Chili With Beans And Ground Turkey

Total Time: 4 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb dried kidney beans
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 tablespoon chili powder
• 1 lb ground turkey
• 2 teaspoons garlic powder
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 3 tablespoons chili powder
• 1 teaspoon basil
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes

Recipe

• 1 cook beans, oregano, onion, garlic and 1 tbs. chili powder in six cups water for 2 hours. salt to taste after 1 hour.
• 2 toward end of bean cooking time, brown meat and garlic powder. drain. return to pan. sprinkle with flour. (if flour sticks to pan, use a little water from beans to scrape sides.) brown till combined.
• 3 set aside.
• 4 add tomato sauce, diced tomatoes (don't drain), chili powder, basil, and oregano to crock pot and stir till blended.
• 5 add meat/flour mixture to crock pot.
• 6 add beans to crock pot. (reserve water).
• 7 combine.
• 8 heat on "high" for one hour, then reduce to low and cook for at least one hour more. add water from beans to chili if mixture becomes too thick.
• 9 prep time does not include soaking beans, but does include bean cooking time.