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> "Janet" > wrote in message
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>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>> "Janet" > wrote in message
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>>>> 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.
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>>> 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?
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>> I don't know, sorry. I would assume they aren't actually a pea, but I'm
>> not sure.
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>>> 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.
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>> 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.
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> I love red kidney beans. I use them in bean salad, (in a 4 bean mix -
> canned), chilli con carne and nachos.

I always take them with us when we travel. They make for a good snack and
can be added to things to make a meal.