White Chicken Chili with Quinoa

November 30, 2016

White Chicken Chili with Quinoa | Sarcastic CookingYou guys! I have risen from the dead. Sort of. And it is all thanks to David Bowie. Yes, the David Bowie. Stick with me here. You know how everybody loves hearing about another person’s dreams? Yeah, like I said, stick with me here.

I have been sick for like 2 weeks. When I am sick, like really sick, I have weird ass dreams. For instance, I had Mono and woke up screaming about barfing into little nesting dolls. Then, boom, barfed and had to go home for like 2 weeks. A few years later, I was dating Mike (avert your eyes Mom and Dad) he was sleeping over. I wasn’t feeling well and was yelling in my sleep about somebody or something standing on my chest. I then woke up and barfed all over Mike. True love. I went home and almost had to have my gallbladder removed.

Ok, so two nights ago in a cough syrup and cold medicine induced slumber, I dreamed that I met David friggen Bowie. And I swear it seemed so real to me that it prompted me to get up and make dinner and cook for my kids, clean a little bit, and get back to blog work.

I was in New York pitching some big idea to a food store chain. I was waiting to hear back from how the meeting went, when in the front lobby, who should I meet but Sir David Bowie. Even in my dream I was star struck. He looked old and was wearing a black turtleneck, very chic. He asked me if I was waiting for anything in particular. I told him about my meeting and I must have come across very unsure. He told me that just when he felt like giving up or like things weren’t going his way, that was just about when things started to click for him. He said that he could see I was like him and I wouldn’t give up.

*mouth open, bug-eyed emoji face*

White Chicken Chili with Quinoa | Sarcastic Cooking

I mean, come on?!?!?!

How do I possibly mope around and dwell on the fact that it is still 3 weeks with no fridge, 3 weeks of coughs and runny noses, 5 days with no washing machine?? Time to move on and move forward. If David Bowie came to me and told me to keep going, you best believe I am going to keep going.

Sidenote: In my dream I also scored a giant case of Pampelmousse (Grapefruit) LaCroix. Woo woo! Oh and it was ice cold. Ugh, I miss ice. Sorry, not dwelling.

Ok, and since nobody made me my Mom’s homemade chicken noodle soup and delivered it to me, I took it upon myself to whip up a batch of white chicken chili. Well, really green chili chicken chili. But, that just sounds weird. Then I threw in some quinoa to be all healthy and thicken the chili up a bit. I do not have a lot of chili recipes on the blog, so I needed to add a new one to the small collection.

Give this chili a shot. I also think it would totally work in the slow cooker!

May your spoons be full of this chili and your slumbers filled with inspirational visits from pop icons.

White Chicken Chili with Quinoa

Simple chicken chili with spicy green chilis, white beans, hominy, quinoa, and lime juice.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings 8 -12 Cups

Ingredients

  • 1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
  • 3 Large Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts
  • 1 Teaspoon Smoked Paprika
  • 1 Teaspoon Ground Cumin
  • Dash of Cayenne
  • Salt and Pepper
  • 1/2 Onion diced
  • 2, 4 ounce Cans Diced Green Chilis
  • 32 Ounces Low-Sodium Chicken Stock
  • 8 Ounces Water
  • 1, 14.5 Ounce Can White Canellini Beans drained and rinsed
  • 1, 25 Ounce Can Hominy drained and rinsed
  • 3/4 Cup Quinoa
  • Juice from 2 Limes
  • Fresh Chopped Cilantro

Instructions

  1. Heat the olive oil in a large Dutch oven or stock pot for a minute over medium heat.
  2. Season chicken breasts with salt, pepper, cayenne, cumin, and paprika. Add the breasts to the olive oil. Cook for about 5 minutes on each side to brown the exterior. After 10 minutes, remove the chicken, and set off to the side on a plate.
  3. Reduce the heat to low. Add the onion and saute for 3 minutes until translucent.
  4. Add in the green chilis, stock, water, hominy, and beans. Increase heat to medium. Add the chicken back into the pot. Bring the pot to a simmer. Add the quinoa.
  5. Simmer for 25 minutes.
  6. Remove chicken and shred using two forks. Add the chicken back to the pot.
  7. Turn the heat off. Add lime juice, salt and pepper to taste, and fresh chopped cilantro.
  8. Serve hot with chips and sour cream and hot sauce!

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