Friday, December 2, 2011

Black Bean and Pumpkin Chili


No pictures yet.  This will have to do for now.  This was super yummy as Cake, Ky, and Moner can attest!  Even Mark liked it!!!    
INGREDIENTS:
1 medium onion, chopped
1 medium sweet yellow pepper, chopped (I used a yellow bell pepper)
1 tablespoon olive oil
3 garlic cloves, minced
2 cups chicken broth (Let me say something about the chicken broth. I have made this with regular sodium canned broth and the super low sodium, organic, box broth. If you do use the super low sodium, organic, box broth the taste suffers. It stinks, but that's a fact of life. Salt = better taste. So I would say go normal broth or up the spices or maybe a cup of each.  I think next time I will try the low sodium, canned broth as it has less salt than regular but more than boxed.  We'll see how that goes.) 
2 cans (15-ounce each) black beans, rinsed and drained
2 1/2 cups cubed cooked turkey (I used 1 1/4 lbs ground turkey)
1 can (15-ounce) solid-pack pumpkin
1 can (14-1/2 ounce) diced tomatoes, undrained
2 teaspoons dried parsley flakes
2 teaspoons chili powder
1 1/2 teaspoons dried oregano
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon salt
DIRECTIONS:
In a large 12-inch skillet, brown the ground turkey (if using already cooked turkey, proceed to adding the vegetables). Transfer the meat to a 5-quart slow cooker. Add oil to the skillet. Add the onion and yellow pepper to the skillet and saute until barely tender, 1-2 minutes. Add the garlic and cook one minute longer. Transfer the mixture to the slow cooker. Stir in the remaining ingredients to the slow cooker. Cover and cook on low for 5 hours.

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