This freezer meal recipe series has been quite delicious and fun to make. Today, I am sharing an easy turkey chili freezer meal recipe that can be made on a Sunday and used later in the week. Try it out and see what you think.
Ingredients:
1 tablespoon Olive Oil
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
2 tablespoon chili powder
1 teaspoon granulated garlic
½ teaspoon ground cumin
½ teaspoon dried oregano
Instructions:
- Add olive oil to hot pan. Then add peppers and onions. Cook for 3 minutes or until tender.
- Add the ground turkey and cook until brown over medium heat. 5 - 10 minutes or more.
- Add tomatoes, kidney beans, tomato sauce, chili powder, garlic, cumin, and oregano.
- Cover the dutch oven with a lid and cook on low heat for 25 minutes or until tomatoes reduce in size.
- Stir and let cool.
- Transfer to a freezer bag.
- Defrost in a bowl and reheat. Serve with cornbread, if desired.
Here is the recipe if you want to print it.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon Olive Oil
- 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
- 2 tablespoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon granulated garlic
- ½ teaspoon ground cumin
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano
Instructions
- Add olive oil to hot pan. Then add peppers and onions. Cook for 3 minutes or until tender.
- Add the ground turkey and cook until brown over medium heat. 5 - 10 minutes or more.
- Add tomatoes, kidney beans, tomato sauce, chili powder, garlic, cumin, and oregano.
- Cover the dutch oven with a lid and cook on low heat for 25 minutes or until tomatoes reduce in size.
- Stir and let cool.
- Transfer to a freezer bag.
- Defrost in a bowl and reheat. Serve with cornbread, if desired.
Here's the finished dish, what do you think? Please leave a comment below if you tried this recipe. I would love to hear from you.
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Janet Barclay
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!