My Chili
Main Dish
Prep time: 30 mins
Cook time: 1 hour
Ingredients
- 1 lb. ground turkey
- 4-6 strips of bacon (optional)
- 2 cans Dark Red Kidney Beans (rinsed)
- 3 whole tomatoes
- 1 medium Avocado
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 stalk celery
- 1/2 white onion
- 1/4 cup chopped parsley
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 1 tbsp. lemon (fresh is better)
- Following spices to taste
- Cinnamon
- Chili Powder
- Cumin
- Onion Powder
- Garlic Powder
- Paprika
- Salt
- Black Pepper
Directions
- - Mix, in a bowl, ground meat with spices and let sit for at least 30 minutes.
- - Mix, in a bowl, 2 cans kidney beans with Chili Powder, Salt (like a large pinch), Cumin and two grinds Black Pepper. Let sit for 30 minutes
- - Blend or Food Process
- - tomatoes, avocado, parsley, 1/2 tsp. salt and lemon juice
- - Dice the following
- - Bacon, garlic, celery, onion
- - Put large pot on medium high heat and add bacon.
- - Once bacon is cooked near crisp add celery and onion and reduce heat to medium.
- - Once the onion reaches a caramelized look add garlic.
- - Allow to cook for one minute.
- - Add ground meat and return temp to medium high. You want the meat to be browned and crumbly not grey and mushy. Constantly stir to prevent stickage.
- - Once meat has cooked at tomato blend. And allow to cook for about 2 minutes.
- - Add beans then turn temp to low and let cook for 10 minutes covered and then 10 minutes uncovered.