A cold rainy day and a leftover rotisserie chicken....

It's a cold, rainy, nasty, dreary day today.  (Seriously?  It's June!)  I knew I wanted to make something hearty and warm and delicious for dinner.  An inventory of the fridge left me less than enthused.  But I did find the last of a rotisserie chicken that we'd bought on Sunday.  My husband had been eating off it all week for his lunches...chicken and raw veggies.  (Who is this man and what has he done with my husband?)  So there wasn't a lot left.  Fortunately, I have a pretty well-stocked pantry.  So here's what I did.  I guess you'd call it a chicken and white bean chili.

I put the chicken (bones and all) into a pot and boiled it for about 30 minutes.  This loosened the chicken from the bones for picking and made a light stock.  Probably there was about a cup and a half of chicken.  

I heated a bit of olive oil in my cast iron Dutch oven and added:
1 white onion, thinly sliced
1/2 red pepper, chopped
1 carrot, chopped
1 heavy TBLS of chopped garlic

I let that cook for about ten minutes and then added the chicken and two cans of Trader Joe's white beans (drained).  I probably added about 2 1/2 cups of of the stock.  I seasoned it with 1 TBLS chili powder, 1 TBLS dried cilantro and 1 tsp cumin.  Then it just simmered, deliciously, on the stove on low for about an hour.  (And it really smelled fabulous.)

Might I say that it tasted fabulous too!  Very filling and satisfying.  I topped each bowl with a spoonful of low fat sour cream.  And there is some left for lunch tomorrow.