My husband and I recently hit the jackpot with apples. Last year we scored enough apples from generous friends to make just about a years worth of apple juice and a batch of apple butter. In addition to the apple juice this year, I also wanted to make another batch of apple butter (because I ran out) and also try apple sauce (which turned out AMAZING!!). After five days of canning in the kitchen we had enough. There was a small batch of apples left that I decided to use in various recipes and of course reserve some for one of our favorite snacks: apples and peanut butter. With the cooler weather, I’ve been craving chili and I had remembered hearing of apple chili sometime in years past. I found this recipe and knew it was exactly what I was looking for. The flavor is wonderful and the ingredient list is healthy. Win/win. Give it a try, I loved it!
Turkey Apple Chili
This Turkey Apple Chili has a new twist on chili - you'll love these unexpected fall flavors!
Ingredients
- 2 tsp. olive oil
- 1 large onion diced
- 2 tbsp. minced seeded jalapeños or 1 4 oz. can diced jalapeños
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 lb. lean ground turkey
- 4 tsp. chili powder
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. ground cumin
- 1/2 tsp. dried oregano
- 2 15 oz cans black beans, drained and rinsed
- 2 green apples unpeeled, cored and diced
- 1 14.5 oz can diced tomatoes, undrained
- 2/3 c. apple juice
Instructions
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Heat oil over medium heat in large skillet. Add ground turkey, onion, jalapeño and garlic; cook over medium heat 6 to 8 minutes; until onion is tender and turkey is no longer pink.
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Stir in salt, chili powder, cumin and oregano; cook 30 seconds more. Stir in diced apple, black beans, tomatoes, and apple juice.
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Bring to a boil; reduce heat. Gently simmer over low to medium-low heat, covered, about 15 minutes or until desired consistency. Ladle chili into bowls.
Recipe Notes
[My 2 Cents]
Adding in the jalapeños give the chili a nice kick. If you don't like spicy (which I'm not particularly a fan of) you can always decrease the amount you use or omit it all together. One 4-oz can was just about too much for my spice tolerance, in the future I will use less. But my husband was happy with it how it was. Just depends on what you like that will work for you!
Adapted from Relish
Anne
Sooo tasty, thank you!
Yvonne
Hi Anne, I’m so happy to hear that you enjoyed this recipe! Thanks for taking the time to let me know!
luvtocook
I was inspired to make this by the turkey apple chili I had at a ski resort in Vermont. Your recipe was really good! I used only one can of beans (kidney) and one large Granny Smith apple and it came out great. Next time I’m doubling the recipe because we didn’t have enough leftovers! Thanks for the great recipe!
Yvonne
You’re very welcome, so happy that you liked it!
Jamie
It is on the stove now. Looks great. However, I added some broth to it. It didn’t seem like it had enough liquid.
Yvonne
Oh yay! I’m excited for you – it is great! Let me know what you think! Enjoy :)
summerscraps
I love chili and this one sounds really good – I will for sure have to make it!
Yvonne
I love chili too – such a great “comfort” food!
You are putting apples into everything! This sounds different, but so good. Maybe I’ll give it a try when it starts getting colder!
Yvonne
This is only the beginning, can’t wait to share the rest!
Mmm! I bet this was so good! Great idea adding apple to it!
Yvonne
It was SO great!!!
Britney @ The Princess & Her Cowboys
This is awesome! I’m not a huge fan of the regular chili but all the different kinds I’ve tried have been pretty good! I’ll have to try this one out! Thanks for sharing :)
Yvonne
Thanks for stopping by :)
I love trying new chili’s I have a pineapple one that has the sweetness this one probably has! My husband would LOVE this!
Yvonne
Isn’t chili great? I love all of the different ways it can be made! A pineapple chili sounds incredible. I’d love to try that :)
Sounds delicious! Thanks for sharing!
Yvonne
Thanks for checking it out!
This looks great! I am always looking for new chili recipes and this seems very unique. I’m so glad I came across your pin! Can’t wait to try.
Yvonne
I’m so happy you found me also! This chili is great, and the flavors blend so well together – let me know if you try it!
I put all of the ingredients on my grocery list to make asap. I also featured it on my latest post, Friday Favorites, as one of my favorite recent pins :)
Yvonne
Wahoo! Thanks! You’ll have to let me know what you think when you make it!
Tyler
I just made this and its wonderful, the apples go great I added different beans and used ground beef but still is good that was what I had on hand will have to do chicken next time…Thanks
Yvonne
This makes me so happy! I’m glad you liked it as much as I do – great alterations and chicken is a fantastic idea! You just made see that variation popping up on the site soon!