I’m Dreaming of a White Chili

I have been thinking of making a White Chili since I started this project. I just thought that the idea was intriguing and I've never had a white chili before. I used a modified version of the recipe from Simply Recipes, where I first heard about it. They describe it as tasty and mild. I'd say that this is an accurate description. Since it lacks chili peppers and there's only so many jalapenos you can add before it'd be a green chili, it's hard to make it all that spicy. Perhaps white pepper could be added for those looking to scorch their taste buds.

Since it neither has chili peppers nor chili powder, I suppose it's not even technically a chili. What it is, however, is delicious! I was actually wholly surprised at how much it tastes like typical red (note: the color, not communist) chili. I mean, eerily so. Perhaps even more than some other chilis I've made in the past that involved chili powder. No beef, red kidney beans or tomatoes, no chili powder (though really just paprika is missing) and no chili peppers, yet big chili taste. I'm downright surprised.

It was recommended to use cheese, guacamole, salsa, cilantro and so on to garnish it. I made a couple of large garlic croutons, canapés or crispy garlic breads (whatever you want to call them, I don't really know the difference) to go with it. Shannon said this was her favorite part. Actually, it's the only part she really ate, other than a few bites before asking me to wrap it up before she could eat it later. She did say she liked what she had though. Since it's big on cumin flavor (one of the dominant chili powder flavors) and loaded with garlic, I'm surprised I even left any behind.