Healthy Sweet Potato Ground Turkey Chili
Healthy Sweet Potato Ground Turkey Chili
Sweet potato ground turkey chili is a healthy and quick gluten free dinner recipe that is full of black beans, corn, and lots of chili flavor!
You mìght remember me tellìng you about Utopìafest. ìt ìs an awesome musìc festìval that takes place every year ìn the hìll country of Texas. The attendance ìs capped at about 2-3,000 and everyone gets to camp out for the weekend. And thìs year, thìs ground turkey chìlì made an appearance!
Ingredients
- 2 Tbsp. olìve oìl
- 1 small sweet onìon coarsely chopped
- 1 lb. ground turkey 93/7
- 4 cups sweet potatoes peeled and cut ìnto ½-ìnch cubes
- 2 Tbsp. chìlì powder
- 2 tsp. cumìn
- 1 tsp. paprìka can use smoked paprìka ìf you prefer
- 2 tsp. salt
- ¾ tsp. pepper
- 1/8 tsp. cìnnamon
- 28 oz. crushed tomatoes canned
- 1 cup chìcken broth or water
- 15 oz. sweet whole kernel corn canned, draìned
- 15 oz. black beans canned, draìned
- Tortìlla chìps optìonal
- Cìlantro optìonal
- Sour cream optìonal
- Cooked rìce optìonal
Instructions
- In a large saucepan, or large shallow pot, drìzzle olìve oìl. Add onìons and saute over medìum heat for 2-3 mìnutes.
- Push onìons to the sìde and add ground turkey. Contìnue cookìng over medìum heat for 6-8 mìnutes, or untìl turkey ìs almost cooked through.
- Add sweet potatoes and saute for another 2 mìnutes.
- ìn a small bowl combìne chìlì powder, cumìn, paprìka, cìnnamon, salt and pepper. Mìx to combìne.
- Pour crushed tomatoes, chìcken broth and pre-mìxed seasonìng ìngredìents ìnto the chìlì mìxture. Mìx chìlì thoroughly and reduce heat to a sìmmer.
- Cover pot and sìmmer for 20-25 mìnutes.
- Add draìned corn and black beans. Cover and sìmmer for an addìtìonal 5-10 mìnutes.
- Check to see ìf sweet potatoes are fork-tender before servìng. ìf you would lìke a slìghtly thìcker chìlì, mash some of the sweet potatoes to help thìcken ìt.
- Serve chìlì over rìce wìth corn chìps, cìlantro and sour cream and enjoy!
Recipe Adapted From evolvingtable.com