White Bean Turkey Chili - 4 pts

Mar 31, 2008

White Bean Turkey Chili
A delicious white bean chili recipe made with beans, turkey, and other ingredients. This can be made on the stove or in a crock pot. Makes great leftovers and tastes even better the next day for lunch!
Recipe courtesy my friend Debbie K.

Gina's Weight Watcher Recipes
Servings: 12 servings Time: 45 minutes Points: 4 ww points • Yields: 1 cup

  • cooking spray
  • 2 small onions, chopped
  • 5 garlic cloves
  • 2 tsp chili powder, to your taste
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1/2 tbsp cumin
  • 1/2 tbsp oregano
  • 2 tsp red pepper flakes (to taste)
  • 3 lbs lean ground turkey
  • 4 16 oz cans of cannellini beans, rinsed and drained
  • 2 cups of fat free chicken broth
  • 1/2 cup of fat free sour cream or half and half (I prefer sour cream)
  • salt and pepper to taste
Heat a large heavy bottomed pot over medium flame. When hot, spray oil. Add onions, garlic, saute about 5 min. Add meat and cook, breaking it up until white, about 5 minutes. Add salt, chili powder, cumin, oregano, red pepper flakes and cook for 2 minutes. Add beans, broth, cook uncovered about 10 minutes.

Lower heat
and cover, simmer about 45 minutes mixing occasionally. Add sour cream and cook 5 more minutes. Adjust seasoning and salt to taste.

Top
with chopped red onion, chopped fresh cilantro, light sour cream, jalapeƱos and reduced fat cheddar if desired. Print this recipe

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13 comments:

Kat said...

Hi Gina. I made this recipe last night for friends. It was a hit! The whole pot disappeared in about 40 minutes and everyone wanted the recipe!

I reduced the chili amount since it sounded like a lot and I wasn't sure how hot my guests would like their chili, and eyeballed the remaining spices. I added about 1/4 cup of grated into the chile too. Wow! It was amazing. My husband and neighbor said they like it better than regular chile and this picadillo I make. Not as heavy and very flavorful! Thanks for the recipe! Can't wait to try ALL of them!

Vicky said...

This is so yummy!! I am not a big ground turkey fan and neither is my husband but we both LOVED this recipe!! thanks Gina!! =)

Anonymous said...

Very yummy recipe! My husband didn't believe it was WW's! =]

Anonymous said...

Delicious!!! Wow - didn't believe turkey would be some yummy in chili! Perfect for a cool, fall night! And it makes so much!!!!

Anonymous said...

I am getting ready to make this recipe and although we don't follow WWs, we do keep track of calories. Do you know approximately how many calories are in a serving of this chili?
Thanks!

Anonymous said...

I substituted one can each of red kidney beans and black beans for two of the canellini beans in order to add a little color. Same general taste and it looks festive!

Wontabulous said...

Where can you find fat free half and half?

Fat[free]Me said...

Oh, it looks great - will definitely try that one - yum!

Gina said...

@Wontabulous - It's in the supermarket next to the non dairy creamers and half and half.

Anonymous said...

Hi Gina, love the site. I have two questions about the recipe, First, when you say 1 spray cooking oil, you are talking about non-stick cooking spray right? Second when you say lean ground turkey, do you use the 93/7 ground turkey or the 99% fat-free one which is often referred to as extra lean ground turkey? I just want to make sure I don't impact the points. Thank you!

Jennifer said...

YUM!!! Can't wait I have ground turkey in my freezer :)

Anonymous said...

Love this recipe!! Made this last week and have been eating all week for lunch, last night my husband and I didn't feel like cooking so we put some on the stove to warm and added a little Rotel turned it into mexican white bean turkey chili....delish!

Gina said...

I'm actually going to a party tomorrow night and doing the same thing. I'm bringing this as a dip and adding some white cheddar and replacing the half and half with reduced fat cream cheese. Bringing chips to serve.

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