Slow Cooker Showcase: Pumpkin Black Bean Turkey Chili

This week’s recipe is Pumpkin Black-Bean Turkey Chili by Brett at This Mama Loves Her Bargains that is deliciously perfect for Halloween Night to warm all the trick-or-treaters. Prep time should be about 20 minutes and will cook for seven hours and yield about 10-12 servings.

A quintessential fall meal!! Pair with buttermilk biscuits or some cornbread and you are good to go!!

Ingredients

  • 1 cup chopped onions
  • 1 cup chopped yellow bell pepper
  • 3 garlic cloves, minced
  • 2 Tbsp. oil
  • 1½ tsp. dried oregano
  • 1½-2 tsp. ground cumin
  • 2 tsp. chili powder
  • 2 15-oz. cans black beans, rinsed and drained
  • 2½ cups chopped cooked turkey (or the same amount cooked the ground turkey)
  • 16-oz. can pumpkin (frozen or pureed steamed is fine as well, they are just a bit more liquidy)
  • 14½-oz. can diced tomatoes
  • 3 cups chicken broth

Instructions

  1. Sauté onions, yellow pepper, and garlic in oil in a skillet for 8 minutes, or until soft.
  2. Stir in oregano, cumin, and chili powder. Cook 1 minute. Transfer to slow cooker.
  3. Stir in remaining ingredients.
  4. Cover. Cook on Low 7-8 hours.