Ninja Foodi or Instant Pot white chicken chili salsa verde tastes amazing! A great low carb recipe for everyone in your family! Dump all the ingredients in and it’s a healthy pressure cooker chili packed with flavor.
I’m back with this easy pressure cooker white chicken chili dinner, one of our favorite Instant Pot recipes! I think I have used this pot every night since I got it. Cooking beans, soups and chicken has never been easier. (affiliate links present)
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Ninja Foodi White Chicken Chili
You can adjust the heat in this for sure. We like more of a mild medium spice level and is reflected as such in the recipe below. Use any pressure cooker you have at home. If you have a Crockpot Express or Ninja foodi those will work this same way. The instructions and/or timing will not change.
Here we use canned beans to make everything a lot easier and quicker too. I have started from scratch with cooking dry Great Northern Beans and that is possible too. Timing for that method is below as well if you want to go all out. Either way this “magic” multi cooker makes all the things easier.
If you are new to pressure cooking we have a lot of easy one pot meal recipes for you here. To begin with let’s start with a few basic tips:
- Make sure to Bookmark our InstaPot recipes page. We add new ones each week!
- Then PRINT this —–> Instant Pot cooking times cheat sheet that will help you understand how long meat, vegetables and beans take to cook in your pressure cooker.
- I HIGHLY recommend you buy this non stick pot.
- You should know how to deglaze a pressure cooker after sautéing but it won’t have as many issues with this better liner.
For reference, this is the model I have (a 6 quart) and use for all recipe creations.
Instant Pot Chicken Chili
Tonight I tried this chicken chili I had made in my slow cooker in the past. It only needed 5 minutes to cook and was delicious! We are big chili lovers and my youngest loves anything with chicken so it’s a winner all the way around.
- It is really great recipe that’s low carb and healthy too which I love. Here’s the easy recipe you’ve got to try yourself.
- You can use cubed chicken breasts or boneless skinless thighs. Either one works well.
- I typically just use what I have or what is on sale that day.
To make it even easier this recipe is with canned beans and corn. You can remove kernels from fresh corn on the cob too or take the time to make chili with dry beans but we’re all about simple. You could also opt to make this with no beans, that’s up to you. It’s dairy free too which is great.
InstaPot White Chicken Chili
If you have only made “traditional” ground beef or turkey chili in the Instant Pot you are in for a treat. Swapping out the meat makes all the difference. Here are a few questions you might have before you get going on this one: Add diced chiles, garlic and watch out for a whollop of flavors.
That depends on whom you ask. It does have beans which is typical with both types. BUT if you feel strongly that it isn’t chili unless it has ground beef in it than you probably would say no.
Just whisk 1 Tbsp of cornstarch into 2-3 Tbsp of milk, broth or water. When smooth pour it into your mix that should be bubbling. This would be done using the saute function on a pressure cooker.
On the stovetop, heat on medium heat until bubbly, add in, stir, and cook for a few minutes until it’s as thick as you like. Remember it will thicken as it sits as well.
What is white chili made of?
Unlike traditional Instant Pot chili that is tomato based, this one is creamier. The base is a jar of salsa verde. This gives it a lighter color with some kick for sure. I don’t even really need to precook the meat which I love because it’s quicker.
White Chicken Chili in the Ninja Foodi
Just 3 minutes on the saute function to warm the outsides just a tad and then throw everything else right in the pot to cook!
If your pot is super sensitive I would remove the chicken after browning and deglaze the pot. Personally I suggest just getting that non stick pot I linked to above, but…… It takes about 15 minutes to prep and 20 minutes total including pressure cooking in my Instant Pot!!
Super quick cook time, I know! Of course you can add more with a bit of chili powder. But for us the salsa verde offers the perfect amount of spice. Served with a side of rolls and topped with some sour cream it is delicious. Serve with something fun like Cornbread Cookies or made in a 9×9 dish sliced into squares.
Pressure cooker White Chicken Chili
You really could use dark or light meat for this one. Either way I would choose boneless skinless just because that makes it easier to cube. Yes it is cheaper if you choose the other so if you have time to trim and remove it all then go for it. I’ll say chicken thighs meat is pretty amazing too.
- Boneless skinless chicken breasts and a cutting board to dice it up
- could use diced chicken thighs
- here’s how to use frozen chicken breasts in Instant Pot
- if using cooked chicken just add the chicken and skip to step 4
- Chicken stock or chicken broth
- Onion
- Corn – canned or cut kernels off fresh cobs
- Salsa verde
- Canned white / Northern beans
- if you use dry beans use this dry beans cooking time chart
- Garlic
- Any toppings you like – we like sour cream, cheese and avocado
Diced chiles – we like mild or use diced smoked green chilies right out of the Traeger if I have them on hand. Of course with any recipe you can add heat to it to make it spicy too. Best way to do that is with red pepper flakes or dry Sriracha if you ask me.
