Turkey Chilli

I finally made great turkey chilli! The first year of making turkey chilli and following other people recipes resulted in some bland chilli.  So I finally dump every kind of spices I had to the chilli and doubling some spices. I usually like to serve this with rice or with tortilla chips.

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 pound ground turkey
• 1/2 cup white beans
• 3/4 cup red and orange bell peppers, diced
• 1/2 cup onion, diced
• 2 roma tomatoes, diced
• 3 cloves, garlic
• 1 tablespoon dried oregano
• 1 tablespoon dried parsley
• 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
• 1 teaspoon coriander powder
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 tablespoon cayenne
• 1 teaspoon chilli pepper
• 1/2 cup chicken stock
• 1/2 cup marinara sauce
• salt and white pepper to taste
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil

Directions

1. Brown turkey in pot then add garlic and cook for another 5 minutes, breaking the meat apart as you go.
2. Season the meat with 1/2 tablespoon salt oregano, parsley, smoked paprika, coriander powder, garlic powder, cayenne and chilli pepper.
3. Saute for about 5 minutes to wake all the spices up.
4. Then add tomatoes, onion and bell peppers to the pot.
5. Add the chicken stock and marinara sauce and bring to a boil.
6. Lower heat to medium high and simmer for 45 minutes.
7. Add the beans and simmer for another 30 minutes.

I like to add the beans last half hour because I don't like the beans to be mushy. You can add the beans in the beginning if you like but the stock do get too starchy for my taste.

My Thanksgiving Menu

I remember the first turkey I made for Thanksgiving.  I listened to Alton Brown and did not cover my turkey with foil.  Big mistake, two hours into cooking my bird, the skin started to burn but it was no where near cooked.  I freaked out and called my friend  and she told me to cover it with foil.  He also said that the bird will cook in less than the time that it needed to cook.  It took forever to cook, a few hours more than what he said would need! My turkey came out amazing though!   The meat was juicy because I put herbs butter between the meat and skin before cooking it.  I stuffed the chicken with rosemary, thymes and tarragon.  I also stuffed it with carrots, quartered onions, and celery.

I like to remove the breasts and cut it into thick slices instead of the thin slices that some people like.

I also cut the thighs into chunks, this is much easier to transport with then bringing the whole turkey to my dad's place.

I love collard green and in keeping with the theme, I bought a smoked turkey wing to cook the collard green with.

 I did not make stuffing this year, I made my tomato cobbler instead.  What is thanksgiving without mashed potatoes and mac and cheese? So I made tons of those so there will be left over.  To lighten up everything, I also made cole slaw. I used Heinz Beef gravy, they are absolutely delicious. Besides I don't really know how to make it from scratch and there were already so much to do. Yum!

Turkey Wrap

A great dinner when it is too hot to cook and it is pretty healthy too.  Serve with your favorite chips and you got yourself a meal that is tasty and filling.

Ingredients

• 3 slices of deli turkey meat
• half an avocado
• half a roma tomato, diced
• 2 lettuce leaves, torned
• 1 Spinach wrap

Direction

Just throw everything together and wrap!