{"id":124,"date":"2007-05-09T08:50:21","date_gmt":"2007-05-09T16:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.taodekitchen.com\/2007\/05\/09\/quick-3-bean-chili\/"},"modified":"2007-06-14T17:04:19","modified_gmt":"2007-06-15T01:04:19","slug":"quick-3-bean-chili","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taodekitchen.com\/tasty\/general\/quick-3-bean-chili\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick 3 Bean Chili"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been a tad busy these days so am thankful for quick recipes and my stocked freezer. Like the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.taodekitchen.com\/2006\/04\/03\/spring-has-sprung\/\">lentil soup<\/a> I had posted on previously I like to make a big batch of this turkey chili and freeze in two portion containers. During the week I&#8217;ll  make a big pot of brown rice to have at the ready as a side or to make fried rice. This chili with some brown rice and a big salad rounds out the meal in less than 15 minutes! So you see, we can still eat a nutritious meal if we plan ahead.<\/p>\n<p>When shopping for ingredients try to get low sodium and organic brands. This recipe is really economical if you buy the groceries at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.traderjoes.com\/\">Trader Joe&#8217;s<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Three Bean Turkey Chili <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>3\/4 lb. ground turkey (more or less if you like)<br \/>\n1 can (14.5 oz.) diced or crushed tomatoes, undrained &#8211; fire roasted is nice<br \/>\n1 jar (16 oz.) Chunky Salsa or other favorite salsa &#8211; low sodium and no sugar added!<br \/>\n1 cans (15 oz.) black beans, drained, rinsed<br \/>\n1 can (15 oz.) red kidney beans, drained, rinsed<br \/>\n1 can (15 oz.) great Northern beans or white beans, drained, rinsed<br \/>\n1 tsp. chili powder<br \/>\n1 tsp. ground cumin<br \/>\nsea salt to taste<br \/>\nHot Sauce to taste<br \/>\nOptional: Shredded Cheddar Cheese, sliced green onions, diced fresh tomatoes<\/p>\n<p>COOK ground turkey in large saucepan on medium-high heat until cooked  through, stirring occasionally.<\/p>\n<p>ADD tomatoes, salsa, beans and seasonings; mix well. Bring to boil.  Reduce heat to low; simmer 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.<\/p>\n<p>To complete the meal, serve chili with a salad and steamed vegetables.<\/p>\n<p>Variations:<\/p>\n<p>Use ground chicken or grass-fed beef or lamb or vegetarian with no meat and an extra can of beans<\/p>\n<p>Any combination of beans work well &#8211; try garbanzos<\/p>\n<p>Add ground chipotle chile to taste to give the chili a spicy smokiness<\/p>\n<p>Add a bag of frozen corn<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been a tad busy these days so am thankful for quick recipes and my stocked freezer. Like the lentil soup I had posted on previously I like to make a big batch of this turkey chili and freeze in two portion containers. During the week I&#8217;ll make a big pot of brown rice to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-recipes"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/taodekitchen.com\/tasty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/taodekitchen.com\/tasty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/taodekitchen.com\/tasty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taodekitchen.com\/tasty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taodekitchen.com\/tasty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/taodekitchen.com\/tasty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/taodekitchen.com\/tasty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taodekitchen.com\/tasty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taodekitchen.com\/tasty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}