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One Pot Skinny White Chicken Chili

November 24, 2018 By Lillie 53 Comments

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This one pot skinny, white chicken chili is gonna be on repeat over here this season.  Maybe even this weekend with some leftover Thanksgiving turkey! SO SO EASY and SO TASTY… everyone can customize with as much or as little of some less-skinny toppings as they like, HA! Which means even the kids are happy.  So what if my three-year old has equal parts fritos and chili- it’s fine! And I get a giant bowl for KILLER macros. Everyone wins.

Large pot of creamy chicken chili

Growing up, my mom always made a “tortilla soup” with green enchilada sauce as the base.  I LOVED it and was constantly disappointed as I got older and ordered it at restaurants to find my veggies and chicken swimming in a red or clear broth. Even if it was considered an authentic mexican restaurant, I don’t care. I LOVE THIS STUFF. So tasty.  And such a quick and easy way to get a super flavorful soup or chili without a million ingredients or hours of simmer.

Large pot of creamy chicken chili from the side

How to Make Your Skinny White Chicken Chili

  1. Saute your veggies, add in some garlic and seasoning, followed by a few cans of diced green chilis, enchilada sauce, stock, and chicken.  Let it simmer!
  2. Add greek yogurt cream cheese and some frozen corn and simmer for a few more minutes.
  3. Scoop into bowls and sprinkle on your toppings. Enjoy!

Did you see that. THREE steps. Sorta. The hardest part is just picking apart your rotisserie chicken to toss any of the gross parts you don’t want to eat. You’ll hate me for those five minutes but just remember you didn’t even have to cook it! Then you’ll like me again.

What You Need for Your Skinny White Chicken Chili 

  • Rotisserie chicken breast (I buy the big pack from Costco, but feel free to pick it off the bird, or just use whatever you’ve got. The macros for white meat will be pretty similar across the board.)
  • Bell peppers
  • Onions
  • Zucchini
  • Corn (frozen)
  • Green enchilada sauce
  • Canned green chilis
  • Chicken stock
  • Seasonings: Garlic, cumin, salt and pepper
  • Greek yogurt cream cheese (or any reduced fat cream cheese would work)
  • Toppings: Whatever you like! We love cheese, avocado, sour cream, cilantro, lime, and CHIPS. And we’re not afraid to buy fritos. If you think you don’t like them and can only buy some fancy blue corn tortilla chip from whole foods you’re lying to yourself. And the ingredients are the same. Ha! But fine, get whatever you like!
Large pot of creamy chicken chili

This is truly so easy to make. Perfect leftovers. Although I’m always floored because it looks like so much and we eat it ALL.

Oh my gosh and the best part is a CLEAN KITCHEN. Since it’s in one pot, it gives me time to tidy while it simmers. Then it’s done and ready to serve to the whole family! This is way better leaving out ten cutting boards for assembling tacos or burgers or salads like we do all summer… I LOVE FALL.

Eating hot soup, while not sweating, in a clean kitchen.  Pretty much heaven.

I have more hot soup recipes you can check out here. If you liked my one pot skinny white chicken chili, believe me, you will want to try my other soups too. 

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One Pot Skinny White Chicken Chili

Large pot of creamy chicken chili

★★★★★

5 from 31 reviews

We LOVE a good white chicken chili over here, and making it extra light and healthy didn’t change it for anyone! All of my kids even devour this.  And skipping the beans just allows me to use the carbs where I value them more! Feel free to add them in if you love beans!

  • Author: Lillie
  • Prep Time: 15
  • Cook Time: 30
  • Total Time: 45 minutes
  • Yield: 6–8 1x
  • Category: Soup/Chili
  • Method: Stove Top
  • Cuisine: Mexican
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Ingredients

