German Texas Chili

  3.4 – 5 reviews  • Turkey Chili Recipes

Traditional potato chips offer a salty, crunchy snack but are overly fatty due to their frying process. Despite being air-fried, these chips nonetheless offer a salty crispness. The seasoning is perfect for me, however ranch seasoning, truffle salt, garlic salt, etc. are all options.

Prep Time: 25 mins
Cook Time: 6 hrs 20 mins
Total Time: 6 hrs 45 mins
Servings: 12
Yield: 12 servings

Ingredients

  1. ¼ cup olive oil
  2. 4 red onions, chopped
  3. 6 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, chopped, or to taste
  4. 1 pound hot pork sausage (such as Jimmy Dean®)
  5. 2 ½ pounds ground turkey
  6. 2 (28 ounce) cans crushed tomatoes with juice (such as Hunt’s®)
  7. 1 (28 ounce) can Italian-style diced tomatoes (such as Hunt’s® Diced Tomatoes with Basil, Garlic and Oregano)
  8. 1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle beer
  9. 1 tablespoon garlic powder
  10. 1 ½ teaspoons kosher salt
  11. 1 tablespoon ground black pepper
  12. 3 tablespoons ground cumin
  13. 1 tablespoon chili powder
  14. ¼ cup paprika
  15. ¼ cup brown sugar
  16. 4 cinnamon sticks
  17. 12 whole cloves

Instructions

  1. Heat the olive oil in a very large skillet over medium heat, and cook the onions and chipotle peppers until the onions are translucent, about 10 minutes. Place the hot sausage and turkey into the skillet and cook until brown, chopping the meat up with a spoon into crumbles as it cooks, 10 to 15 more minutes. Spoon the meat mixture into a large slow cooker, leaving excess grease behind in the skillet. Stir the crushed tomatoes, Italian-style diced tomatoes, beer, garlic powder, kosher salt, black pepper, cumin, chili powder, paprika, and brown sugar into the meat mixture until thoroughly combined.
  2. Tie the cinnamon sticks and cloves into a piece of cheesecloth, and drop the bundle into the slow cooker. Set the cooker to Low, and cook 6 to 8 hours. Remove the cheesecloth spice bundle before serving.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 403 kcal
Carbohydrate 26 g
Cholesterol 92 mg
Dietary Fiber 6 g
Protein 28 g
Saturated Fat 5 g
Sodium 956 mg
Sugars 8 g
Fat 21 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Tracy Phillips
Sorry, but that’s not really chili. Cinnamon sticks and cloves???? Frank X. Tolbert would be rolling in his grave
Kevin Robinson
I thought this was a delicious chili recipe. I personally prefer slightly sweet and spicy chili, and this one fit the bill. I had never added beer to a chili recipe before either, but I honestly liked the flavor it added. I did add a little less chipotles though, because 6 are way too much for any dish. I added 2 chipotle peppers, and 2 teaspoons of sauce. Also I upped my chili powder to a 1/4 cup. I also did not have whole cloves, but I did have them in powdered form, so I added a few dashes. I also added some smoked paprika, which was delicious. I will make this chili again, but I will tweak it a bit. **EDIT** After serving it to my family, it was a HUGE hit with them. I changed my rating from 4 stars to 5 stars. My hubby begged me to save the recipe.
Michael Cruz
I made this as written except I halved it. I used crushed tomatoes. While it tastes good, I only wish it looked half as good as it tasted….
Ashley Hernandez DDS
This was a very savory, spicy, tasty chili. I used extra lean ground beef instead of the turkey because that’s what I had in the house and a bottle of ale because I didn’t have beer. I’ve never added sugar or cinnamon to meat before. It really was delicious. This is a keeper. I put it over white basmati rice.
Susan Garcia
This was a very savory, spicy, tasty chili. I used extra lean ground beef instead of the turkey because that’s what I had in the house and a bottle of ale because I didn’t have beer. I’ve never added sugar or cinnamon to meat before. It really was delicious. This is a keeper. I put it over white basmati rice.

 

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