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Dev
Wed, July 20th, 2005, 01:42 AM
Dev’s Lean Turkey Chili

Ingredients:
2.5 lbs Lean ground turkey
16 oz. dry red Kidney beans (or 28+ oz. canned kidney beans, just watch the sodium)
1.5 cups chopped onion
1.5 cups chopped green peppers
2 cans tomato sauce (29 oz. each)
1 can diced tomatoes (28 oz.)
2 cloves garlic minced
1 tbsp olive oil
4-6 tsp Chili Powder (adjust to taste)
Cayenne Pepper

Canned tomatoes and tomato sauce are used for simplicity. However, fresh may be used. Nutrition information below is based on using lean ground turkey (7% fat), if you can find extra lean ground turkey, use it.

Directions:

*Note: This recipe makes approximately eleven pounds of chili. This recipe can be halved…or quartered…or whatever.

The evening before, soak beans overnight. Day of cooking, simmer beans for 1 hour. When beans are almost done start making the rest of the chili.

In an eight-quart pot warm the oil and cook the ground turkey through on medium-high heat. Afterwards, reduce heat to medium and add the onions, green pepper, garlic, and cook until tender. Add diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, and beans. Reduce heat to low. Add chili powder and cayenne pepper (to taste), or hot sauce, etc. It will then be ready to eat, however the longer you let it simmer the more the flavors will concentrate. I recommend simmering for at least 2 hours.

Serving size: 8 oz.
Servings recipe makes: about 22
Calories: 185
Fat: 4.3 grams
Saturated fat: 1.2 grams
Carbohydrates: 21.1 grams
Fiber: 9.5 grams
Sugars: 5.7 grams
Protein: 15.9 grams

Macronutrient ratios
Fat: 21%
Carbohydrates: 45%
Protein: 34%

reve
Sun, January 4th, 2009, 08:45 PM
I just made this, and made the mistake of tasting it before i added the chili powder. It tastes exactly like the goulash my mother used to make, minus the macaroni.

Maybe ill make chili next time, but im sticking with this.

Thanks for the recipe

oneday
Mon, February 9th, 2009, 03:39 PM
My wife makes turkey chili with a very similar recipe. It is awesome. the only thing you left out is a can of beer. Sure, it adds a few calories per serving, but it makes a big difference in the final product.

Also, if you are concerned with the sodium content of the beans rinse them in a colander before you add them. Of course, it does not eliminate the salt, but it does reduce it.

Falhurk
Thu, February 19th, 2009, 10:17 AM
I am making a variant of this today!

Mine will include mushrooms though.

JKulp42757
Thu, February 19th, 2009, 01:08 PM
With 3 kids I make this fairly often. It's super easy and everyone loves it.

My recipe is very similar to the OPs, but instead of ground turkey I use the 96% fat free ground beef. I also add in a few jalapeno peppers, but not too many, as the kids won't like it if I do. But I can always add extra to my bowl. :D

Falhurk
Fri, February 20th, 2009, 04:34 AM
So, I made chili today. I haven't had a chance to eat any of it but it certaily looks/smells great.

Some alterations I made:

Removed the garlic
Used only canned diced tomatoes (2x 28oz)
Added two cans of sliced mushrooms (2x 8oz)
Used extra lean ground beef, 1 kilo ~ 2.2 pounds
Did not use olive oil to brown the beef.
I also used canned kidney beans. 33oz (one can was 19oz and the other was 14oz)

I then seperated the chili into 10 2-cup containers. Each probably has about 1.8-1.9 cups of chili. Total recipe (divided by 10) gives me the following per serving.

330 Calories
10.9g Fat
27.8g Carbohydrates
29.2g Protein

I'll be having it in about 3.5 hours so I'll let you know how it goes!

Rogozhin
Thu, March 5th, 2009, 04:14 AM
So, I made chili today. I haven't had a chance to eat any of it but it certaily looks/smells great.

Some alterations I made:

Removed the garlic
Used only canned diced tomatoes (2x 28oz)
Added two cans of sliced mushrooms (2x 8oz)
Used extra lean ground beef, 1 kilo ~ 2.2 pounds
Did not use olive oil to brown the beef.
I also used canned kidney beans. 33oz (one can was 19oz and the other was 14oz)

I then seperated the chili into 10 2-cup containers. Each probably has about 1.8-1.9 cups of chili. Total recipe (divided by 10) gives me the following per serving.

330 Calories
10.9g Fat
27.8g Carbohydrates
29.2g Protein

I'll be having it in about 3.5 hours so I'll let you know how it goes!

I'll be making some later this week!

Thanks for the recipe Dev. :)

Falhurk
Thu, March 5th, 2009, 04:27 AM
Yeah, it's quite wonderful. I've incorporated it into my daily diet.

It's nice to have a diet where you're looking forward to every meal! :D

Rogozhin
Sat, March 7th, 2009, 05:43 PM
Yeah, it's quite wonderful. I've incorporated it into my daily diet.

It's nice to have a diet where you're looking forward to every meal! :D

Dang it I need some money to go shopping, I miss the weekly paycheck! (bi-weekly is a pain)!

:D

Falhurk
Tue, March 10th, 2009, 04:21 AM
I'm bi-weekly and a student also. I find with planning my meals out I can spend very little re-stocking for my meals. ~50 dollars (CDN) a week.

The problem was when I wasn't making my own stuff.. That gets ridiculous. :nod:

Rogozhin
Fri, March 13th, 2009, 12:31 AM
I'm bi-weekly and a student also. I find with planning my meals out I can spend very little re-stocking for my meals. ~50 dollars (CDN) a week.

The problem was when I wasn't making my own stuff.. That gets ridiculous. :nod:

I forgot to get the ingredients for the turkey chili... :mad:

Falhurk
Wed, March 25th, 2009, 10:06 AM
I forgot to get the ingredients for the turkey chili... :mad:

o.O

Blasphemy!

:spank:

Rogozhin
Thu, March 26th, 2009, 12:32 AM
o.O

Blasphemy!

:spank:

*shamefaced*

:moon: