A healthy, hearty dinner recipe. This chili recipe was developed to have all the flavor that you expect, but without any of the guilt. Not to mention it's ready in about 40 minutes! And it's a low to no point Weight Watchers meal.
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As much as I love comfort food, I'm not a fan of the consequences. I often find myself taking my favorite recipes and tweaking them to fit a balanced weekly menu. But that's a lot of what life is all about, right? BALANCE! So what I've done here is taken my Granny's tried-and-true chili recipe and made it friendly to anyone who may be doing Weight Watchers. So friendly, in fact, that it can be zero points if you use fat-free turkey and broth! The only noticeable difference in this Instant Pot turkey chili is that the consistency is more on the brothy side since I omitted any thickener. And truth be told, I didn't miss it at all.
HOW TO MAKE INSTANT POT TURKEY CHILI
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📖 Recipe
Instant Pot Turkey Chili
Equipment
- Pressure Cooker
Ingredients
- 2 lbs. ground turkey
- 1 ½ tsp. sea salt divided
- ½ tsp. black pepper
- 1 cup yellow onions diced
- 1 cup green bell pepper diced
- 15 oz. canned tomatoes petite diced
- 15 oz. canned kidney beans drained
- 15 oz. canned pinto beans drained
- 15 oz. canned black beans drained
- 2 Tbsp. chili powder
- 1 tsp. ground cumin
- 1 Tbsp. garlic minced
- 1 bay leaf
- 4 cups chicken broth
Instructions
- Using sauté setting – add turkey to pot, along with ½ teaspoon of salt and black pepper. As the turkey browns, make sure to break it up as much as possible. Once the turkey is halfway cooked, add the onions and continue cooking until turkey is fully cooked and onions are soft and translucent.
- Then add remaining ingredients to pot (including remaining teaspoon of salt), lock lid, and cook for 10 minutes at high pressure.
- Once cook time is complete, quick-release pressure. Remove lid and serve with your favorite toppings.
Katie
The spices in this recipe are just right and I loved how easy the recipe was to put together. I don’t eat meat so I subbed Beyond meat and veggie broth for the ground turkey and chicken broth and it was so good! My family loved it! Thanks for the great recipe.
Tamara
Love this recipe! This is now my favorite chili and the first time I don’t really have to modify anything. Delicious! Everyone in the house loved it. I did thicken it a little with cornstarch, as suggested if you want a little thicker chili, and it was perfect.
Gary White
Glad to hear you enjoyed it!