White Bean Turkey Chili is a quick and easy lighter chili made with ground turkey breast and Great Northern Beans in a red tomato sauce.
Back when I first started blogging, one of the first things I posted was my Quick and Easy Chili recipe. It’s my standard beef-with-beans-and-tomatoes shortcut chili recipe. And it’s mine and BeeBop’s favorite. A true standard, go-to recipe for cold weather.
But, you know, sometimes you just want something a little different, don’t you? Just wanna shake it up and change it around. And with cooler weather coming soon, what better time than to shake up that old chili recipe with something a little lighter?
This White Bean Turkey Chili recipe is every bit as good and comforting as its beef-based cousin. It’s somewhat lighter in calories but every bit as robust in taste. I like to serve it with a side of Chili Cheese Corn Muffins. It’s also great warmed up the next day. Maybe even better, actually.
Recipe Snapshot
Cuisine: American
Cooking Method: Stovetop
Total Time: 30 Minutes
Servings: 6
Primary Ingredient(s): Ground turkey breast, onion, bell pepper, diced tomatoes, great northern beans, V-8 juice, chili powder
Skill Level: Easy
How to Make White Bean Turkey Chili
Chop the onion and bell pepper. Spray a large saucepan with cooking spray and add the ground turkey, onion and green pepper. I used ground turkey breast in this, but you could use just the regular ground turkey, too.
Cook over medium heat about 8 minutes or until the turkey is crumbled and no longer pink.
Stir in tomatoes, beans, V-8 juice, chili powder, cumin, salt, and pepper. And, oops, I forgot to take a picture of the salt and pepper, but I think you probably know what it looks like :-)
Bring the mixture to a boil, then reduce the heat to low. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Serve with sour cream, grated cheddar cheese, and cilantro for garnish if desired.
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White Bean Turkey Chili
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 pound lean ground turkey breast
- 1 medium onion diced
- 1 medium bell pepper diced
- 14.5 ounces canned diced tomatoes with juice (2 cans)
- 31 ounces canned Great Northern Beans (2 cans) drained and rinsed
- 11 ounces V-8 juice (2 small cans)
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- ½ teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- In a large high-sided skillet, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat.1 tablespoon olive oil
- Add the ground turkey, onion and green pepper.1 pound lean ground turkey breast, 1 medium onion, 1 medium bell pepper
- Cook, stirring, for about 8 minutes or until the turkey is crumbled and no longer pink.
- Stir in tomatoes, beans, V-8 juice, chili powder, cumin, salt and pepper. Bring the mixture to a boil, the reduce the heat to low.14.5 ounces canned diced tomatoes with juice, 31 ounces canned Great Northern Beans, 11 ounces V-8 juice, 1 tablespoon chili powder, ½ teaspoon ground cumin, 1 ½ teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon black pepper
- Cover and simmer for 20 minutes or until the vegetables are tender.
- Serve with sour cream, grated cheddar cheese and cilantro for garnish if desired.
Notes
Nutrition Information
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I’m Lana Stuart, an award-winning cookbook author, food blogger, and lifelong cook raised deep in Southwest Georgia. I started Lana’s Cooking in 2009 to share the tried-and-true recipes I grew up with. Around here, the food is full of flavor, the traditions run deep, and there’s always room at the table.
Love the recipe, love the bowl (and the parsley). Could have been one of my props, we really have the same taste :)
It was supposed to be cilantro, but at the last minute I found that I didn’t have any. Needed something green so the parsley had to substitute. I found four of those little bowls at an antique store near me. Got a few other props, too.
I do a nice smokey turkey chili [it’s on my blog I am pretty sure] that is similar to this – yours looks wonderful! I gave it a Stumble too.
Donalyn – thanks for the comment and for stumbling my post. Visited your site and I’ll be back! It was very nice.
I could go for a nice hearty bowl of that right now. The weather’s perfect here and I’ve got some crusty bread waiting for dipping. Yum!!