Turkey and Black Bean Chili
4 strips bacon, cut into ½” pieces
4 tsp ground cumin
2 (28-oz.) cans whole peeled tomatoes in purée
2 Tbsp unsulfured molasses
1 cup water
4 tsp coarse salt
3 (15-oz.) cans black beans, drained and rinsed (I supstituted one can with Cannelini beans)
Heat your biggest Dutch oven over medium heat. Add bacon; cook until crisp and brown, 6–8 minutes. Raise heat to high; add turkey. Cook, stirring and breaking up meat with a spoon, until no longer pink, 8–10 minutes.
Add onion, garlic, and jalapeno; cook until soft, stirring often, about 5 minutes. Stir in chili powder, cocoa powder, and cumin; cook, stirring, until fragrant, 1 minute.
Break up tomatoes with a spoon or your hands (fun!), and stir them in along with the puree. Add molasses, water, and salt; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer; cook, partially covered, 30 minutes.
Add beans; continue cooking, uncovered, until meat and beans are very tender and chili is thick, about 30 minutes more. Serve with shredded cheddar cheese, sour cream, tortilla chips, cornbread, whatever.
Seriously good on a cold winter night. I’m having leftovers for breakfast, yes I am.
Wow that sounds great !!!! Yummy
I Like the idea of adding corn. Just one more thing that's good for you. 🙂 This sounds like a great recipe!
If it's got bacon in it, it's gotta be good!
Thanks for sharing. We have wild turkey in the freezer I'm gonna try this one.
Yum! Love chili when it is bitter out with corn bread and yes, lots of cheese! I didn't think to put bacon in it…nice!
Sounds great! I do like chile but not if it's too too spicy!
Looks and sounds good. I couldn't eat it, but the girls like spicy. 🙂
Hubby would probably go for this, I'm not a fan of chili powder and definitely not jalapenos. I could leave it out, but it would be hard to consider it chili, wouldn't it? LOL!
Chili would hit the spot right now, although I'll take mine minus the cocoa 😉
Chili would hit the spot right now, although I'll take mine minus the cocoa 😉