White Chicken Chili Recipe
I would use fresh corn kernels during the summer to give it a bit of added texture and freshness too. Looking for more Instant Pot soup recipes?
- Instant Pot chicken noodle soup is a great meal even if you aren’t sick.
- Instant Pot chili with dry beans is easier than you might think. You can make it with canned beans too but homemade is always best.
- Our pressure cooker chili mac has kidney beans in it with elbow macaroni. A fun dinner time that kids will ask you for over and over again.
This Instant Pot orange chicken is a favorite and only needs 3 ingredients you should definitely try next.
Instant Pot white chicken chili salsa verde
In total this should take 10-15 minutes to cook. It will be faster if you’re using a precooked rotisserie. If so just shred the chicken, add to the pot and start with step 4 with your onions.
- Turn your Instant Pot to saute and add your olive oil, garlic, and onions. Cook down until onions are softened slightly.
- Add cubed chicken and cook for about 3 minutes, just slightly until outsides are no longer pink, with your onions. Turn your Instant Pot off/cancel so it can cool off before turning back on.
- Pour in your salsa verde, broth, chilies, white beans, corn and a pinch of salt.
- Turn your pressure cooker to manual, pressure, high pressure for 5 minutes. Put lid on and close steam valve. When done do a quick release and carefully lift lid.
- Add a small ladle full of chili liquid to a small bowl with cornstarch in it and whisk together until smooth. Add back into pot. (if you want a bit thicker)
- Stir and serve topped with spicy jack cheese, avocado and sour cream!!
Of course you can make this into Ninja Foodi chicken chili as well, or use any other brand like Mealthy or Crockpot Express. Directions below will work for all models. Directions for white chicken chili in Crockpot are here.
For more easy ideas, try our easy Instant Pot chicken recipes. Many you can use leftover shredded meat or fresh. Both options are explained in each one.
Instant Pot White Chicken Chili
Ingredients
- 1 chicken breast , cubed, about 2 cups
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp minced garlic
- 14-16 oz chicken broth, use less if you want it thicker
- 1 small can diced chilies
- 1 c canned corn, drained
- 1 jar salsa verde, 16 oz
- 2 cans white beans
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- salt to taste
- Toppings:
- sour cream
- avocado
- spicy jack cheese, shredded
- 1/2 onion, diced
Instructions
- Turn your Instant Pot to saute and add your olive oil, garlic, and onions.
- Cook down until onions are softened slightly.
- Add cubed chicken and cook for about 3 minutes, just slightly, with your onions. Turn your Instant Pot off/cancel so it can cool off before turning back on.
- Add your salsa verde, broth, chilies, white beans, corn and a pinch of salt.
- Turn your Instant Pot or pressure cooker to manual, pressure, high, for 5 minutes.
- Put lid on and close steam valve. When done do a quick release and carefully lift lid.
- Add a small ladle full of chili liquid to a small bowl with cornstarch in it and stir, add back into pot. (if you want a bit thicker)
- Do this again if you want it thicker. Stir and serve topped with spicy jack cheese, avocado and sour cream!!
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
White chili is my favorite! Thanks for this idea, can’t wait to try it out!
I’m all about the easy instant pot dinners right now and this is FANTASTIC! Thanks so much for the recipe!!!
I’ve made this several times with precooked chicken and also ground chicken that I sauteed in the beginning. I’ve always added onion usually about half a large Vidalia but there is no onion on ingredients list even though it speaks to sauteeing with the garlic in the instructions
Yes it does say 1/2 onion, diced in ingredient list.
Hi,
Do you drain the white beans or put the entire can with the bean liquid in the pot?
I didn’t drain the can.
What type of white beans do you use? I just threw some dried Lima beans in the pot.
They need to be canned beans, my can literally said white beans but you could opt for another. They’d need to be canned though or you’d need to cook the beans separately first.
One of the best dishes I’ve ever put in my mouth!! The flavor is amazing and the chicken is so tender. Will definitely be making this one regularly. Thank you so much, Justine, for such an awesome recipe!
I made this tonight… I used mild Chilies and mild salsa and it was way too spicy for my kiddos (I thought it was perfect)… Any ideas to omit the salsa but keep the liquid level?
Thanks
Well you could make it more like a soup and use chicken broth vs. the salsa??
Are you starting with cooked chicken?
I’d like to know this as well!
I just made this and cubed my raw chicken then sauteed it with the onion after sauteing the onion. That’s the beauty of this recipe! It all cooked so fast!
This was amazing! 25 minutes start to finish?
Thanks for the recipe! It looks delicious! I’m making it tonight. You don’t have onions in the ingredients list but I see it in the instructions. I’m assuming yellow onion?
Oh total oversight, added. I usually use white but I think it’s personal preference.