Easy Fall Recipe: Slow Cooker Turkey Chili

I love slow cooker meals, they make my life so much easier on busy days. One of my favorite recipes to cook in the fall is turkey chili. In the slow cooker it taste best, because all the ingredients can blend and the flavors have more time to flourish. Another great thing about chili, is it can be made with whatever mix-ins you like.

Ingredients for Turkey Chili

For this easy recipe I chose ingredients that I know my kids would eat too. Our turkey chili included; pinto beans, carrots, onion, corn, zucchini, sweet peppers, diced tomatoes, garlic and seasonings. Other times I have thrown in sweet potato as well. As a side, I made mac and cheese for the kids and brown rice for us.

Process of Making Turkey Chili

The process was overall pretty easy. I diced the carrots, zucchini and sweet peppers and sauteed them for a few minutes, then placed them in the slow cooker. Next I sauteed the onion and minced garlic for 2-3 minutes before adding in the ground turkey. Seasoning the turkey is key to making your chili flavorful, I used Trader Joe’s Everyday Seasoning, kosher salt, and chili seasoning. Once cooked I added it to the slow cooker, along with the beans, canned corn and diced tomatoes. I mixed it up, added a bit more seasoning and turned the turkey chili on low for about 5 hours.

Slow Cooker Turkey Chili

Easy slow cooker chili made with ground turkey, beans and veggies

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 5 hours hrs

Servings 8

Equipment

• slow cooker

Ingredients

  

• 1 lb ground turkey
• 1 zucchini
• 1 small yellow onion
• 1½ cups carrots
• 1½ cups sweet peppers
• 1 can sweet corn
• 1 can diced tomatoes
• 1 can pinto chili beans
• 2½ tbsp minced garlic
• 2 tbsp Trader Joe's Everyday Seasoning
• 1 tbsp kosher salt
• 1½ tbsp chili seasoning

Instructions

 

• Dice zucchini, sweet peppers and carrots
• Saute in pan with olive oil for 4-5 minutes until soft
• Place veggies in slow cooker
  
• Dice onion and saute in same pan as veggies with minced garlic for 2-3 minutes
• Add in ground turkey and cook until fully browned with garlic and onion
• Place turkey, onions, garlic in slow cooker
• Add to the slow cooker; diced tomatoes, corn and chili pinto beans
• Mix together and add additional seasoning as needed
  
• Cook on low for 5-6 hours or high for 2-3 hours
• Serve and enjoy!

This batch was ate within two days, unfortunately there were no leftovers. Usually I’ll make a little extra so I can freeze it and have it for a day when no one wants to cook. Try it out or tell me your different ways that you make it, also try the vegan chili recipe.