Julie Bove wrote:
> "Janet" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>> I've never had this. Don't think I would like it because of the
>>> chicken but I do like chili. Angela OTOH doesn't like chili but
>>> does like chicken. Then again she has never had the white chicken
>>> chili. But all of the recipes I see for it call for white beans. Has
>>> anyone tried making it with no beans? Or more chicken and half
>>> the amount of beans?
>>> I suggested to her that she try canned chili that was all meat but
>>> since it was beef she wasn't interested. My MIL made chili that way
>>> and I thought it was good but I prefer mine to have beans.
>>
>> Do you mean that the chili is made with white meat chicken, or is the
>> chili literally "white," as in no tomatoes and no red chili papper?
>> That's hard to imagine.
>
> I believe it is literally white. No tomatoes. Recipes vary but there
> always seems to be cumin.
>>
>> These days I make turkey chili using ground turkey quite frequently.
>> I usually use either pink or black beans, although I used pigeon
>> peas the other day, and they were fine. I make my own chili powder
>> from a variety of dried chilis and other spices.
>
> I don't like ground turkey at all. Not sure Angela could eat pigeon
> peas because of her pea allergy. Are they a true pea? Or do they
> just call them that?

I don't know, sorry. I would assume they aren't actually a pea, but I'm not
sure.

>
> I think (but am not sure) it is mainly the beans she objects to in
> chili. But I got some bean soup imported from Italy and she really
> loved that. It did have white beans in it and a tomato sauce.

Those would be cannellini beans. You can buy them in cans, or dry. They are
sometimes called "white kidney beans," but they are a lot more tender than
the usual red kidney bean.

Although I love most beans, I am actually not a fan of red kidney beans, and
I never have them in the house. I prefer to make chili with black beans
and/or pink beans. Sounds like Angela, too, might prefer other types of
beans.