NCKAA: 5 Days Until Christmas

Snow Chili

8 oz cubed chicken breast
1 medium onion, chopped
2 cans Navy beans (or 3-4 cups homemade)
4 cups chicken broth
1 cup uncooked white rice
5-6 slices of jalapeno
1 tsp white pepper
2 tsp cumin
Optional: 1 cup white corn (If you've got it handy, but don't use yellow corn ... you know what they say about the yellow snow!)

Saute onions and cook chicken breast in frying pan. Combine all ingredients in crock pot, cook on high 2-3 hours, until rice is done. Enjoy!

Nutritional Information: Calories: 253.5; Total Fat: 1.2 g; Cholesterol: 18.9 mg; Sodium: 710.5 mg; Total Carbs: 44.1 g; Dietary Fiber: 7.1 g; Protein: 16.7 g

I can hardly believe I forgot to post this recipe when we had our first snow day last week! It's officially tradition for me to make Snow Chili on the day of the first snow.

I know a lot of white chilis cal for ground turkey, but  the chicken is SOOOOO much better - juicier and moister and I highly recommend it in any turkey chili recipe. For reals.

The point of Snow Chili, of course, is to have something warm and festive to eat after hours of snow ball fights and snow man building. I love living where it snows!!! We are heading to Texas for Christmas, so I'm not likely to have a white one this year (though we did last Christmas!!!!). But there has been snow on the ground for the past week up in Kansas City and it's been a lovely winter wonderland. This was a great way to celebrate the first flakes too.