White Chili Gratin With Tortilla Crust

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A household repast connected Sunday does not person to instrumentality agelong to prepare, though this 1 has truthful overmuch spirit that it tastes long-cooked.

Hominy is simply a benignant of hearty, starchy maize that has been soaked successful a caustic solution — similar lye — and past washed to region the hull. I emotion its corny sensation (both tortillas and grits are made from crushed dried hominy), but if you can’t find it, conscionable swap successful your favourite achromatic beans.

Serve with a cabbage, carrot and reddish doorbell capsicum slaw dressed with a lime vinaigrette, oregon with roasted vegetables.

The chili tastes adjacent amended aft a day's refrigeration. It tin beryllium refrigerated for up to 4 days successful advance.

From cookbook writer Sara Moulton.

Ingredients

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Servings: 6-8 (makes 8 cups)

1 cupful finely chopped onion
1/4 cupful rootlike oil, positive much for brushing the tortillas
1 tablespoonful minced garlic
2 pounds crushed turkey oregon chickenhearted (white meat, acheronian nutrient oregon a mix)
1 tablespoonful chili powder
2 teaspoons crushed cumin
1/4 spoon to 1/2 spoon crushed cayenne pepper
1/2 spoon kosher salt, positive much arsenic needed
Four 6-inch maize tortillas
1/4 cupful flour
2 cups low-sodium chickenhearted broth
1 cupful adust achromatic vino (may substitute further chickenhearted broth)
29 ounces canned hominy (may substitute 2 15- 15 1/2-ounce cans cannellini oregon navy beans, drained and rinsed)
One 4- oregon 5-ounce tin chopped greenish chiles (may substitute 1/2 cupful diced, peeled, roasted poblano peppers)
2/3 cupful sour pick oregon plain yogurt, positive much for optional garnish
1 tablespoonful to 2 tablespoons caller lime foodstuff oregon much arsenic needed, positive lime wedges, for serving
2 ounces coarsely shredded crisp cheddar cheese
Chopped caller cilantro, for garnish

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (based connected 8, utilizing chicken)

Calories
430
Fat
23 g
Saturated Fat
7 g
Carbohydrates
25 g
Sodium
860 mg
Cholesterol
120 mg
Protein
25 g
Fiber
5 g
Sugar
3 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From cookbook writer Sara Moulton.

Tested by Bonnie S. Benwick.

Published November 17, 2016

Updated March 15, 2026