Quick and Easy Weeknight Dinner: Ground Turkey Chili

On Saturday, Angie, Brooke, and I were pretty tired from walking around the city all day. We didn’t want to go out for dinner so we walked over to Whole Foods and picked up the ingredients for ground turkey chili. The best part of this chili is that you don’t need for it to simmer all day; since you use salsa, as soon as everything is in the pot, it’s basically ready! I always keep the ingredients on hand just in case I have some last minute guests.

Ground Turkey Chili
Ingredients

1 can corn (no salt added)
1 can black beans
1 can Cannellini beans
1 can whole peeled tomatoes
1 can chicken broth (optional – it’s also really good – and chunkier – without the broth)
1 medium onion, diced
2 portobello mushrooms, diced
1 pound ground turkey (can also substitute with sausage, beef, chicken, or you don’t have to add it at all!)
1 can salsa (Pace salsas actually work really well, but Whole Foods also has some good options)

First, cook your ground turkey in the pot you’re using to cook the rest of the soup. While you cook the ground turkey, start dicing the onions and portobello mushrooms:

Angie helped me through the entire process and diced up the onions and mushrooms like a pro – look at how everything is the same size!

After the turkey is thoroughly cooked, add the onions:

Then add the portobello mushrooms:

Saute the three ingredients together so the mushrooms and onions can brown a bit. After, add in the can of corn (I like to drain the corn from the water, but that is optional):

Then add the cannellini beans (no need to drain these):

The black beans (no need to drain these, either):

Add the chicken broth and the salsa:

And finally, the tomatoes (you can break them up beforehand or if you’re lazy, just add them all in and break them up with a spoon):

Stir the soup and let it come to a boil and you are DONE! The soup really does taste great even though it took less than 20 minutes to make. Angie and Brooke (and Brooke’s sister!) all liked the soup topped with a little Fage Greek yogurt (a very healthy alternative to sour cream):

Perfect for a cold winter night!

Cost Breakdown

1 can corn (no salt added) – $0.89
1 can black beans – $0.89
1 can Cannellini beans- $0.89
1 can whole peeled tomatoes $2.19
1 can chicken broth (optional – it’s also really good – and chunkier – without the broth) – $0.75
1 medium onion, diced – $0.50
2 portobello mushrooms, diced – $1.99
1 pound ground turkey (can also substitute with sausage, beef, chicken, or you don’t have to add it at all!) – $5.99
1 can salsa (Pace salsas actually work really well, but Whole Foods also has some good options) – $3.99

Total: $17.19 – about 8 servings ($2.15/serving!)