Quick and Easy Turkey Chili
The best eating plans include a lot of high protein, low-fat foods. Protein gives your body energy and helps to build muscle instead of fat. A robust chili like this one is both lean and filling. I’m hefty handed with the chile powder to give it some serious umpff! When you buy chile powder, buy dried chiles that have been dried and made into powder, not a mixture of dried chiles, ground herbs, and spices. All too often those blends contain a great deal of salt. My favorite chile powder is pure New Mexican chile powder made from Hatch peppers. It’s available online and in better grocery stores.
Servings: 9 cups
Calories: 115kcal
Ingredients
- tablespoon pure olive oil
- 1 sweet onion chopped
- 3 large garlic cloves chopped
- 1 28-ounce can no-salt-added whole tomatoes
- 2 14.5-ounce cans of low-sodium black beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 pound ground turkey
- 1 carrot grated
- 3 cups low-sodium tomato juice
- 2 bay leaves preferably fresh
- ¼ cup ground dried red chiles
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander
- ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper or to taste
- Coarse kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a large heavy-bottomed pot over medium heat. Add the onion and cook until soft and translucent, 3 to 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant, 45 to 60 seconds. Add the tomatoes, beans, turkey, and carrot. Using a wooden spoon, break up the turkey, then add the tomato juice. Bring to a boil over high heat. Decrease the heat to simmer and add the bay leaves, ground chiles, cumin, coriander, and cayenne pepper. Season with salt and pepper. Simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until the turkey is tender and the flavors have married, about 30 minutes. Taste and adjust for seasoning with salt and pepper. Ladle into warmed bowls and serve immediately.
Nutrition
Calories: 115kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 14g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 0.4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 28mg | Sodium: 229mg | Potassium: 627mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 3562IU | Vitamin C: 22mg | Calcium: 61mg | Iron: 3mg