Spooky Slow Cooker Turkey Lentil Chili Food

SPOOKY SLOW COOKER TURKEY LENTIL CHILI

Steps:

• Cook turkey in a nonstick skillet over medium heat until browned, 5 to 8 minutes. Drain.
• Transfer turkey to a slow cooker. Add tomatoes, lentils, pumpkin puree, pinto beans, pearl onions, green chile peppers, and garlic. Stir in water, brown sugar, chili powder, pumpkin pie spice, onion powder, salt, and pepper.
• Cover and cook on Low until flavors combine, 6 to 10 hours.

SLOW COOKER LENTIL CHILI

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large skillet and gently fry the onions, celery and carrot until soft (~ 8mins).
• Add the garlic, cumin, harissa and finely chopped fresh chili. Fry for a minute.
• Add the lentils, chopped tomatoes, tomato paste and stock and bring to simmer.
• Transfer to slow cooker.
• Cook on Low for 6-8 hours.
• Add kidney beans for the last half hour, tasting and adding salt and pepper to your taste then.

CROCK POT VEGETARIAN LENTIL CHILI

Steps:

• Dump all ingredients except for spinach in the slow cooker in the order they appear. Cook on low for 8 hours until sweet potatoes are tender and lentils are soft. Stir in spinach, then serve with toppings of choice.
• Will keep frozen up to 2 months - to reheat, microwave on high for 5-7 minutes, stirring halfway through.

TURKEY LENTIL CHILI

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients then chop the onion, bell pepper and celery. Finely mince the jalapeno and grate the garlic then set it all aside.
• Drizzle the olive oil to a large pot over medium heat then drop in the ground turkey and season it with salt and pepper to taste, letting it sear.
• Add the onion, bell pepper, jalapeno, celery and garlic and continue cooking 3-4 minutes or until the vegetables are tender breaking up the turkey with a spoon or spatula while it cooks.
• Pour in the lentils, rinsed and drained black beans, tomato sauce, water, V-8 juice, diced tomatoes, lime juice, chili powder, cumin, 1 teaspoon of salt and 1/4 teaspoon of pepper then stir well to blend.
• Cover and cook over medium-low heat 25-30 minutes or until the lentils are tender, stirring occasionally so they don't stick to the bottom of the pot.
• Last add the chopped cilantro and (optional) corn then taste for salt and if you want it spicier, add 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon of ground cayenne pepper and serve with your favorite toppings.