Not Your Typical Chili... Hot & Healthy!
photo by teresas
- Ready In:
- 3hrs 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
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10
ingredients
- 1⁄2 lb lean ground turkey
- 1 (1 1/8 ounce) package chili seasoning mix (I use William's brand Chipotle chili seasoning, it is by far the best I have ever had.)
- 1 large yellow onions or 1 large white onion, diced
- 1 red bell pepper, diced
- 1 green bell pepper, diced
- 1 tablespoon crushed garlic
- 0.333 (16 1/8 ounce) jar jalapenos, with Juice
- 0.333 (16 1/8 ounce) jar banana pepper rings, with Juice
- 2 (14 1/2 ounce) cans whole tomatoes (I slice the whole tomatoes in half)
- 1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes
- 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can Rotel tomatoes & chilies (off brand is ok, I use extra hot)
- 2 (14 1/2 ounce) cans kidney beans, drained & washed (VERY important that you drain and wash!)
- 2 (14 1/2 ounce) cans black beans
directions
- In a large chili pot on medium high brown ground turkey.
- Drop your temperature, add onions, garlic, bell peppers, and seasoning.
- Your mixture will quickly dry up, add the jalapeños and pepper rings (with juice!) for moisture. If that doesn't cut it use the juice from a one of the cans of tomatoes.
- Once onions turn translucent again drop your temperature, add all remaining ingredients.
- Allow to simmer for at least three hours stirring every 30mins.
- If the chili ends up too hot for your or anyone in the family serve with sour cream which will cut the heat. (and make it EVEN BETTER) We also like to add fresh chopped onions and crushed whole wheat crackers on top but this is optional depending on you preferences.
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Reviews
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This was very good! We enjoyed the heat and the flavor. I couldn't locate the chili seasoning suggested so used McCormick's. I cut the recipe in half, used orange peppers instead of green and threw some black eye peas in to complete the full can of black beans (these were leftovers from another recipe). Very yummy chili. Thanks for posting. Made for PC Fall 2008.:)
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This was very good! We enjoyed the heat and the flavor. I couldn't locate the chili seasoning suggested so used McCormick's. I cut the recipe in half, used orange peppers instead of green and threw some black eye peas in to complete the full can of black beans (these were leftovers from another recipe). Very yummy chili. Thanks for posting. Made for PC Fall 2008.:)
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I LOVE food but for the last four months or so I've been pretty committed to cutting calories and making as many healthy choices as I possibly can. Some might think that this means resorting to boring food, but that simply is not an option for me. Often times this means I end up reinventing my favorite recipes and experimenting with the recipes of others, swapping out various "bad" ingredients for healthy alternatives.
I stand firm by the statement that "healthy" food should NOT taste drastically different than traditional food.