Three bean Chili

 

Total time: 1 hr Prep time: 20 min

Serves 12

Ingredients 

1 1/2 tbsps olive oil

1 lb ground turkey (optional)

1 onion (chopped)

2 green bell peppers (seeded and chopped)

5 carrots (peeled and sliced into rounds)

1 tbsp chili powder

1 1/2tsps ground cumin

1 tsp black pepper (ground)

29 ozs diced tomatoes (canned, with their juice)

15 ozs Kidney beans (drained and rinsed)

15 ozs black beans (drained and rinsed)

15 ozs garbanzo beans (drained and rinsed)

1 1/2cups chicken broth

1 If using turkey, heat oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat, and cook and stir the ground turkey for about 10 minutes, breaking it up with a spoon as it cooks, until the meat is no longer pink. Remove the turkey meat and set aside, leaving oil in the pan.

2 Place the onion, green peppers, and carrots into the saucepan, and cook and stir for about 10 minutes, until the onion is translucent and the vegetables are tender. Stir in the chili powder, cumin, and black pepper, and pour in the diced tomatoes, kidney beans, black beans, garbanzo beans, and chicken broth. Bring the mixture to a boil.

3 Place about 1 1/2 cups of the chili mixture into a food processor, and puree for about 1 minute until smooth. Pour the puree back into the rest of the chili to thicken. Add the cooked turkey meat, and bring the chili back to a simmer over medium-low heat.