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Home » Recipe » Easy Turkey Chili Recipe {Freezer Meal, Make Ahead, DF, GF}

Easy Turkey Chili Recipe {Freezer Meal, Make Ahead, DF, GF}

Last Modified: October 22, 2024 Sabrina Quairoli This blog uses cookies. It also has affiliate links. We earn sponsored content income.

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This turkey chili recipe is a part of my freezer meal series, where I share lots of delicious easy meals to make ahead and enjoy later. This recipe is one of my favorites when my kids were younger, and it helped me keep us all eating a well-balanced meal almost every day of the week. This chili recipe can be made on Sunday and frozen to thaw and reheat later in the week. All these ingredients are freezer stable and will not change the taste of the cooked meal if you do decide to freeze it. Try it out and see what you think.

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Ingredients:

1 tablespoon Olive Oil (Affiliate Link)
One cup chopped red bell peppers
1 cup onions (chopped)
2 pounds of ground turkey
Two cans of diced tomatoes
2 cans kidney beans (rinsed and drained)
1 8 oz cup of tomato sauce
2 tablespoon chili powder
1 teaspoon granulated garlic
½ teaspoon ground cumin
½ teaspoon dried oregano (Affiliate Link)

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Turkey Chili Recipe Instructions:

Add olive oil (Affiliate Link) to the hot pan. Then add peppers and onions. Cook for 3 minutes or until tender.

Easy Turkey Chili Freezer Meal

Add the ground turkey and cook until brown over medium heat. 5 - 10 minutes or more. 

Add tomatoes, kidney beans, tomato sauce (Affiliate Link), chili powder (Affiliate Link), garlic, cumin, and oregano (Affiliate Link).

Cover the Dutch oven (Affiliate Link) with a lid and cook on low heat for 25 minutes or until tomatoes reduce in size. 

Easy Turkey Chili Freezer Meal

Stir and let cool.

Transfer to a freezer bag.

Easy Turkey Chili Freezer Meal

Defrost in a bowl and reheat. Serve with cornbread, if desired. 

Tools you will need to make this Easy Turkey Chili

There are only a few things you need to make this turkey chili recipe.

  • Large Dutch oven for cooking. This link shows all the Dutch ovens on Amazon (Affiliate Link) (affiliate).
  • A cutting board is handy so you can prep all the ingredients.
  • A wooden spoon helps with stirring the dish.
  • A collider is helpful to rinse the beans.

Please note these are affiliate links through Amazon (Affiliate Link), and at no additional cost to you, I will earn affiliate fees if you decide to make a purchase.

Reveal:

Here's the finished chili dish; what do you think? This picture is of the dish after I froze it and reheated it. If you need it, you can add a little broth or water to allow it to be a little more watery.

Please leave a comment below if you tried this recipe.  I would love to hear from you.  

Easy Turkey Chili Freezer Meal
Easy Turkey Chili Freezer Meal in a bowl

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  • Author: Sabrina M Quairoli
  • Total Time: 48 minutes
  • Yield: 6
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Easy Easy Turkey Chili Recipe that can easily be frozen for future use. 


Ingredients

  • 1 Tbsp Olive Oil (Affiliate Link)
  • 1 cup chopped red bell peppers
  • 1 cup onions (chopped)
  • 2 pounds ground turkey
  • 2 cans diced tomatoes
  • 2 cans kidney beans (rinsed and drained)
  • 1 8 oz cup of tomato sauce (Affiliate Link)
  • 2 Tbsp chili powder (Affiliate Link)
  • 1 tsp granulated garlic
  • ½ tsp ground cumin
  • ½ tsp dried oregano (Affiliate Link)

Instructions

  1. Add olive oil (Affiliate Link) to hot pan. Then add peppers and onions. Cook for 3 minutes or until tender.
  2. Add the ground turkey and cook until brown over medium heat. 5 - 10 minutes or more.
  3. Add tomatoes, kidney beans, tomato sauce (Affiliate Link), chili powder (Affiliate Link), garlic, cumin, and oregano (Affiliate Link).
  4. Cover the dutch oven (Affiliate Link) with a lid and cook on low heat for 25 minutes or until tomatoes reduce in size.
  5. Stir and let cool.
  6. Transfer to a freezer bag.
  7. Defrost in a bowl and reheat. Serve with cornbread, if desired.

Equipment

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  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 37 minutes
  • Category: chili
  • Method: Stove top
  • Cuisine: American

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1.5 cups
  • Calories: 425.74 kcal
  • Sugar: 8.31 g
  • Sodium: 825.98 mg
  • Fat: 15.59 g
  • Saturated Fat: 3.72 g
  • Trans Fat: 0.16 g
  • Carbohydrates: 33.23 g
  • Fiber: 10.65 g
  • Protein: 40.05 g
  • Cholesterol: 104.33 mg

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  1. Janet Barclay says

    August 05, 2019 at 12:35 pm

    I like your recipe posts the best. 🙂

    This is very similar to the recipe I use, but instead of tomato sauce, it uses chicken broth, plus it has corn and cayenne pepper added to it. Yum!

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