White Chili

We were reading letters to the Playboy Advisor this weekend and ran across a chili recipe (I know, strange). It sounded pretty good, and I thought, "We'll have to try this." I modified the original recipe -- mostly because I forgot the exact ingredients when shopping then decided to modify as I was cooking. It turned out yummy!

The Original Recipe
4 chicken breasts, sliced into strips
1 bunch green onions
1 red pepper
1 large jar Great Northern beans
1 to 1 1/2 cups salsa (to taste)
1 brick pepper jack cheese, sliced

Cook chicken breasts and sliced green onions and red pepper in oil until done. Add beans, salsa, and cheese until heated through. Serves 4

My Modified Recipe
2 chicken breasts, sliced into strips
1 green pepper
1 can cannellini beans (drained)
Somewhere between 1 1/2 and 2 cups salsa (I didn't measure)
about 3/4 brick pepper jack cheese

Cook chicken breasts and chopped green pepper until done.  Add beans, salsa, and cheese until heated through. Serves 2

I don't like red peppers (they upset my tummy sometimes), so I used green instead and didn't even remember about the onions, which would have been good. I also used a different kind of bean (didn't remember which white bean was called for). I don't know if I was supposed to drain them, but I did. Any opinions on that? Next time I would do things a little different. I'd add a little yellow onion, do 1/2 pepper jack and 1/2 Monterey jack (to turn down the heat for Mike), and maybe add a tablespoon or two of water.

Smiles!