White Chicken Chili with Salsa

It's kind of hard to believe how easy this is. I was happy to find a recipe that would allow me to use up the bag of dried great northern beans my grandma sent home with me on my last visit. This recipe uses about 1/2 a bag of dried northern beans. I bought a 24 oz. jar of salsa. I just went ahead and used the entire thing since there was so little left over. I bought 12.5 oz. can of chicken breast and used it all, including the water it was packed in. It was a long process, making the beans from a bag - rinsing them off, soaking them for 8 hours, quick rinse again, and then boiling them for one hour. The entire process beginning to end using dry beans is 13 1/2-14 hours. Whether you use the jar or dried beans though, it's all mostly hands-off prep, which is great for busy people. I like to smash some of the beans before putting them in the crock pot too. Thickens the texture a bit. This was my second time making it. The first time making it, I cooked some chicken breast I had. I say save your chicken for a chicken main dish and just buy the canned stuff. Tastes the same and saves work. Now that I've used up Grandma's dry beans, I will try the jar beans and make it even easier.

Delicious soup. I make this recipe, but my version does not have the pepperjack cheese added. I made a half batch of this using the cheese and the half without the cheese. Adding the cheese made this version a lot thicker and added more calories. But, once in a while, that is ok. This is a delicious recipe and we thoroughly enjoyed it. I served this with 'Winter Fruit Salad with Lemon Poppyseed Dressing' from AR.

When I first saw this recipe I didn't have much expectations for it. If anything I thought it would be severely lacking in flavour. I was pleasantly surprised that something SO simple could be SO good! I only made a subtle change and that was to use boneless, skinless chicken breasts that I pre-boiled. I will absolutely make this again!!! THANKS FOR THE SHARE!