Slow-Cooker Turkey Chili

Name: Slow-Cooker Turkey Chili
Yield: Serves 8 to 10
Cuisine: Southwest (Tex-Mex)
Ingredients: 1/4 cup, chili powder; 1 tablespoon, ground cumin; 1 teaspoon, dried oregano; 2 slices, hearty white sandwich bread, torn into pieces; 1/4 cup, soy sauce; 6 , garlic cloves, minced; , Salt and pepper; 2 pounds, ground turkey; 3 tablespoons, vegetable oil; 3 , onions, chopped fine; 1 , bell pepper, seeded and chopped; 1/4 cup, tomato paste; 2 (16-ounce) cans, kidney beans, drained and rinsed; 1 (28-ounce) can, diced tomatoes, drained; 1 (15-ounce) can, tomato sauce; 1 1/4 cups, low-sodium chicken broth; 1 tablespoon, brown sugar; 2 teaspoons, minced canned chipotle chiles in adobo

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Appears in Cook's Country February/March 2011

The slow cooker is a perfect place to prepare a long-simmered chili—but if you’re using turkey instead of beef, problems loom.

SERVES8 to 10

TIME4 to 6 hours on low

Slow Cooker Size5 to 7 quarts

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Without ground beef, our Slow Cooker Turkey Chili needed depth of flavor. Adding chicken broth and soy sauce provided “meatiness,” while canned chipotle chiles added a complex smoky taste. For an extra flavor boost, we toasted the spices in...

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