Chili | Zippy's Copycat Version
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Recipe type: Chili, Soup
Cuisine: American
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Ingredients
  • 1½ pounds lean ground turkey (or beef)
  • 4 slices of uncured, smoked thick bacon, chopped
  • 1 small sweet onion, chopped
  • 1 stalk celery, chopped
  • 1 red bell pepper, chopped
  • 2 cans (15 oz each) red kidney beans, drained
  • 2 tubes of Trader Joe's concentrated liquid chicken stock
  • ½ teaspoon grated ginger (I used S & B Nama Shoga Oroshi - this is pre-grated ginger in a tube, found in Asian supermarkets)
  • 2 bay leaf, crushed into small pieces
  • ½ teaspoon paprika.
  • ½ tablespoon chili powder (for barely-there heat), add more to taste
  • ½ teaspoon oregano leaves
  • ¼ teaspoon cumin seed
  • 5 to 6 generous dashes Worcestershire sauce
  • 2 cans (14 oz each) Trader Joe's organic tomato sauce
  • ½ can of Campbell's 8 oz Cream of Mushroom Soup
  • Salt & Pepper, few shakes
  • Garlic powder, few dashes
  • Canola oil
  • GARNISH:
  • Shredded cheese for garnish
  • Sliced green onions or diced brown onion
Instructions
  1. In a large pan, add just a tad of canola oil. Brown the chopped bacon. Add diced brown onions, chopped bell pepper and chopped celery. Cook together until the brown onions are translucent. Add ground meat and cook to brown. Season with salt, pepper, garlic powder and dash of chili powder (Note: you'll add more chili powder to the chili in the slow cooker).
  2. Transfer meat mixture to a slow cooker. You can also simmer the chili in a large stock pot over medium-low heat for 45 minutes to an hour, but I prefer using the slow cooker as this really helps to meld all the good flavors together.
  3. Add canned beans and tomato sauce, concentrated chicken stock, Worcestershire sauce and all other spices (bay leaf, paprika, oregano leaves, cumin, ginger) into the slow cooker.
  4. Optional: Add ½ can of 8 oz Cream of Mushroom Soup. You can add the full can of soup into the crockpot but it changes the color of the chili slightly, and it also adds more salt which you may or may not want. The Cream of Mushroom may be omitted and the chili will still taste great.
  5. Set the slow cooker on low and cook for 6 hours.
  6. Top with shredded cheese and sliced green onions, if desired.
Notes
Recipe adapted from Aloha World.

TIP: For best results use slow cooker.
Recipe by Bebe Love Okazu at https://bebeloveokazu.com/2010/11/14/not-zippys-chili-but-its-good/