Must be brief, tonight I made a White Bean Chili Recipe. I had never made one before. I remember going to a work party at Missouri American Water. (I had the best extended temp job there, wow, it feels good to remember it! It lasted something like 5 months! Loved my boss and my coworkers!) Some people made gumbo, there was a gooey butter cake (this is St Louis, people, gotta have your butter cake), and a bunch of different chilis. That was where I had my first White Bean Chili. I did enjoy it. I like regular chili too, and if given the choice I might choose regular chili over white chili, but that's probably because I'm more used to it.
Regardless, tonight I had a hankering for White Bean Chili. Normally, I scour the internet or The Better Homes And Gardens Recipe Book for recipes and ideas. I usually will give preference to the Food Network recipes that I find online, and the highest rated (Adam taught me these wonderful tricks), and especially Bobby Flay recipes. My husband and I are big fans.
However, in the Google search below the link to the Food Network White Chili recipe, there was a Pioneer Woman recipe that caught my eye. Wow, 2008 was a great year. It was the year I started working at Missouri American Water, and also it was the year that my friend Amy first told me about the Pioneer Woman and her fabulous recipe blog. Thanks Amy, for introducing us!
Well I'm ashamed to say that while I've read her blog since 2008, this was the FIRST TIME I've ever cooked anything from her blog. She comes highly recommended, but I was a little bit skeptical, because, hey! The Food Network is pretty darn good too!
This recipe, imho, delivered. It was just what I wanted from a White Bean Chili Recipe. I want you to have a good experience too. Here's the link to her post. Now enjoy that chili on a cold winter's evening!
The Pioneer Woman - Simple Hearty White Chili
Here's a picture of what you could be enjoying soon.
My only regret is that I didn't have any cilantro on hand. Frowny. :-(
Fyi, I just realized that in her looong version of the instructions, near the beginning steps she cooks the onions and garlic in butter and olive oil, but has left this off of the shorter, printable version of the recipe. I made mine without the butter and the oil so it was probably healthier, but maybe it could have tasted better. Please be aware of this step and make your own call. Also, the recipe called for a lot of chicken broth. Since I made my chili from canned beans which had already been soaking in moisture, I didn't need quite that much broth, so I probably should have scaled that back too. Oh well, it fed 8 people and it was still YUMMY! :-)
Mwah! You get a kiss tonight! Lucky you! (That will teach me to blog after midnight!)
Sincerely,
Danelle
P.S. That reminds me, I need to put that chili away so I can eat it tomorrow!
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