H.A.’s White Chili

This was created for a Trail party in Canada. I served two Chilis one red and one white. It was the first time I had made a white chili but it was very good.  This recipe serves 10

Ingredients

• 8 large chicken breasts or mix of dark and light boneless chicken
• 1 medium onion, peeled &quartered
• 1 clove garlic, peeled and sliced Garlic, raw
• water to cover
• 1 1/4 cups roughly chopped onions Onions, raw
• 2 Tbs butter/margarine / oil
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped Garlic, raw
• 1/2 cup chopped celery Celery, raw
• 4 16 oz cans great northern beans or cannellini beans, drained and 1 can is mashed
• 3 4.5 oz cans chopped green chilles
• 1 14 oz can chicken broth, may be more Soup, chicken broth, canned, prepared with equal volume water, commercial
• 1 Tbs cumin Spices, cumin seed
• 1/4 tsp ground cloves Spices, cloves, ground
• 1 tsp chili powder Spices, chili powder
• 2 tsp oregano Spices, oregano, ground
• 1/4 tsp dry mustard Spices, mustard dry
• 1 cup half and half, or as needed
• 1/2 tsp cayenne or to taste.
• lime juice Lime juice, raw
• cilantro Cilantro (Chinese parsley), raw

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