Best Turkey White Chili Recipes

TURKEY AND WHITE BEAN CHILI

Steps:

• In a large kettle, soak beans in cold water to cover by 2 inches overnight. Drain beans in a colander and return to kettle with enough water to cover by 2 inches. Cook beans at a bare simmer until just tender, about 1 hour, and drain in a colander.
• In a skillet, heat the oil and saute the onion and jalapeno until soft and beginning to caramelize, 4 minutes. Add the garlic and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Add the ground turkey, Southwest Essence, chili powder, salt, cumin, oregano, and bay leaf and cook, stirring occasionally, until turkey is browned and cooked through, 6 minutes. Add the cornmeal and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Add the chicken broth, canned tomatoes, canned chiles, and cilantro stems and stir to combine. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to a simmer, and cook, uncovered, for 45 minutes, stirring occasionally. After it has cooked for 30 minutes, add the cooked beans. Add the heavy cream and cilantro leaves and cook, stirring occasionally, for 15 minutes longer.
• Serve the chili in deep bowls, garnished with dollops of sour cream, grated Cheddar cheese, and green onions to taste.
• Combine all ingredients thoroughly.

TURKEY AND WHITE-BEAN CHILI

Steps:

• In a large, deep, skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add ground turkey; season with salt and pepper. Cook, breaking up turkey with spoon, until browned, 9 minutes.
• Add onion and jalapenos; cook until soft, 3 minutes. Stir in cumin and tomato paste; cook 2 minutes.
• Add cannellini beans, chicken broth, and water; bring to boil. Reduce heat; simmer until thick, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Garnish with sour cream, cilantro, and radishes, if desired.

WHITE BEAN TURKEY CHILI

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven or large soup kettle, cook the turkey and onions over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Add oregano and cumin; cook and stir 1 minute longer. Stir in tomatoes, broth, tomato sauce, chili powder, cocoa, bay leaves, salt and cinnamon. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 45 minutes. Add beans; heat through. Discard bay leaves.

WHITE TURKEY CHILI

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion, jalapeno, garlic, oregano, and cumin; season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables begin to soften, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Add turkey and cook, breaking up with a spoon, until no longer pink, 2 to 3 minutes. Add beans and 3/4 cup water. Bring to a boil, while mashing some of the beans against side of pan to release starch. Reduce heat to medium and simmer until thickened, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Season with salt and pepper; garnish as desired.

TURKEY CHILI WITH WHITE BEANS

Steps:

• Heat oil in heavy large pot over medium heat. Add onions; sauté until light brown and tender, about 10 minutes. Add oregano and cumin; stir 1 minute. Increase heat to medium-high. Add turkey; stir until no longer pink, breaking up with back of spoon. Stir in chili powder, bay leaves, cocoa powder, salt and cinnamon. Add tomatoes with their juices, breaking up with back of spoon. Mix in stock and tomato sauce. Bring to boil. Reduce heat; simmer 45 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add beans to chili and simmer until flavors blend, about 10 minutes longer. Discard bay leaves. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Rewarm over medium-low heat before continuing.)
• Ladle chili into bowls. Pass red onion, cilantro and yogurt separately.

EASY WHITE CHILI (MADE WITH GROUND TURKEY)

Steps:

• Saute the garlic and chopped onion briefly in the oil then add the raw ground turkey.
• Cook until the turkey is cooked through and slightly browned.
• Add the great northern beans, the broth (to your desired consistency), and the spices (to your taste).
• Simmer for 15-30 minutes.

TURKEY CHILI WITH WHITE BEANS

Steps:

• Heat oil in heavy large pot over medium heat. Add onions; sauté until light brown and tender, about 10 minutes.
• Add oregano and cumin; stir 1 minute.
• Increase heat to medium-high.
• Add turkey; stir until no longer pink, breaking up with back of spoon.
• Stir in chili powder, bay leaves, cocoa powder, salt and cinnamon. Add tomatoes with their juices, breaking up with back of spoon. Mix in stock and tomato sauce. Bring to boil.
• Reduce heat; simmer 45 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add beans to chili and simmer until flavors blend, about 10 minutes longer.
• Discard bay leaves. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Rewarm over medium-low heat before continuing.).
• Ladle chili into bowls. Pass red onion, cilantro and yogurt separately.
• Notes: I usually decrease the chili powder slightly because my DH prefers things mild.
• We've always skipped the red onion and cilantro, but, it sounds interesting.
• I'm estimating the active and passive work times.

