Turkey Chili

Ingredients You’ll Need

This easy turkey chili requires surprisingly few ingredients to achieve an amazing flavor.

 Olive oil
 Veggies including bell pepper, yellow onion, garlic
 Lean ground turkey
 Salt and freshly ground black pepper
 Diced tomatoes with green chilies
 Canned tomato sauce
 Low sodium chicken broth
 Spices including chili powder, ancho chili powder, cumin, paprika and coriander
 Canned red kidney beans (I used 1 can light 1 can dark)

How to Make Turkey Chili

 Saute the veggies and brown some ground turkey.
 Then you add in some canned diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, broth and spices.
 Now let it simmer for 20 minutes, which will really brighten up those flavors and
allow them to blend together as well.
 Stir in the kidney beans. And you’ve got yourself a delicious, simple, healthy chili
that everyone will enjoy!

Can I Use Ground Beef Instead of Ground Turkey in This

Chili?
Yes. Ground beef, ground chicken or even ground pork will work here.

Chili Toppings to Try

What’s a bowl of chili without a handful of flavorful toppings? A few of our favorite chili
toppings are:

 Cheddar cheese
 Sour cream
 Chopped red or green onions
 Avocado
 Cayenne pepper or sliced jalapeños

Turkey Chili is a healthy, flavorful recipe that’s it’s easy to throw together
and everyone loves it! It’s just one of those family friendly dinners that
everyone can agree on. This chili has deliciously seasoned, well balanced
flavor and it’s the perfect pick me up on a cold day.

Healthy Ground Turkey Chili

This time around, I decided to lighten things up and went with ground turkey instead of
ground beef and we could hardly tell the difference between the two in this turkey chili recipe.

Who doesn’t love when you can lighten things up without losing flavor? It’s still delicious
comfort food and you’ll be wanting to make this easy turkey chili all the time during the
fall and winter seasons!

It’s full of veggies (/fruit if you want to get technical with the tomatoes) and it’s packed
with protein thanks to the turkey and a generous amount of kidney beans.

It’s a hearty, delicious, guilt free-chili and easily the best turkey chili recipe around! Now
bring on those toppings.

Photo Credit: Jess Larson

Turkey Chili Ingredients You’ll Need

This easy turkey chili requires surprisingly few ingredients to achieve an amazing flavor.

 Olive oil
 Veggies including bell pepper, yellow onion, garlic
 Lean ground turkey
 Salt and freshly ground black pepper
 Diced tomatoes with green chilies
 Canned tomato sauce
 Low sodium chicken broth
 Spices including chili powder, ancho chili powder, cumin, paprika and coriander
 Canned red kidney beans (I used 1 can light 1 can dark)

How to Make Turkey Chili

 Saute the veggies and brown some ground turkey.
 Then you add in some canned diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, broth and spices.
 Now let it simmer for 20 minutes, which will really brighten up those flavors and
allow them to blend together as well.
 Stir in the kidney beans. And you’ve got yourself a delicious, simple, healthy chili
that everyone will enjoy!

Can I Use Ground Beef Instead of Ground Turkey in This

Chili?
Yes. Ground beef, ground chicken or even ground pork will work here.

Chili Toppings to Try

What’s a bowl of chili without a handful of flavorful toppings? A few of our favorite chili
toppings are:

 Cheddar cheese
 Sour cream
 Chopped red or green onions
 Avocado
 Cayenne pepper or sliced jalapeños

How to Freeze Soup for Later

Turkey chili freezes incredibly well and is easily reheated. To freeze this easy turkey chili,
first let it cool a bit, no more than one hour at room temperature (or wait to freeze it
until the next day after it’s been in your fridge and cooled).

Then, ladle the chili into freezer-safe containers or jars and freeze. When you’re ready to
reheat the chili, place it in the fridge to thaw overnight and then reheat on the stove or in
the microwave.