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White Bean Turkey Chili Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Janend / All my dishes 10 months, 4 weeks ago We love this version of white bean chili. It makes a low-fat first course or main dish that is packed with flavor. Very healthy! Also, a great after-Thanksgiving dish when you have left-over turkey. Prep:10m Cook:20m Servings:8	Janend
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Ingredients

2 T. olive oil

1 large onion, finely chopped

2 (4-oz.) cans mild green chilies, chopped and drained

6 cloves garlic, finely chopped

3 cans great northern beans, drained

3 cans white kidney beans, drained

3 cans low-sodium chicken broth

1-1/2 tsp. ground cumin

1 tsp. dried oregano or Italian seasoning

1/4 tsp. cayenne

1-2 cups cooked turkey or chicken (white meat) coursely chopped

salt

Directions

Heat oil in a large kettle and add onion and garlic.

Cook for a few minutes until tender.

Stir in beans, broth, cumin, oregano, and cayenne.

Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer 10 minutes.

Add chicken.

Cover and simmer for another 10 minutes.

Salt to taste and add more cayenne, if needed.

Garnish with sour cream, green chili sauce, chopped green onions, shredded Monterey jack cheese, crushed tortilla chips, or any combination of these. We like fat-free sour cream.

Note: The cans of beans can be substituted with 1 lb. dried Great Northern Beans. Soak beans in 8 cups of cold water overnight in a covered pan in the refrigerator. Drain and rinse.

Note: As chili simmers, you can mash the beans slightly to thicken the chili. I don't do this because I prefer it chunkier.

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Comments

michellem 10 months, 4 weeks ago said:
This looks like something my family and I will love. Thank you for sharing this! I love chili! Michelle

wendio 8 months, 2 weeks ago said:
This was AWESOME. The only variations we did were we used 2 cans of beans, then added 3T of chili powder to give it a little more ooomphhh. It's great to have a non-tomato based chili to eat again. Thanks!

hotmama 8 months ago said:
I'll be making this as soon as I have more leftover turkey. I love everything this recipe has to offer. Thanks!

beautifultang 6 months, 2 weeks ago said:
I made this recipe today, for my restaurant, though with a few varaiations added. I can't wait to see what people think of it.

beautifultang 6 months, 2 weeks ago said:
WOW... I made the chili for work. I came back the next morning - and we'd went through over 2 gallons of it already!! Everyone was very impressed with it. I had to make more roux and stock to get the rest of it through that day. I think it's safe to say that I will be making it once a month or so - and now I have a way to use the turkey we have in the freezer from Thanksgiving, well, other than boring old turkey rice soup.

cabincrazyone 5 months ago said:
This sound very good! I'm marking and printing it. Thanks for the post.

thegoldminer 3 months, 2 weeks ago said:
Looks good kiddo. JJ

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Alterations

wendio 8 months, 2 weeks ago said:
we used 2 cans of beans, then added 3T of chili powder to give it a little more ooomphhh

beautifultang 6 months, 2 weeks ago said:
I had to make variations for my restaurant so that the soup would hold for quite a while during the day. Also, I had to enlarge the recipe so that many people could eat it. Tell me, do you consider this a whole new recipe? Here is what I came up with:

1 lb. margarine
1 lb flour
3 c. finely chopped onion
7 oz. can chopped green chilies
10 cloves chopped garlic
1 lb. great northern beans (soaked over night)
2 ga. water
6-8 oz. chicken base
1 1/2 tsp. cumin
1 tsp. oregano
1 tbsp. fajita seasoning
1/4 tsp. white pepper
1/4 tsp. cayanne
2 tsp. mexican seasoning
2 lbs chopped turkey
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*add margarine to soup/steam kettle - melt
*add onions & garlic - saute
*add ALL of your seasonings
*add flour to make the roux - cook 5-10 minutes, making sure to stir

*In a seperate pan*
Bring the water to a boil - add the chicken base.

*Slowly add the stock to the roux, stirring with a wire whip to make sure it's thoroughly mixed together, no lumps.
*add white beans
*add green chilies
*add turkey

Then it's pretty much the rest of the above recipe. Cooking times vary due to steam kettle variations. I don't add the turkey until the morning that I will be serving the chili to customers (health regulation stuff)