Slow Cooker Turkey Chili Recipe
 
 
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Ingredients
  • 1½ lbs lean ground turkey breast
  • ½ yellow onion, diced
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 green bell pepper, diced
  • 3 cans (15oz) petite diced tomatoes (I use unsalted)
  • 1 can (15oz) black beans, rinsed and drained
  • 3+ tbsp chili powder (to heat preference)
  • 1 tbsp cumin
  • salt and pepper
  • shredded cheese, for garnish
Instructions
  1. Warm a tablespoon or two of olive oil in a deep skillet to medium-high heat. Add diced onion and garlic and saute until tender. Add ground turkey breast: season with salt/pepper and cook through, about 6 minutes.
  2. Transfer cooked turkey to slow cooker, set to "low."
  3. Meanwhile, in a food processor add 2 cans of diced tomatoes and blend until smooth/sauce-like consistency. Add sauce to the turkey in the slow cooker, as well as the third can of diced tomatoes and the black beans. Add chili powder and cumin to taste. This recipe will produce a mild chili - taste it over the course of cooking and add more chili powder to increase the heat if desired!
  4. Allow chili to cook on low in the slow cooker for about 4 hours or more.
  5. For the last hour of cooking, add the diced green bell pepper and allow it to soften before serving. If you add the bell pepper at the beginning of cooking, it will soften significantly and lose its texture. I prefer my bell pepper to have a slightly firm texture. Alternately, if you are worried about over or undercooking the bell pepper, you can saute the diced pepper in a skillet until desired texture is reached, then stir into the finished chili about 10 minutes before serving.
  6. Serve with shredded cheese (and I also suggest serving with a dollop of guacamole and cilantro!).
Recipe by Helpful Homemade at https://helpfulhomemade.com/slow-cooker-turkey-chili/