Try This Recipe When You Want a Different Taste in Chili - Turkey Chili

Now that cooler days are here many of us find our thoughts turning to chili. It is tasty, warm, and easy to prepare. Left in the slow cooker or crockpot it can be especially easy when we have a busy family running in different directions at once. For a different twist on chili give this Turkey Chili recipe a try. If you don't have turkey, ground chicken is just as good. How about that secret ingredient of unsweetened cocoa powder?

TURKEY CHILI
This is an Old West recipe.

1/4 cup cooking oil
3 lb ground turkey, raw
1 qt water
5 to 6 tbsp chili powder (depending on your fire power taste)
3 tsp salt
10 minced garlic cloves
1 1/2 tsp cumin
1 tsp marjoram
1 tsp ground red pepper
1/2 tsp fresh ground black pepper
1 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
3 tbsp paprika
4 tbsp all-purpose flour
7 tbsp corn meal (not cornbread mix)
3/4 cup cold water

In a Dutch oven heat the cooking oil. Add the meat and cook over medium to high heat until seared and grey but not brown. Add the quart of water, bring to a boil, lower heat to simmer and cook for an hour.

Add the chili powder, salt, garlic, cumin, marjoram, red pepper, black pepper, sugar, cocoa powder, and paprika. Simmer for another 30 minutes.

In a small bowl mix the flour and cornmeal with the cold water. Stir the flour mixture into the meat mixture and continue stirring for about 5 minutes. This makes a thick chili. Add water to reach desired consistency if desired.

Enjoy!

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