WHITE TURKEY CHILI

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine the first 10 ingredients; bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 25-30 minutes or until heated through. Top servings with sour cream.

GROUND TURKEY AND WHITE BEAN CHILI

Steps:

• Heat canola oil in a dutch oven or deep skillet over medium high heat.
• Add ground turkey and season with salt and pepper.
• Cook until browned, stirring to break up turkey.
• Add chopped onion and minced jalapeno and cook until soft, about 3 minutes.
• Stir in ground cumin and tomato sauce and cook for 2 more minutes.
• Add the cannellini beans, the broth and the water.
• Bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer until thicker, about 20 minutes.
• Ladle into bowls and place a dollop of light sour cream and a sprinkling of chopped cilantro on top of each serving.

TURKEY AND CHORIZO CHILI WITH WHITE BEANS

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add ground turkey and chorizo; cook and stir until crumbly and beginning to brown, about 5 minutes. Stir in onion, celery, and jalapeno; continue to cook and stir until meat is browned and onion is translucent, about 5 minutes more.
• Stir in cumin, coriander, and oregano followed by thyme and garlic. Add tomatoes, cannellini beans, tomatillos, and green chiles. Stir in soy sauce. Reduce heat and let simmer to combine flavors, 20 to 30 minutes. Add cilantro just before serving.

QUICK WHITE TURKEY CHILI

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute onion and celery in oil until tender. Stir in the broth, turkey, beans, corn, chilies, cumin and salt. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat,; cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes. Garnish with cheese.

SLOW-COOKER TURKEY WHITE BEAN CHILI

Steps:

• Spray 5- to 6-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. Heat 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add turkey; cook 6 to 8 minutes, stirring occasionally, until no longer pink. Place turkey in slow cooker. In same skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Cook onion, chile and garlic in oil 5 minutes, stirring frequently, until onion is tender. Add to slow cooker.
• In blender, place 1 can of the beans and 1 cup of the broth. Cover; blend on medium speed 20 seconds or until smooth. Pour mixture into slow cooker. Stir in remaining 2 cans of beans, remaining 2 cups broth, the corn, chili powder, cumin, oregano, pepper and salt.
• Cover; cook on Low heat setting 8 hours. Top each serving with 1 tablespoon sour cream. Sprinkle with cilantro. Serve with lime wedges.

WHITE BEAN, TURKEY, AND SAUSAGE CHILI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Wrap the sausages in foil, place them on a baking sheet, and bake for 30 minutes.
• Heat olive oil in a large cast-iron pan over medium-high heat. Cook and stir turkey in hot oil until evenly browned, about 5 minutes.
• Season turkey with 1 tablespoon cumin, 1 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder, salt, and black pepper. Add onions and garlic to the turkey; continue to cook and stir until onion is softened, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Pour in the white kidney beans and chicken broth. Season with 1 tablespoon cumin and 1 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder. Simmer over medium heat, stirring occasionally, for 30 minutes.
• Mix in the chopped jalapeno and the whole jalapeno peppers, if desired. Remove the sausages from the oven and cut them into bite-sized pieces. Stir the sausage into the chili.
• Cook the chili until the whole jalapeno peppers are tender and chili is thick, about 15 minutes more.

QUICK WHITE BEAN TURKEY CHILI

Steps:

• Cut turkey tenderloin lengthwise into quarters. In a skillet, cook the turkey, onion and garlic in butter until turkey is no longer pink and vegetables are crisp-tender. Remove turkey and let stand until cool enough to handle. Cut into cubes. Transfer vegetables to a saucepan. Add the turkey, broth, beans, tomatoes, salsa, parsley and cayenne. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 12-16 minutes or until slightly thickened. Top each serving with cheese or sour cream if desired.

