Easy week this week. We spent most of the week at my parents' house, but we did have the L, S, and the boys over for New Year's Day. We celebrated with chili and corn bread (thank you, Leah). I experimented with this recipe a little. It originally comes from Real Simple magazine (game night recipes), but I added a few things to make it my own. It's very good, with just enough kick for even the kids to enjoy.
Chili for a Crowd
Serves 8
1 tbsp. olive oil
2 onions, chopped (use Mayan or Spanish)
2 bell peppers, chopped
4 cloves of garlic, chopped
1# ground turkey
1 6-oz can tomato paste
1 pkg. Simply Organics vegetarian chili mix (seasoning packet)
2 12-oz. bottles of lager beer (I used Saranac Black Lager)
1 15-oz. kidney beans
1 15-oz. lentils
1 15-oz. garbanzo beans
1 15-oz. great northern beans
1 28-oz. can diced tomatoes
salt and pepper
Heat the oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add the onions, peppers, and garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft (6-8 min). Add the ground turkey and cool, breaking it up with a spoon, until no longer pink, 5-7 min. Add the tomato paste and seasoning packet and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Add the beer, beans, tomatoes, salt and pepper, and simmer over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until thickened, for 1.5 hours.
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ReplyDeleteVery cool! I like he simple and quick recipes so I look forward to seeing more. And, I bought a cupcake tower during the holidays so we should make cupcakes with A some weekend afternoon and then have a tea and cupcake party with her. What do you think?
-Kell