Chef Akane's Recipe Counter — Recipe 5: White Chicken Chili, Page 11
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Akane sits at her small table under the rattan lamp, eyes closed, enjoying a spoonful of chili, rain on the window. Caption: "Dinner, with the rain for company." At the counter, Akane ladles chili from the teal pot into three glass containers lined up in a row. Caption: "Four servings. One for tonight, three for the week." Holding her bowl, Akane glances sideways at the three containers. Caption: "A very sensible plan." Akane smiles sheepishly over a second steaming bowl; behind her, two containers are full and the third sits open and empty. Caption: "The week just got one day shorter."
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Akane eats a bowl of chili alone at her small table, ladles the rest into three glass containers, glances at them guiltily, and ends up with a second bowl while one container sits open and empty.
About this chapter
Chili season is here, and white chicken chili is climbing Google searches as the nights turn cold. On a rainy autumn evening Akane makes a big pot of it from scratch: soft onion and green peppers, spices bloomed in oil, four chicken thighs simmered with creamy white beans until they reach 74°C, then shredded and finished with melted cream cheese and a squeeze of lime. Captions walk the reader through every amount, heat setting and doneness check so it can be made at home in one pot, ending with Akane at her little table with a steaming bowl and a very optimistic plan for the leftovers.