Slow Cooked Mild Turkey Chili
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I LOVE chili! It’s like pizza for me, even bad chili is good chili. ;~) (well… unless it’s from a can)
This chili I purposely made mild to TRY and get the husband and the toddler on board with my chili obsession but alas, I failed. The husband didn’t try it, he’s just not interested in chili! Unbelievable! And the toddler, well, he said he didn’t like before he even tried it. His mind was already made up and I couldn’t change it.
Oh well, their loss, it was GOOD! Now I have lunches for the next week!
Next time, since they aren’t going to eat it anyway, I’m spicing it up with some ground red pepper, hot sauce and jalapeno peppers!
- 20 oz extra lean ground turkey
- 1 small-medium onion chopped
- 1 large green bell pepper chopped
- 1 large red bell pepper chopped
- 1 small can of sweet corn (8oz) undrained
- 1 can of black beans (15oz) drained and rinsed
- 1 can of diced tomatoes (15oz) undrained
- 1 small can of tomato paste (6oz)
- 1 tbsp unsweetened cocoa (5g)
- 1 tbsp Molasses (20g)
- 1 tbsp chili powder
- 1 tbsp onion powder
- 1 tbsp dried cilantro
- 1/2 tbsp ground cumin
- non-stick spray
Brown the turkey in a non-stick skillet over medium heat.
Spray the inside of the crock pot with non-stick cooking spray (makes is much easier to clean!). Add all the ingredients to a crock pot with 1 tomato paste can of water (6oz). Mix well to combine, it will thick and dry (not a lot of liquid). Cover and cook on high for 3 hours or on low for 5-6 hours.
Here’s a before and after cooking photo.
Serve with a sprinkle of cheese and cilantro, over rice, or (my favorite) with some baked Doritos! YUM!
| Servings | Amt per Serving | Calories | Fat | Carbs | Fiber | WWPs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | just over a cup (2 ladelfuls) | 325 | 2g | 46g | 10g | 6 |
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oh cannot wait to try this one !!!!!!!!!!
One question – is that really 1 tbsp unsweetened cocoa in the ingredients? Never heard of cocoa in chilli before… intrigued.
I love chili and thankfully my family does also. I will have to stray from my tried and true to give this recipe a go. Thanks for sharing. :)
CrazyLady – It IS! It’s helps give the chili a deeper flavor. Especially when you are using ground turkey instead of beef.
This is very similar to a version of chili that I make (we love using black beans in it), but I’ve never added cocoa. It sounds like a good addition. I’ll have to give it a try next time.
We had chili last night, too but just your plain, normal kind. Never tried the cocoa – sounds awesome!
I can’t imagine two men who didn’t like chili! How crazy!
Christie – I KNOW! RIGHT!?!?
Roni!
Fantastic recipe! Thanks! The fact that your husband and toddler didn’t even wanted to try it, might be the result of the final food looks, specially color I suspect.
Try administering it to them wrapped in a tortilla. For one they won’t even imagine what it is inside, and after you can laugh at them for eating what they actually rejected a day before or so.
You are right! They ARE picky!
Great blog! Glad I found it!
Gabi @ Mamaliga.com
I had turkey chili lastnight .. it was amazing, my first time making it.. i didn’t think to put corn in it.. will have to do that next time!
One last question Roni… could I use honey instead of molasses or would it not have the desired effect ?
I have made my daughters Turkey Chili with ground turkey,black beans and tomatoes. It is awesome…I cant quite wrap myself around corn and cocoa in the same pot but Im willing to try anything once. You havent steered me wrong yet Roni! Thanks
CrazyLady – Sure, it will work the molasses with be a deeper flavor. You could also use a bit of brown sugar!
Looks good… the chocolate is Mexican?? spanish? I think.
Have you thought of using the “slow cooker bags?”
Doesn’t look as “cool” but sure makes clean up a ZIP. Does add $ to your meal.
I then just take the bag with the left over food in it and freeze it.
Happy cookin……………
Ooo…I love chili, I’ll have to make a pot this fall. It looks savory:)
Hey, lady–I see your turkey recipe and one from my own site both made the Top 25 list on TIPNUT’s recipes for ground turkey site! Congrats! If you don’t know about it, here’s the link:
http://tipnut.com/ground-turkey/
It was posted last week…Thursday, I think. I was mostly excited to be chosen along with your site, which is my favorite cooking blog! :)
A girl can never have too many chili recipes, thanks for sharing.