Our house goes through a good amount of chili. It’s so versatile and easy to freeze for later meals as well. Chili definitely doesn’t have to be full of fat. Use a lean ground turkey and no one will be the wiser with how much flavor you are adding.
Ingredients
1 lb lean ground turkey
1 small onion, diced
1 green pepper, diced
2 cans S & W Sante Fe style chili beans
1 16oz can stewed tomatoes
1 small jalepeno, seeded and diced
1. In a large pot, start to brown the ground turkey on medium. While there is still a little pink left in the meat, add the onions and stir several times to onions do not stick to the bottom of the pan.
2. Once onions are starting to turn a little clear add the green peppers. Saute the green peppers for about 2 minutes.
3. Add the rest of the ingredients and stir together. Let simmer for an hour or more, stirring occasionally.
We love to serve this with a dollop of fat-free sour cream and maybe a little low-fat cheddar cheese. Add a couple of tortilla chips for some fun crunch or serve with warm cornbread.
This recipe can also be made in the slow cooker. Many times I’ll to the first 2 steps and then add all the ingredients into the slow cooker pot and set it in the fridge. Then before we leave for skiing in the morning I’ll put the pot on low and it’s nice and hot when we get home. Easily double the recipe and freezer for later meals.
I’m making fresh turkey from the poultry shop for the first time,does it have to stay in the oven longer then a store bought turkey?
Wow! This sounds so delicious! Thank you for sharing your recipe!
Anyway, so the name of the dish is Chili? So you can make Pork chili, Beef chili, and all those? That got me confused for a while!
Thanks again!
Amiel
Thanks for sharing, turkey is one of the cheaper meats in stores, I’m glad to find a way to spice it up! Will hopefully keep my families complaints to a minimum, thanks again!
We like to buy a bunch of turkeys when they are cheap during the holidays and keep them in the freezer. This year we are going to buy a ton of them as 4 doesn’t last very long at all in this house of poultry eaters.
They are loud and mean, my parents raised them a few times. lol
I saw this recipe last week and tried it out. My husband LOVED it! Thank you! I do have a question, can I use the whole bird and not just ground turkey? Or substitute the turkey for other meats like beef? Thanks.
Glad he liked it Denise. Yes, you definitely can substitute cubed turkey in the recipe. Since it’s not a white chili you can put any kind of meat you would like in it without “ruining” the flavor. Poultry is just generally leaner.
Thanks for the tips that you have given. Honestly, I have not tasted that kind of food, but I am looking forward to cook that foodstuff and I will follow your recipe. Thanks for sharing with us.
Wow! This sounds so delicious! .I’m making fresh turkey from the poultry shop for the first time,does it have to stay in the oven longer then a store bought turkey? I will visit here again, thank you so much for sharing.
Hope you enjoy the recipe once you try it April, Lia and Obelia.
Lia you won’t have to cook a fresh turkey any longer than a frozen turkey. You have to defrost a store bought turkey completely before cooking, therefor the cooking time becomes the same.
It sound so spicy huh. I love spicy food so therefor i love this one
. I haven’t try to taste this at home but i will try to make this kind of food at home. Thanks for sharing the recipe and the ingredients.
This is perfect for thanksgiving day. Turkey Chile is something unusual I hope that my guests will like the chili type of turkey that you have. I will just add some lemon so there will be a mix of chili and sweet flavor.
Lemons a different twist, let us know how it turns out if you get a chance.
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This one will definitely come in useful after christmas
always have way too much. A few years ago even created curried brussel sprouts, which made them much nicer than just boiled 
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Yes, very good recipe for after the holidays. It’s a lot different than the traditional turkey dinner which is exactly what we need for those last few days of leftover turkey!