  • 3 medium bell peppers diced (380 g)
  • 2 medium onions diced (540 g)
  • 2 medium zucchini chopped (355 g)
  • 5 cloves minced garlic (or frozen dorot cubes)
  • 1 tbs cumin
  • 8 oz (2 small cans) mild diced green chilis
  • 400 g green enchilada sauce (half a huge can)
  • 550 g rotisserie chicken breast (about 1.25 lb) shredded and/or chopped into bite sized pieces. (I buy the big package from Costco and pick any yucky stuff out.)
  • 3 cups chicken stock (I use the boxed cartons from Costco.)
  • 1/4 cup (44 g) greek yogurt cream cheese
  • 128 g corn (I used the frozen roasted corn from Trader Joes)
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Heat a large pot over medium, high heat, spray with cooking spray.
  2. Add peppers, onions, and zucchini, sprinkle with a hefty pinch of kosher salt and cook for 5-7 minutes till soft.
  3. Sir in garlic and cumin and sauté for a few more minutes, then add green chilis, green enchilada sauce, chicken stock and chicken. Sprinkle a little kosher salt on your chicken. Turn to low and simmer for about 15 minutes or until you’re ready to eat.
  4. Stir in greek yogurt cream cheese and corn and simmer for five more minutes just until corn is no longer frozen. All done!
  5. Top individual bowls with cheese, sour cream (we use low or non-fat), avocado, fresh cilantro, a squeeze of lime, and tortilla chips or fritos!

Notes

  1. I love to buy the big package of rotisserie chicken breast from Costco for soups in the winter. I’m not a huge fan of the texture for salads or much else, but as long as you take a minute to pick through it and remove any gross parts, then chop and shred the good stuff into manageable sized pieces, it’s PERFECT for soups!  And makes it such a breeze.
  2. For macro-counters: Search “Lillie Eats and Tells Skinny Creamy White Chicken Chili” in My Fitness Pal to log however many grams of chili you want!
  3. Just reminding you this is a nice BIG portion! Not just a cup like most soup “portions”. This is actually a nice big bowl that I would eat for dinner. And the macros are so low, they leave room for toppings and a side salad if you’d like!

*Macros: Of course, there always might be variation when you make it yourself, if you use different brands, or if you cook something much longer and more moisture evaporates… but for instance, once I make something once, I’ll log those same macros every time I make it, even if there are slight variations. In my opinion, those variances are going to be so small, especially when dealing with lower calorie items over all.  Notice I’ll let you log your own chips and cheese. Ha!

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 400 g
  • Calories: 240
  • Sugar: 11.9
  • Sodium: 1015.4 mg
  • Fat: 5.2
  • Saturated Fat: 0.9
  • Carbohydrates: 20.8
  • Fiber: 3.8
  • Protein: 26

Keywords: Creamy, white, chicken, chili, soup, healthy, skinny, veggies

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Comments

  1. Grace

    November 7, 2019 at 7:10 pm

    Can’t wait to try this! One question – can the corn be left out?

    Reply
    • Lillie

      November 12, 2019 at 12:15 pm

      Of course! You’ll save yourself a few carbs.

      Reply
  2. Emily

    October 8, 2019 at 3:50 pm

    Did anyone try FREEZING leftovers ! ?

    Reply
    • Lillie

      November 12, 2019 at 12:10 pm

      Yes! Freezes great!

      Reply
  3. Starla

    April 23, 2019 at 3:02 pm

    I can’t find green enchilada sauce in my small town. Any suggestions on a replacement?

    Reply
    • Lillie

      April 24, 2019 at 11:11 pm

      Maybe just a salsa verde! A jarred green salsa like the ones by Herdez. Or you could look up a homemade recipe if you’re feeling ambitious!

      Reply
  4. jamie

    March 6, 2019 at 6:23 am

    quick question! So instead of weighing all of the soup ourselves, and then adding those grams to the serving size.. we just use your grams you have posted and we can put that in as just 1 serving (as 400 grams)
    does that make sense?

    Reply
    • Lillie

      March 9, 2019 at 8:42 pm

      yes! You just follow the recipe and trust me! haha. Of course there’s going to be slight variations in evaporation etc… but with such a light ingredient list, the margin of error stays pretty small! Just put 400 or 300 or however many grams you want in your bowl and log those directly from MFP!

      Reply
  5. Caren

    March 4, 2019 at 7:11 am

    I’d like to make this today but I don’t have enchilada sauce. Is there a substitution anyone can suggest?
    Thanks!

    Reply
    • Lillie

      March 4, 2019 at 12:02 pm

      You could probably just use a salsa verde in place of it and it would still be delicious! If you don’t have that either, I’d just replace with chicken stock, but of course you’ll be missing some flavor…

      Reply
  6. Maggie

    February 24, 2019 at 5:43 pm

    I made this tonight and my husband exclaimed, “WOW! Are you sure this is healthy? Is this woman tricking you?” It was seriously so good. We halved it because it was only us two eating and it still made a ton! I’m excited for the leftovers!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Lillie

      February 28, 2019 at 10:51 pm

      This is the best! haha

      Reply
  7. mary

    February 16, 2019 at 5:19 pm

    Delicious! First the lemon chicken soup, now this! I am hooked. So easy to make and so yummy!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Lillie

      February 19, 2019 at 10:21 am

      I’m so glad! Thanks for reporting!

