Ingredients

• 1 (1.3 lb) package of ground turkey or beef (I used 2 pounds of ground turkey. I like it meaty…hehe)
• 1 medium onion chopped
• 1 Tbsp of olive oil
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 1 (28 oz) can diced tomatoes
• 1 (15 oz) can of black beans (I used two cans. I like black beans)
• 3/4 cup refried black or pinto beans (or use whole can for thicker chili, I did)
• 1/2 cup Chipotle salsa (I added more salsa since I had more meat than originally called for)
• 1/4 cup of BBQ sauce (I used Sweet Baby Rays and closer to 1/2 cup)
• sour cream (optional) (duh)
• shredded cheese (optional) (double duh)

Directions
1. Heat olive oil in medium saucepan over medium heat. Cook onions 5 min. Add ground turkey and cook until brown, breaking it up as it cooks. Add ground cumin and cook 1 min longer.

2. Add remaining ingredients. Stir in refried beans until broken up and dissolved

Ohhh Sweet Baby Ray’s! (Again note ridiculous amount of recipes I need to try marked by green tags)

3. When chili comes to a boil, lower heat and simmer for 10 min

4. Garnish with cheese and sour cream

Ref: Trader Joe’s Cooking Companion

Delicious, delicious, DELICIOUS. Chili always makes me nervous because everyone has that distinct memory of “mom style” home cooking chili that can never be replicated. Well. This will be mine. Minus the mom thing for now since the only kids I have are 4 legged furballs. 😀 Now here’s what I tweaked. I sauteed the onions with some chopped garlic because its only right and I used two packages of ground turkey instead of one. I knew Mike would prefer more meat in his chili. I added an additional can of black beans because it looked like it needed it. And I also decided it needed corn and l magically had a bag in the freezer. I love corn. I up’d the amount of salsa and BBQ sauce because of the amount of meat I put in. I’m always weirded out when there’s not any seasonings really. Cumin? Just cumin? Really? YES really. I forced myself to stick to the recipe in that regard and didn’t add salt and pepper and what ever else on my spice rack and I’m so proud of myself because it really is that delicious without it. I topped it off with cheese and a dollop of sour cream when served and it was uh-maze-ing. If I was scuba diving, there would be a fin high in order. I’m just saying.