Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Red Turkey Chili

Two reasons for trying to use less hamburger meat in my house:

#1 my brother-in-law is deathly allergic
#2 pink slime has ruined my psychological outlook on ground beef

Yes, I am THAT person.

Now, have you checked out www.plainchicken.com? I came up this site a while back, and I've adapted a lot of her recipes to my likes, including the one I'm about to tell you about.

Apparently this recipe began from the Deen Brothers Chili Recipe (you know...the ones with the Mamma that likes to eat sticks of butter)...(ps- I do not judge her because I know someone personally that would do this *cough*cough* Josh....). Now that you know the lineage of the recipe, let me tell you how I made it, and also apologize for not having a picture of my own yet (Because it was eaten so quickly that it never had a chance of getting a photo!)

1 large package of Jennie-O Ground Turkey
1 tsp salt (I used seasoning salt)
1/4 tsp pepper
3 1/2 Tbsp chili powder
1 can of  Bush's chili beans, undrained
2 (14.5-oz) diced tomatoes
4 Tbsp dried minced onions
1 1/2 Tbsp Garlic Garlic (or garlic powder)
1/2 Tbsp onion powder


Brown turkey in large skillet according to package directions. Transfer meat to crockpot.  Pulse tomatoes in food processor and add to crockpot.  Stir in remaining ingredients.  Cover and cook on low for 8 hours.

We served it with corn chips, shredded cheddar and sour cream....but this would also be great on baked potatoes!

I thought this would make a lot more than it did, it served 4 of us and we had no leftovers (but two of the four of us ate multiple bowls).