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White and Black Bean Turkey Chili is hearty, flavorful and full of protein. You will also love how easy this comes together! This chili makes the perfect game day meal or dinner for the family.
Let’s talk about this cold weather. It is bone chilling and just down right freezing! This weather is the kind that makes you not want to leave your house and hibernate until the temperatures are above 30 degrees again. I must say that isn’t good for my new years resolutions of getting to the gym more! 😉
One thing that I can control on the inside of my warm house is the food I eat. Today’s White and Black Bean Turkey Chili is hearty and packed full of protein without all of the guilt of some chills. It will warm you up on the coldest of days and please a crowd on game day. I make a big batch of this and we eat it throughout the week for dinner or lunch.
If you like chili recipes try my If you like chili recipes you should also check out my Instant Pot Turkey Chili, Lentil Bean Chili or this Beef Poblano Black Bean Chili.
Recipe Ingredients
For exact ingredient amounts and instructions, see the full recipe card below.
- Turkey: Ground turkey is the protein in this chili. You also can use ground beef, ground pork or ground chicken in its place.
- Vegetables: This chili is loaded with vegetables. It mixes together corn, green pepper, carrots, onion, tomato and corn.
- Beans: The bean mixture is white beans and black beans. They work nicely together but you can sub in any bean you like including red beans or pinto beans.
- Spices: The spice mixture is one of my favorites and is very warm and rich. The spices are chili powder, paprika, cayenne pepper, cumin and oregano.
How to Make this White Black Bean Turkey Chili
Step 1: Sauté Vegetables: Heat olive oil in a large pot and brown the turkey. Add the onion, garlic, green peppers and carrots and sauté until tender.
Step 2: Add Beans, Spices and Vegetables to Pot: Add the white beans, black beans, diced tomatoes, corn, tomato sauce, chili powder, paprika, red pepper, cumin and oregano and stir to combine.
Step 3: Simmer Chili: Bring the chili to a boil. Reduce to a simmer, cover and cook for 20 minutes stirring occasionally. Add salt and pepper to taste and serve in soup bowls with garnishes (cheese, green onions, sour cream, cilantro).
Storage Tips
- Store the leftover chili in an airtight container for up to 4 days. To reheat you can heat up on the stove or you can microwave.
- You also can freeze this chili. Let it cool completely and then freeze in an airtight container, freezer safe container for up to 3 months.
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White and Black Bean Turkey Chili
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 sweet onion, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 green pepper, seeds removed, chopped
- 2 carrots, peeled and chopped
- 1 pound ground turkey
- 1-15 ounce can of white beans, drained and rinsed (I used Great Northern)
- 1-15 ounce can of black beans, drained and rinsed
- 2-14.5 ounce cans of diced tomatoes
- 1-15 ounce can corn, drained and rinsed
- 1-15 ounce can tomato sauce
- 2 tablespoons chili powder
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon red pepper
- 2 teaspoons cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon oregano
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a large pot and brown the turkey. Add the onion, garlic, green peppers and carrots and sauté until tender.
- Add the white beans, black beans, diced tomatoes, corn, tomato sauce, chili powder, paprika, red pepper, cumin and oregano and stir to combine.
- Bring the chili to a boil. Reduce to a simmer, cover and cook for 20 minutes stirring occasionally.
- Add salt and pepper to taste and serve in soup bowls with garnishes (cheese, green onions, sour cream, cilantro).
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
we loved this Chili! I inadvertently modified it because I accidentally opened a can of chickpeas so I had to add them ? I also added flavored diced tomato’s as that’s all I had. With a dollop of Greek yogurt sprinkled with green onions. It was awesome! I’d like to add a picture! Thanks so for this wonderful recipes!
Thanks so much for letting me know! I love this chili recipe and I actually really like the idea of adding chickpeas–I’ll have to try that!
yum!! Love a good chili and healthy chili – so satisfying! The weather has been horrible – this chili will make me feel better though. 😉
Me too Jess! I am over winter already. 🙂 Miss you!
Hi Julia: i make a variation of this recipe w/o the corn. Its a nice addtiion! Thanks for the suggestion. Time for some turkey chili to combat winter blues.
I love it! So glad you like to make something similar. It is perfect for those cold Chicago winters. 🙂
I am liking the mix of beans and the SHORT prep time. Lots of good ingredients, but not anything that takes time.
Yes! Short prep time is always a good thing, especially for those crazy days!
I am so in the same mood! Chili and soup is on our table twice a week! This weather blows. How sad is it that 30 seems warm?!?!?! Can’t wait to make this next week. Ground turkey has been added to my grocery list.
I agree! This weather is horrible. I must admit I am a warm weather girl and would prefer to new see snow! 🙂 But if I have to then chili is at least there to comfort me. Hope you like the chili and stay warm there in windy Chicago!!
This looks so hearty and delicious!
Thanks Debra!
We love chili at our house. I would love to give this one a try!
We do too! Hope you like it Mandy!
Chili is one of our favorite meals when it’s gets downright chilly and nasty outside. We always make ours with turkey and black beans too, so this is sound awfully good to me right now!
It is one of our favorites too! I love adding black beans to chili-it is the best!