RECIPE: REC: Szechuan Turkey Chili

[moyn]

This will be on my menu VERY soon. It was the award winnng soup recipe in the Nat'l Turkey Federation "Turkey with a Twist".

Yield: 8 servings

1 1/2 lb ground turkey

1 tsp canola oil

1/2 cup red pepper, diced

1/2 cup green pepper, diced

1 cup yellow onion, diced

1 TBSP garlic, minced

1 TBSP ginger, peeled & minced

1/2 cup reduced sodium soy sauce

1 15 px can diced tomatoes

1 15 oz can kidney beans, drained

8 oz tomato sauce

1/2 tsp five spice powder

1 tsp ground blk pepper

1 TBSP chili powder

1 tsp wasabi powder

1 TBSP Asian chili paste

1 tsp salt

1 TBSP sesame oil

8 cups sticky rice, cooked

2 TBSP sesame seeds, toasted

Brown turkey in oil & drain. Reserve liquid.

In reserved drippings, saute the peppers, onion, garlic & ginger. Do not brown. Add soy sauce, tomatoes, beans & tomato sauce. Bring to a boil; reduce heat. Return cooked turkey to the stockpot. Stir in all other ingredients. Simmer for 1 hour over low heat.

Spoon 1 cup sticky rice into a large shallow bowl. Press rice to the edges & top with chili.

Sprinkle with sesame seeds.

 

[ruthab]

Moyn I love the Asian twist on this chili. I'm puttin' it on my list. I'd love to ...

know how it turns out for you. Thanks for posting it!

 

[dawn_mo]

This sounds great Moyn, thanks for posting it! We are supposed to get snow

tonight and tomorrow, so soup sounds great right about now.

 

[dawn_mo]

I made this tonight, and I thought it was good, not great...

there was just something about it that didn't wow me. I didn't have any green pepper, so I used all red bell pepper. I added celery and some minced water chestnuts and cut back the soy sauce to 1/3 cup. When it was done, it just seemed off. So I added some hoisin, more chile garlic paste, and some fresh cilantro. We liked it, but I am surprised that it won the grand prize. I will be interested to see how others like it.

 

[moyn]

Dawn, I appreciate that you made it, and glad for your comments.>>

We are not really lovers of chili, and Teddy doesn't really love soup for dinner. But this sounded so good, I thought I could "get away with
it". Now, I'd be reluctant to even try it, and more inclined to just use some of the spices & herbs with the ground turkey in a meat loaf!