KHALIL'S TURKEY AND WHITE-BEAN CHILI

Steps:

• In a large Dutch oven or other heavy pot, heat oil over medium-high. Add onion; cook until softened, 8 minutes. Add garlic, chiles, rosemary, cumin, oregano, and cayenne and cook until fragrant, 2 minutes; season with salt. Add turkey and cook, breaking up meat with a wooden spoon, until cooked through, 5 minutes. Add broth, beans, and hominy; bring to a boil over high. Partially cover, reduce heat, and simmer until chili is thickened slightly, 25 minutes. Stir in cornmeal and cook 15 minutes. Season to taste with salt.

SLOW COOKER TURKEY AND WHITE BEAN CHILI

Steps:

• Heat the vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium heat, and pan-fry the turkey breast until the meat is no longer pink, about 10 minutes per side. Transfer the turkey breast into a bowl to cool; shred it with 2 forks. Set the turkey meat aside. In the same skillet, cook the onions and garlic over medium heat until the onion is translucent, about 5 minutes; scrape the onions and garlic, along with any drippings, into the bowl with the turkey.
• Place 1 can of cannellini beans, the hominy, and the chicken broth into a slow cooker. With an immersion blender, blend the mixture until smooth. Transfer the shredded turkey, onions, garlic, 3 more cans of cannellini beans, the cilantro, cumin, and Cajun seasoning into the slow cooker, and stir to combine. Wearing gloves, cut off the serrano chile stems, split the chiles, and scrape the seeds and membranes from 2 of the chiles with a spoon. Mince all 3 chiles. For milder flavor, seed and remove membranes from all the chiles. Mix the serrano chiles into the soup.
• Cover the cooker, and cook on Low setting for 4 to 6 hours or High setting for 2 to 3 hours.

WHITE TURKEY CHILI

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook onion in oil until the onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in garlic, oregano, cumin, and ginger; cook for another minute. Pour in chicken broth and white wine, and then add the bay leaf. Cook uncovered until slightly reduced, about 5 to 8 minutes.
• Stir in turkey, beans, and jalapeno. Simmer uncovered for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Using back of spoon, mash 1/4 of beans to thicken sauce. Reduce heat to low, and begin stirring in cheese 1/2 cup at a time. Stir until cheese is completely melted. Season with salt and pepper. Remove from heat, and stir in lime juice. Serve hot.

TURKEY SAUSAGE AND WHITE BEAN CHILI

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in large soup pot.
• Cook onions until translucent.
• Add sausage and brown well.
• Add garlic, sage, parsely and celery.
• Deglaze pot with chicken broth until all sausage pieces are scraped from bottom of pot.
• Add remaining chicken broth and simmer.
• Add 1 can of northern beans and 1 can of cannelini beans. (Strained slightly in can. Leave some of the juice.).
• Take the remaining can of cannelini beans, strained slightly and pour into bowl. Use your hands and "mash the beans." It's messy but adds a some starchy thickness to the chili.
• Add smashed beans to the pot and stir well.
• Chop just the florets of the brocolli into small pieces and add to the pot.
• Simmer until ready to serve. (About 20 minutes.)
• You can substitute chopped spinich for the brocolli and/or add cheese when serving.

WINTER WHITE TURKEY CHILI

Steps:

• Place a large pot over medium heat with the oil. Add the bacon to the pot and cook, stirring occasionally, until browned, 5 to 6 minutes. Increase the heat to medium-high and then add the turkey, onion, bell pepper, celery, garlic, cumin and chili powder to the pot. Cook, stirring frequently, until the vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes.
• Add the remaining ingredients to the pot and season with salt and pepper. Reduce the heat to medium and simmer the chili, stirring occasionally, until the liquids have thickened and the chili is very aromatic, about 20 minutes.
• Serve the chili garnished with chopped cilantro and avocado.

WHITE GROUND CHICKEN/TURKEY CHILI

Steps:

• Heat oil in large pot over medium heat. Add onions, celery, garlic saute until onions are tender.
• Add chicken and cook until no longer pink. Stir in spices for 1 minute.
• Add broth and green chilis. Bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to low and stir in beans. Simmer 20-30 minutes.
• Serves 6 (appx. 1 1/2 cup servings) Can substitute ground turkey for the ground chicken. This is pretty spicy--reduce the cayenne, if you don't like spicy.