Simple Turkey Chili in the Crock Pot. In a large skillet over medium-high heat, heat oil. Add ground turkey and cook, stirring occasionally, until turkey is. Place turkey in the skillet, and cook until evenly brown; drain.
Cook turkey and onion in a medium fry pan over medium high heat, scramble fry until no longer pink. Drain off fat and transfer cooked meat and onion to crock pot. Add all remaining ingredients and mix well. You can have Simple Turkey Chili in the Crock Pot using 14 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Simple Turkey Chili in the Crock Pot
- You need 1 lb of Ground turkey.
- You need 2 small of green bell pepper (or one large I only had small ones out of the garden).
- It's 2 can of petite diced tomatoes.
- You need 1 can of black beans.
- Prepare 1 can of Chilli beans.
- It's 1 can of kidney beans.
- You need 2 can of Tomato sauce.
- It's 1/4 cup of Chilli powder (I used extra spicy from a local organic bulk spice store).
- Prepare 1 tbsp of granulated garlic.
- Prepare 1 tsp of oregano.
- Prepare 1 tsp of ground cumin.
- It's of salt for peppers.
- You need of seasoning salt for the meat.
- It's 3 tsp of olive oil.
Saute onions and garlic until soft, and slightly browned. Heat remaining oil and brown ground turkey (I use ground dark meat, not as dry as breast meat when cooked). Add remaining ingredients to crock pot and stir together. Begin by browning the ground turkey on the stove-top with a bit of olive oil and season with salt and pepper before adding to the crock-pot.
Simple Turkey Chili in the Crock Pot step by step
- Chop and sauté peppers in a pan in olive oil with the salt to help the peppers start to sweat and soften.
- Add ground turkey and seasoning salt. fry until meat is done.
- While the meat if frying rinse all the beans really good(yes even the chilli beans. The sauce they put in the cans usually is horrible) and toss them in a crock pot with the drained tomatoes and tomato sauce.
- Add in Oregano, garlic, chili powder, and cumin and mix it all up.
- When the meat is browned toss the meat and pepper mix in the pot (if you're using ground beef drain the fat if using turkey dump it all in because the meat is lean and any juice you have in the pan will be from the peppers sweating).
- Cook on high for 4-6 hours or if you make it in the morning and plan on eating for dinner set it on low 6-8 hours and your done.
This is the Best Crockpot Turkey Chili. I make it a lot and freeze the leftovers for quick meals through the year. Laura's Quick Slow Cooker Turkey Chili. See how to make a super-simple ground turkey chili in the crock pot. Footnotes Cook's Note: The cayenne and the hot pepper sauce is what determines how spicy it gets.