Can you add cream cheese to this recipe?
Hi Tracy, yes just soften the cream cheese all the way before adding at the very end and whisk really well so it dissolves. If you add cold cream cheese to hot soup it doesn’t usually dissolve properly. Enjoy!
This is one of my favorite dinner recipes of all time! I’ve been wanting to meal prep some freezer “dump” meals. Do you think it would work to combine these ingredients in a freezer Ziploc and crock pot a different day from frozen?
Family loved this easy-to-assemble chili. I added a poblano pepper & used one smaller jalapeno. I used Great Northern Beans and topped with cilantro (we luv) & sour cream with couple of tablespoons of salsa verde mixed together. Served with Marie Callender’s corn bread and a side salad.
Next time I might make a roux with a bit of the stock & flour and stir in midway just to thicken it up a bit (snowed today so we Seattleites needed to warm our bones).
Looks yum! Is this gluten free?
So excited to make this. Do you know how to adapt for an instant pot?
Hi Tori, yes I have the Instant Pot version here.
This recipe is actually seems delicious . I am trying White Bean Chicken Chili Verde recipe for dinner . Thank you !!!!
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Does it matter if I use Chicken Stock instead of Chicken Broth????? The ingredients call for Stock but as I was reading along, it said pour the Chicken Broth. I used Chicken Stock and hope it still tastes great. Thank you! Which do you prefer?
Hi Jamie, either work perfectly! I’ve used broth and I find the flavor is the same. Enjoy!
Hi, what size crock pot did you use for this recipe?
Hi Courtney, I used a 6 quart crock pot for this recipe. I hope you enjoy!
This is nice. Thank you for the recipe.