Best White Bean Turkey 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

COOKING LIGHT'S TURKEY AND WHITE BEAN CHILI

Steps:

• Cook first 5 ingredients in a large pot for 5 minutes.
• Add turkey, and brown until done.
• Stir in remaining ingredients (except for the cilantro) and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat, and simmer uncovered for 10 minutes.
• Stir in fresh cilantro, cook one minute.
• Serve in bowls with cornbread and lime wedges!

CROCK POT TURKEY WHITE BEAN PUMPKIN CHILI

Steps:

• I simply added all ingredients to the crock pot.
• Set it for 8 hours. Enjoy!

TURKEY AND WHITE BEAN CHILI

Steps:

• Saute onion and garlic. Add turkey, chili powder and cumin.
• Add beans, tomatoes with juice and chicken broth. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Add salt and pepper.

HEALTHY WHITE BEAN TURKEY CHILI

Steps:

• Heat a large heavy bottom pot over medium heat.
• Add oil after pot is hot.
• Cook onions until soft, about 5 minutes.
• Add the garlic and cook an additional 2 minutes.
• Add the spices and cook for another 2 minutes. (If using fresh sage, do not add until the very end.).
• Add the ground turkey and cook all the way through, until meat is white.
• Stir in the chicken stock and half and half.
• If you are using fresh sage, add it at this point.
• Lower the heat to low, and let the flavor incorporate, about 30 to 45 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Serve with low fat cheddar or Mexican style cheese, low fat sour cream, chopped onion, and/or chopped fresh cilantro for garnish.

CROCK POT TURKEY WHITE BEAN PUMPKIN CHILI

Steps:

• 1. Heat a large heavy saute pan over high heat and lightly spray with oil. Add meat and cook, breaking it up until white, about 5 minutes. Add to crock pot. 2. Add oil to the saute pan, then onions, garlic, sauté about 3 - 4 minutes; add cumin and sauté another minute. 3. Add to crock pot. Add beans, pumpkin puree, zucchini, broth, chili powder (if desired), oregano, and bay leaves. CrockPot: cover and cook on high for 4 hours or low for 8 hours. Pressure Cooker: 7 minutes.

GROUND TURKEY AND WHITE BEAN CHILI BAKE

Steps:

• Heat oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat; add in onions and saute for 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned (adding in the garlic the last 3 minutes of cooking).
• Add in the oregano, cumin and chili powder, chili flakes and jalapeno pepper (if using) cook for 1-2 minutes.
• Add in tomato paste and stir for 1 minute.
• Add in ground turkey; cook until no longer pink.
• Stir in bay leaf and cocoa powder, then add in undrained diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, beef broth and beer; bring to a boil and simmer on top of the stove for about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, then season with salt and pepper.
• Set oven to 325 degrees.
• Place in oven uncovered, and cook for about 1 hour, stirring occasionally (the longer you cook this in a low heat oven the richer and thicker it will be, you can even cook it for even 2 hours!).
• After 1 hour cooking add in drained beans, and season with more salt if desired; return to oven and cook uncovered for another 35-40 minutes.
• Sprinkle the cheddar cheese on top the last 5-6 minutes of cooking time.

WHITE BEAN & GROUND TURKEY CHILI

Steps:

• Brown ground turkey in 1 T. olive oil & set aside.
• Saute onions, garlic & oregano in remaining 1 T. olive oil. Add tomatoes & chicken broth and bring to a boil. Reduce by 1/3.
• Add cannellini beans & ground turkey and transfer to crock pot. Cook on high 3 - 4 hours or on low all day, 6 - 8 hours. Or for stove top, bring to a boil, reduce heat to simmer and cook 60 minutes.
• 30 minutes before serving, add chopped chilies and bell pepper.
• Freezes well.

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.

MOROCCAN WHITE BEAN TURKEY CHILI

Steps:

• Coarsely chop onion and jalapeño. Dice bell pepper. Combine onion, peppers, turkey, rub, pressed garlic and salt in Deep Covered Baker; mix well. Microwave, covered, on HIGH 5-7 minutes or until turkey is no longer pink, breaking into crumbles halfway through.
• Carefully remove baker from microwave using Oven Mitts. Add beans, tomato sauce and tomatoes; mix well. Cover; microwave on HIGH 14-17 minutes or until simmering.

SHREDDED TURKEY & WHITE BEAN CHILI

Steps:

• In a large pot, add vegetable oil and brown turkey. Add onion, garlic, and chilies and cook for 4 minutes, then add the rest of the ingredients to pot. Bring to a boil, then turn to a simmer. Let simmer for 30 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and serve with either rice, noodles or corn bread.