Crock Pot Turkey Chili with Orange

When I was in college my parents would send me a care package of oranges during orange season. There's no way a college student could eat a dozen oranges and not get sick of them. That's when I started looking up recipes that required oranges and orange zest, which led to my Basic Black Bean Chili.

Now as an adult with a full time job, I realize that I don't have time to attend to the chili cooking in a pot so I just put everything in a crock pot and let it cook for 8 hours.

Usually chili has diced tomatoes and tomato paste/sauce, but I never remember the tomato paste. I was pleasantly surprised that the color and texture of the chili I made without the tomato sauce or paste was just as rich and tasty as chili with tomato paste. It only takes 8 hours to get there.

Turkey Chili over rice. 

Crock Pot Turkey Chili with Orange

Ingredients

• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 orange: zested and juiced
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp black pepper
• 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1 1/2 tsp ground cumin
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp paprika
• 1 bay leaf
• 15.25 oz can of reduced sodium black beans
• 14.5 oz can of reduced sodium petite diced tomatoes
• 1.25 lb 93% lean ground turkey
• 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
• 1 tsp honey
• 1/2 cup reduced sodium, fat free chicken broth

Procedure

1. Add all the ingredients into the crock pot. Make sure that the chicken is submerged in the liquid so that it doesn't dry out.
2. Cook on low for 8 hours.
3. Serve over rice, noodles, or a hot potato.

 

Crock Pot Turkey Chili with Orange Estimated Nutrition Facts per Recipe
Total calories	1391.5
Total fat  (g)	42.02
Saturated fat  (g)	15
Unsaturated fat (g)
Trans fat  (g)	0
Cholesterol  (g)	400
Sodium (mg)	1415
Potassium (mg)	2285.7
Total carbohydrates  (g)	109.6
Dietary fiber (g)	30.1
Sugar (g)	31.35
Protein (g)	140.3

 

 

Crock Pot Turkey Chili with Orange Estimated Nutrition Facts per serving (1 cup)
Total calories	231.92
Total fat  (g)	7
Saturated fat  (g)	3
Unsaturated fat (g)
Trans fat  (g)	0
Cholesterol  (mg)	66.67
Sodium (mg)	235.83
Potassium (mg)	380.95
Total carbohydrates  (g)	18.28
Dietary fiber (g)	5.02
Sugar (g)	5.23
Protein (g)	23.38