Thanks all! Appreciate the tips. Gonna make it tomorrow 😀

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I use this recipe, except I brown all the turkey first. I also don’t put in all the chili powder. It calls for 1/4 cup. We use about 2 Tablespoons. I would start off with 1 tablespoon if you have a child sensitive to spice.

Anonymous wrote:^ I cook that in the slow cooker after browning the meat and cooking the vegetables.

The slow cooker for a few hours to let everything stew together without needing a lot of oversight and stirring is possibly the best way.

The kid-friendly turkey chili recipe on Skinnytaste is a household favorite around here.

Chili is pretty forgiving. I would feel very free to change up the types of beans and meat...and most of the rest too.

I sauté onions, garlic and ground turkey and then throw it all in a slow cooker with:
1 can kidney beans
2 cans pinto beans (you can switch out what beans you use)
1 large can of diced or crushed tomatoes
2 bouillon cubes
a dash of Worcestershire sauce
chili powder, cumin, coriander, salt, pepper, bay leaf, and a little bit of cinnamon
diced bell pepper
corn
diced zucchini (if I have it)

I have a kid who doesn't like any heat, so I don't add any hot pepper in the cooking, and the rest of us add hot sauce at the table. If your family likes more heat, you can add Chile peppers, jalapeño, red pepper flakes or whatever sounds good.

Top with shredded cheddar and sour cream. Serve with cornbread or tortilla chips.

NYT has a good one. I stopped subscribing so can’t share the link but I use it as my base and modify.

^ I cook that in the slow cooker after browning the meat and cooking the vegetables.

We make this with a side of flatbread with mozzarella on top

1 tablespoon olive oil
1 pounds ground turkey, white and dark combined
1 cups coarsely chopped onions
1 tablespoons chopped garlic
1/2 large sweet red pepper, cored, deveined and coarsely chopped
1/2 cup chopped celery
1/2 jalapeno pepper, cored, deveined and finely chopped - we skip this b/c DC can't eat too spicey
1 cups canned diced tomatoes
1 cups chicken broth, fresh or canned
1 15-ounce cans of red kidney beans, drained

1/2 tablespoon fresh oregano, chopped, or 1 tablespoon, dried
1 bay leaves
2 tablespoons chili powder
1 teaspoons ground cumin
Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste

2 cups shredded cheddar cheese

Preparation
Heat the oil over high heat in a large heavy pot and add the turkey meat. Cook until lightly browned, about 5 minutes, chopping down and stirring with the side of a heavy kitchen spoon to break up any lumps.
Add the onions, garlic, sweet pepper, celery, jalapeno pepper, oregano, bay leaves, chili powder and cumin. Stir to blend well. Cook for 5 minutes.
Add the tomatoes, chicken broth, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 15 minutes.
Add the drained beans and cook, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes longer. Serve in bowls with cheddar cheese, and sour cream and lime wedges, if desired

Chili recipes are like salad recipes, there are all different kinds! Just pick one with ingredients you like. For instance, I like sun-dried tomatoes and add them to chili.

Usually the online recipes don’t address the mildness and lack of protein flavor (umami) or turkey. You can address this blandness with something to ‘meat flavor’ turkey. Mushrooms work. I like black Urfa chili which is a mild, umami-like chili. (I use black Urfa whenever I need a umami flavor in cooking.) You may know of another Ingredient that adds umami.

Finally, let chili sit for awhile before eating, like at least 2 hours. That helps the salt and flavors mix properly.

Hi all,

I’m middle eastern and a pretty good cook. I’ve never made chili in my life and my kids are asking me to make it. Since we already had meat this week I want to make it with ground turkeys I googled Turkey Chili but I’m really overwhelmed by the amount of recipes and since I have never tried chili I just don’t know where to start! Some recipes insist you should use fire roasted tomatoes, other do not. Some recipes have you add fresh or can’t chilis while others use a chili powder mix. My eldest two like kidney beans and not black beans or pinto beans. I also have a four year old who has a very low heat tolerance. They seem to like it with shredded cheese on top and what looks like crushed nachos. Anyways if anyone has a recipe they can share I would really appreciate it.