2 Alarm Chili

Recipe has been adapted from Wick Fowler's 2 Alarm Chili Kit. 

We haven't purchased the 2 Alarm Chili Kit for years, but use to keep several on hand at all times. You can find the kits on Amazon if you can't find them at your local grocery store.

Ingredients:

29 oz. Kidney beans, drained and rinsed well (or equivalent of cooked dried beans)

30 oz. Tomatoes, diced

14 oz. Tomato sauce

1 lb. Turkey, ground

Spices:

2 tsp. Paprika

1/4 tsp. Cayenne

3 tsp.  Garlic powder

1/2 cup Chili powder

1 Tbsp. Cumin

1 tsp. Oregano

2 Tbsp. Flour

2 tsp. Salt

Directions:

Cook and drain turkey. I prefer to add the spices next and toss well with the meat. Add the wet ingredients and simmer for 20 minutes or more.

Notes:

· All of herbs/spices are dried.

· We never use the flour or salt. The chili seems thick enough w/o the flour, and everything canned has high sodium content anyway.

· Ok, of course I don’t use the garlic and onions either- but you should!

· You can use less tomato sauce to keep it thicker. We use garden fresh tomatoes that we freeze in quart size bags to use throughout the year.

Play around with the recipe as you like. It’s pretty forgiving. If you need it less spicy, you can omit or decrease the amount of cayenne pepper. Remember, you can always add MORE heat, but is darn hard to take away heat. Ask me how I know! We also like to toss in any veggies that are laying around such as zucchini, bell peppers (red, yellow or orange).

This is an all time favorite in our house. I usually make a LARGE batch of the spice mix to keep on hand. Did I mention it goes great with corn bread? Recipe to follow... eventually.

Enjoy and I hope you like it.

Karan