Sunday, November 4, 2012

Turkey Chili with Cornbread Topping

Today was a perfect lazy Sunday, complete with football, beers, and turkey chili with cornbread topping! This is a fairly easy crock pot recipe and tasted absolutely delicious.



Ingredients (chili):

  • One package ground turkey
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 medium onion, chopped
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 2 tablespoons chili powder
  • 1 packet chili seasoning
  • 1 15 oz can diced tomatoes
  • 1 15 oz can of corn
  • 1 cup chicken broth
  • 1 cup chunky salsa
Ingredients (cornbread topping):
  • 1 stick butter
  • 1-1/2 cups buttermilk
  • 2 medium eggs
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup yellow cornmeal
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese (to be used between the chili and cornbread)
What to do:
  1. Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat and brown the ground turkey.
  2. Once the meat is thoroughly browned, place that and all chili ingredients into crock pot. Cook on low heat for 4-5 hours.

3. When the chili is nearing its end in the crock pot, preheat the oven to 400° and make the mix for the cornbread topping. I got the recipe for the cornbread here. Follow it exactly until you have completed the mix. Do not turn the batter into the pan - stop after you have smoothed the batter.
4. Pour the turkey chili into a 9-inch pan. Then add a layer of cheddar cheese. Pour the cornbread batter over the cheese (you may not need to use all of the batter - stop pouring before it overflows!).
5. Cook in oven for 20-25 minutes, or until cornbread topping has turned a nice golden brown.


There you have it! This was so incredibly delicious and really hits the spot on a cold evening. Things got a little messy while the chili was cooking because our crock pot is miniature sized, but those who own a regular sized crock pot (aka everyone else in the universe) shouldn't have any issues with the chili spilling over. It's hard to fit it all into a 9-inch pan, so if you have anything larger, I would suggest using that (a square pan would be fine, too).  Enjoy!

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