Turkey chili is 100% my go-to weeknight favorite! If you’re looking for a healthy, filling and delicious dinner, this is exactly what you need!
Turkey chili is one of my favorite chili recipes. Made with ground turkey breast, beans, veggies, and spices it comes together quickly and is great for last minute meals. Serve this easy turkey chili with your favorite salad recipe and since you were so good, don’t forget to follow it with dessert!
Turkey Chili
Turkey Chili
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Turkey chili ingredients
- Diced tomatoes – canned diced tomatoes work great. This turkey chili is healthy and delicious, but also ridiculously easy to prepare. No need to create more work for yourself.
- Tomato paste – if you’re on Weight Watchers, this is he ingredient that will make the turkey chili 1 point as opposed to zero points. Don’t skip it, it’s also what gives the chili a deep rich flavor.
- Chili seasoning – you can make your own chili seasoning, but honestly I think McCormick does a great job, so I buy the mild chili seasoning packets (make sure to use the gluten free version if you want a gluten free chili)!
- Ground turkey breast – This turkey chili is delicious if made with regular ground turkey but also delicious and incredibly healthy if made with ground turkey breast.
- Kidney beans – just grab a can, drain, and dump it in.
- Black beans – also used canned!
- Mixed veggies – used canned for this as well, but you could use frozen or fresh too. It was a mix of peas, corn, carrots, and green beans.
- Garlic – minced garlic, fresh, canned, or from a tube. It’s all yummy.
Is turkey chili healthy?
Turkey chili is super healthy! It’s full of lean protein, fiber and antioxidants from the veggies. Turkey chili is the perfect snack or dinner that is both filling, delicious, and easy on the waistline.
My husband and kids had no idea it wasn’t regular old chili!
What to serve with turkey chili?
We like it with an apple walnut salad and homemade sweet cornbread. Sometimes I like eat my quick turkey chili over a baked potato or even mashed potatoes!
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- Make sure to check out all the easy chili recipes we have!
Tools we love
- Garlic press – Need fresh minced or sliced garlic, but don’t want to peel or chop your garlic? This garlic press is the bessssssst. We’ve had ours for as long as I can remember (maybe a wedding present?), and I use it several times a week!
- 6.5 Quart dutch oven – This enameled cast iron dutch oven can go from stove top to oven, and look beautiful doing it. Perfect for chilis, roasts, breads, and stews. Mine is yellow, what color will you choose?
- Oil mister – This is the perfect gift for folks who want to make sure they know exactly what they’re spraying on their pans. We like to put olive oil in ours, but you could use anything from vegetable oil, grapeseed oil, avocado oil, or whatever you like! Just pump the top a few times and it sprays a fine mist of the oil you chose.
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How to make turkey chili
Turkey Chili
Ingredients
- 2 lbs cooked ground turkey breast
- 28 oz diced tomatoes undrained
- 6 oz tomato paste
- 1 packet McCormick mild chili seasoning
- 15 oz can dark red kidney beans drained
- 15 oz can black beans undrained
- 15 oz can mixed veggies drained
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
Instructions
STOVE TOP:
- Brown ground turkey breast in a large pot.
- Add remaining ingredients and simmer on low for at least 15 minutes.
INSTANT POT:
- Using saute mode, brown ground turkey.
- Add remaining ingredients, stir (making sure to scrape any cooked bits off the bottom), cover and cook on manual (high pressure) for 5 minutes. (If you know your pot has a tendency to give the burn notice, you can add an extra cup of water)
- Do a careful controlled quick release, pausing the release if it starts to sputter.
- If desired, turn on saute function and cook off any extra liquid (stirring regularly) until thickened to your liking.
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Still need more chili in your life? Check out our awesome copycat Wendy’s Chili recipe!
Turkey Chili
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Madi says
I love turkey chili! This would be such a great meal to make for dinner!
Amanda Finks says
Love this turkey chili recipe! It’s one of my go-to dinner recipes for busy nights.