Chili recipe

Anyone have a great one to share? Or a decent healthy one? TIA!

Re: Chili recipe

Love this one!

White bean pumpkin chili

It's healthy so I don't feel that bad when I load it up with cheese and sour cream before serving!

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I use this recipe as a base but make a few changes I'll add below. Cha Cha's White Chicken Chili

Here's how I usually do it. We eat this ALL the time, year round, and always keep extra in the freezer.

1 tablespoon olive oil
1 onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic, crushed
1 (4 ounce) can chopped green chile peppers
2 tablespoons chili powder
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
2 (14.5 ounce) cans chicken broth
3 cups chopped cooked chicken (I use the meat off of a roasted or rotisserie chicken
3 (15 ounce) cans beans (white, black, and red)
1 cup frozen corn
1 28oz can tomato puree

Directions

Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium-low heat. Slowly cook and stir the onion until tender. Mix in the garlic, green chile peppers, chili powder, cumin, oregano and cayenne. Continue to cook and stir the mixture until tender, about 3 minutes. Mix in the chicken broth, chicken, corn, tomato puree and beans. Simmer 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Serve with sour cream, cheese, and scoops!

Message edited 9/23/2012 5:31:12 PM.

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Thank you ladies!

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THIS IS FROM THE FOOD NETWORK, ITS CALLED INDIAN SUMMER CHILI, I LOVE IT AND ITS HEALTHY


Ingredients
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, 2 turns of the pan
2 1/2 pounds ground turkey (85 percent lean) or ground turkey breast (99 percent lean), 2 packages
4 tablespoons dark chili powder, 2 palm fulls
2 tablespoons grill seasoning blend, any brand, 1 palm full
1 tablespoon cumin, 1/2 palm full
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1 to 3 tablespoons hot sauce, medium to extra-spicy
1 large onion, quartered
2 large peppers, any color combination, red, green, purple, yellow or orange, chopped
1/2 bottle beer (the alcohol cooks out), about 1 cup
1 (14-ounce) can tomato sauce
1/2 cup smoky barbecue sauce
2 cups corn kernels, optional

Directions


Heat a pot over medium to medium high heat. Add extra-virgin olive oil, 3 turns of the pan, and the turkey meat. Season the meat with: chili powder, grill seasoning, cumin, Worcestershire and hot sauce. Break up the meat with the back of a wooden spoon into small crumbles.

Chop the onion, reserving 1/4 of it for topping the chili. Brown meat 5 minutes, then add onions and chopped bell peppers and cook 10 minutes more. Add beer and deglaze the pan, scraping up the drippings and cooking off the alcohol. Add tomato sauce and barbecue sauce and bring to a bubble. It using corn kernels add them now. Let chili simmer 10 minutes. Adjust seasonings and heat level to your taste. Remove from heat and serve.

SERVES: 8 (without the optional corn); Calories: 367; Total Fat: 19.5 grams; Saturated Fat: 4 grams; Protein: 29 grams; Total carbohydrates: 18 grams; Sugar: 13 grams Fiber: 3 grams; Cholesterol: 103 milligrams; Sodium: 717 milligrams

TIDBIT:


To make a double batch, heat 2 pots and make 1 batch in each pot, rather than using 1 massive pot that is hard to control.

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I buy a 3 lb pack of ground turkey for this one and freeze the leftovers. I have also done it in the crock pot, but I reduce the liquid by draining the tomatoes.

Easy Chili

3 pounds ground beef or turkey
3 cups chopped onion
1 1/2 cups chopped green bell pepper
7 1/2 tablespoons chili powder
3 clove garlic, minced
3 bay leaf
3 cans tomatoes, chopped, undrained, (84 ounces)
3 cans tomato sauce, (42 ounces)
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 1/2 teaspoons dried marjoram
1 1/2 teaspoons dried thyme
3 cans chili beans or kidney beans, undrained, (45 ounces)

Cook first 3 ingredients in a large saucepan until meat is browned, stirring until it
crumbles; drain. Add chili powder and next 8 ingredients, stirring well; bring to a boil.
Cover, reduce heat, and simmer, stirring occasionally, 1 hour and 30 minutes to 2 hours.
Add beans, stirring well, and cook until thoroughly heated.
Serves 18.

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I make a variation of this:

1 lb of 93% lean ground beef
1 can Kidney Beans
1 can Pinto Beans
1 can corn
1- 4 ounce can chopped green chilis
1 can fat free refried beans (I prefer Taco Bell brand)
1 15 ounce can chopped (diced) tomatoes
1 16 ounce can (or 2 - 8 ounce cans) of tomato sauce (I prefer delmonte)
1 large onion
1 cup water
1 package taco seasoning (I prefer taco bell brand)
1 package Hidden Valley Ranch DRESSING mix (NOT buttermilk one)

Chop onion and brown ground beef. Add the rest of the ingredients (DO NOT drain anything.) Bring to a boil over medium heat and then simmer for 15 minutes.

I don't add the corn, or chopped tomatoes (I hate tomatoes) I just use a large can of tomato sauce. Also I use my own spice blend instead of taco seasoning packet) I like chili powder, cayenne pepper and cumin. Oh and I brown the beef and throw it in the crockpot with all the other ingredients.

Message edited 9/23/2012 11:28:20 PM.

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I make an easy chicken or beef chili. Today I'm doing chicken.

2 chicken breasts
2 cans of Ro-Tel
2 Cans of Busch's chili beans (or just regular kidney beans)
2 cans of tomato sauce
Tablespoon of chili powder.

I throw it all in the crock pot and let it cook for like 6 hours.