      Reply
  8. Carley

    January 31, 2019 at 1:06 pm

    Can you use plain Greek Yogurt instead of the cream cheese?

    Reply
    • Becky

      January 31, 2019 at 7:20 pm

      I’m wondering this too, since I can’t find Greek yogurt cream cheese! I may do half reduced fat cream cheese and half Greek yogurt?? 🤔

      Reply
      • Lillie

        February 5, 2019 at 12:12 pm

        Just use the reduced fat cream cheese! It only adds about 1 grams of fat per serving! But maybe I’m too late sorry!

        Reply
    • Lillie

      February 5, 2019 at 12:11 pm

      Use reduced fat cream cheese! It only adds about 1 gram of fat per serving.

      Reply
  9. Andrea

    January 31, 2019 at 10:24 am

    This recipe was fantastic. Loved the flavor and all the veggies. The chili was too spicy for my littles, but hey, that just means more leftovers for me!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Lillie

      February 5, 2019 at 12:12 pm

      Oh so sorry for the littles! But happy you liked it!

      Reply
  10. Kylie

    January 10, 2019 at 3:17 pm

    Just made this for the first time and love it! So much flavor and super easy. We added a can of great northern beans because what’s a chili without beans!?? Topped ours with a little cheese, fresh lime juice and cilantro! Soooooo good.

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Lillie

      January 11, 2019 at 11:48 pm

      I’m so glad it was a hit! And when I’ve got more carbs in my life, I’m WITH YOU! Yum

      Reply
  11. Rebecca

    December 16, 2018 at 1:47 pm

    I just made this for the second time. So much flavor for the macros! Lillie- what did I do before you and your recipes came along?? Thank you for all the time you spend helping us all eat healthier while never sacrifice taste.

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  12. Diane

    December 12, 2018 at 4:42 pm

    Soooo yummy – I had been avoiding one pot meals since starting macro tracking but finally learned the mfp tricks and now this meal is going to be on repeat. Thank you!!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  13. Annie

    December 12, 2018 at 1:54 pm

    I made this the other afternoon before a big “snow event” and it was SO GOOD and SO easy. My husband loves it to and for someone who doesn’t eat leftovers he eat it until it was all gone. Love a good soup that gets better after a night in the fridge too! This one is going in the regular rotation for sure!!!!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  14. Heather

    December 12, 2018 at 1:37 pm

    New favorite soup in our house – parents and 4 kids all loved it! I’m going to make it for a friend Christmas party next week!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  15. Katie

    December 12, 2018 at 10:48 am

    I absolutely love this white chicken chili. My husband is not a tomato base lover, as is used with traditional chili, so this was a great alternative. Also the Macros were on point as they always are with Lillie’s recipes. We also had tons of leftovers for lunch throughout the week and it was just as good reheated.

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  16. Ali

    December 12, 2018 at 9:08 am

    This soup gets better and better as it sits in the fridge. I have it daily for lunch. It’s crazy delicious!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  17. Caitlin

    December 12, 2018 at 8:21 am

    Obsessed!!!!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  18. Irene

    December 12, 2018 at 8:13 am

    Delicious, Lillie! I shredded the zucchini (for some reason chunks of zucchini gross me out; I’m weird) and added red pepper for a little extra kick. Super yummy!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  19. Emily

    December 12, 2018 at 7:12 am

    This is seriously the best! I’ve passed on the recipe to friends and family and they’ve all loved it too!!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  20. Renata

    December 12, 2018 at 6:28 am

    I wish I could
    Give this chili SIX stars. I have mad many LLM recipes and they are always tasty, but this bad boy was truly spectacular. I don’t know if it was the enchilada sauce I used or that I used one can of spicy chilis and one mild but it was super flavorful and spicy – but not too spicy. And I can’t believ how easy it was. I knew I didn’t have a ton of time so I just bought pre
    Chopped onion and peppers and the only thing I had to cut was the zucchini.
    I feel like I wasn’t living my best life before I made this 😂
    THANK YOU LILLIE!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  21. April Judd

    December 12, 2018 at 5:58 am

    This is so good! Like so good my kids even ate it without thinking it was “diet” food.

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  22. Melissa

    December 12, 2018 at 5:31 am

    This was the easiest (and tastiest) recipe ever!! My husband (very picky) loved it too! Can’t wait to make it again. Lillie is a Macro genius… all of her recipes are great!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  23. Lex

    December 12, 2018 at 5:12 am

    After seeing so many people make this, I had to give it a try! I’m new to counting macros and this was the perfect recipe— ran into a few snags at the grocery store, so I ended up using ground turkey & my fiancé made me green enchilada sauce from scratch since we couldn’t find it in the store! This recipe is so flavorful and smooth too which was awesome! On repeat all this week for lunch with rice! Also forever going to be thanking Lillie for the Greek yogurt cream cheese. My life is forever changed!

    Reply
  24. Sara

    December 12, 2018 at 4:47 am

    Lillie is a genius. Many of her recipes are in my weeekly rotation and my entire family loves them. This white chicken chili is no exception. It’s full of flavor and low on calories!!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  25. Angela

    December 12, 2018 at 3:41 am

    So good! 😋

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  26. krista

    December 11, 2018 at 9:49 pm

    Loved this recipe. Not only was it easy to make but it was also freaking delish, I added some cabbage, avocado and a bunch of crumbs from the bottom of the chip bag and it was 🔥

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  27. Jess

    December 11, 2018 at 8:35 pm

    Loved this macro friendly chili! It was a hit with the whole family & super easy to make! It’s on the rotation.

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  28. Katelin

    December 11, 2018 at 8:14 pm

    This recipe is on our WEEKLY (sometimes daily!) menu! Lillie’s recipes make me feel like I can actually cook—she’s that good!! The flavor combinations and genius idea of using green enchilada sauce as the base make this recipe an absolute favorite.

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  29. Holly C.

    December 11, 2018 at 7:47 pm

    This recipe was simple and easy to make and delicious. I didn’t feel overly stuffed after eating this. And pleanty of leftovers for lunches this week.

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  30. Holly

    December 11, 2018 at 7:43 pm

    So good!! Thank you for sharing!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  31. Meredith

    December 11, 2018 at 7:30 pm

    Another great recipe from Lillie! I made this for my weekly meal prep – I ate it every night and it was filling and delicious! She’s not lying when she says the portions are huge. It doesn’t even feel like “dieting”

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  32. Brittany

    December 11, 2018 at 7:07 pm

    Loved this recipe! Added in some additional veggies but will always be using this recipe for white chicken chili. Forever and ever!!! Thanks Lillie!!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  33. Megan

    December 11, 2018 at 6:43 pm

    I made this with leftover turkey and corn from thanksgiving. It was SO easy for it to taste SO good and be good for you! My husband was a huge fan too!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  34. Brandi

    December 11, 2018 at 6:36 pm

    Really delicious and there whole family loved it

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  35. Tera

    December 11, 2018 at 6:34 pm

    I love this recipe! My boyfriend loves White Chicken chili but I think it usually taste like watery chicken! Not this recipe! This recipes has so much flavor. We will be making it again soon. Great for lunches! I also love how Lillie adds the Macros to MFP. Makes tracking so easy!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  36. Jen

    December 11, 2018 at 6:30 pm

    AMAZING! So easy to make and SO delicious! Even my 9 year old (super picky) asked for extras 👏🏼👏🏼

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  37. Brooke

    December 11, 2018 at 6:27 pm

    Amazing! I put a little extra lime juice over my bowl and served it with Joseph’s Lavash Wrap toasted and cut into chips. Amazing.

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  38. Rebecca Rop

    December 2, 2018 at 1:35 pm

    OMG!! Just made it- and it’s so good! The roasted corn is a perfect addition. I’ll be making it again for sure.

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Lillie

      December 2, 2018 at 11:44 pm

      Oh thanks for the comment! SO glad you loved it!

      Reply
  39. Kate

    November 25, 2018 at 9:10 am

    Looks yummy! How do you figure out what the macros are per serving when making a big combined dish like this?

    Thanks! Can’t want to make it

    Reply
    • Lillie

      November 26, 2018 at 11:43 pm

      Hi! So sorry I’ve missed a few comments over here! If you make it as directed, you can log the macros I’ve posted for ease! But when you do your own recipes, you need to create a recipe in MFP… I’ve written a post about it over here!

      Reply

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