ORION'S AWESOME CROCK POT TURKEY CHILI

ORION'S AWESOME CROCK POT TURKEY CHILI image

Yield makes approx 2 gallons

Number Of Ingredients 17

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Non-Spice Ingredients:
2 lbs of ground turkey
32oz of canned dark red kidney beans (include water)
1 or 2 cans 12oz tomato paste
16oz can tomato sauce
2 12oz cans diced tomatoes
1 green bell pepper, deseeded and diced small
2-3 jalepeno peppers, deseeded and diced small
1 pasilla pepper (looks like an elongated dark green bell pepper) see additional instructions below.
1 yellow onion, diced small
Spices:
1/2 to 1 Tbsp Chili Powder
1 Tbsp each: Oregano, Ground Sage, Sugar
1 tsp each: Cayenne, Paprika
3 Tbsp Chopped Garlic
1 Tbsp each: Garlic Salt and White or Black Pepper
Xtra 1 Tbsp ea Oregano & Sage for seasoning the ground turkey

Steps:

Chili Prep: 1) Preheat oven to 400 degrees for pasilla roasting 2) Open all cans and dump into crock pot set to High 3) Brown turkey on med. heat skillet - season to taste - until juices are cooked off or drain if desired. 4) Roast the Pasilla Pepper while browning turkey see directions below) 5) Stir in spices and diced veggies 6) Cook on High 5-6 hours, stir occasionally. 7) Lower heat to Low - cook until beans are tender then lower heat to "warm" Pasilla Roasting: 1) Preheat oven to 400 2) Place pepper on cookie sheet at highest level as close to the heating element as possible 3) Turn every 5 minutes until moderately charred and blistered (approx. 15-25 min) 4) Remove from oven and place in paper or plastic bag and allow pepper to sweat (loosens skin) 5-10 min. 5) Remove the translucent skin under cool running water, deseed and dice, add to chili.