Gourmet Chicken Chili

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 (15 ounce) cans cannellini beans
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1/2 cup butter, unsalted
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup chicken broth
• 2 cups half-and-half
• 1 teaspoon tabasco sauce (to taste)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons chili powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon salt (to taste)
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper (to taste)
• 4 ounces of whole mild green chilies, drained and chopped
• 5 boneless chicken breasts, cooked and cut into 1/2 inch pieces (about 2 lbs)
• 1 1/2 cups monterey jack cheese (about 6 ounces)
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• coriander, to garnish chili
• salsa, to serve

Recipe

• 1 drain beans in a colander and rinse well.
• 2 in a skillet cook onion in 2 tablespoons of butter over moderate heat until softened.
• 3 in a 6-8 quart heavy kettle melt remaining 6 tablespoons of butter over moderate low heat and whisk in flour. cool roux, whisking constantly, 3 minutes. stir in onion and gradually add broth and half and half, whisking constantly. bring mixture to a boil and simmer, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes, or until thickened. stir in tabasco sauce, chili powder, cumin, salt, and pepper. add beans, chilies, chicken, and <monteray jack cheese and cook mixture over moderately low heat, stirring, 20 minutes. stir in sour cream into chili.
• 4 garnish chili with coriander and serve with salsa.