An intensely savory no-bean chili made with ground turkey and hot pork sausage gets layers of flavor from chipotle peppers, beer, cumin, cinnamon, and cloves. Make it in the slow cooker where it can steep all day long.
Preparation Time
25 mins
Cooking Time
6 hr 20 mins
Total Time
6 hr 45 mins
Calories
403 Calories
Recipe Instructions
Step 1
Heat the olive oil in a very large skillet over medium heat, and cook the onions and chipotle peppers until the onions are translucent, about 10 minutes. Place the hot sausage and turkey into the skillet and cook until brown, chopping the meat up with a spoon into crumbles as it cooks, 10 to 15 more minutes. Spoon the meat mixture into a large slow cooker, leaving excess grease behind in the skillet. Stir the crushed tomatoes, Italian-style diced tomatoes, beer, garlic powder, kosher salt, black pepper, cumin, chili powder, paprika, and brown sugar into the meat mixture until thoroughly combined.
Step 2
Tie the cinnamon sticks and cloves into a piece of cheesecloth, and drop the bundle into the slow cooker. Set the cooker to Low, and cook 6 to 8 hours. Remove the cheesecloth spice bundle before serving.
Ingredients
1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle beer
1 tablespoon ground black pepper
1 tablespoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon chili powder
12 whole cloves
3 tablespoons ground cumin
4 cinnamon sticks
4 red onions, chopped
6 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, chopped, or to taste
1 pound hot pork sausage (such as Jimmy Dean®)
0.25 cup olive oil
0.25 cup brown sugar
1.5 teaspoons kosher salt
0.25 cup paprika
2.5 pounds ground turkey
2 (28 ounce) cans crushed tomatoes with juice (such as Hunt's®)
1 (28 ounce) can Italian-style diced tomatoes (such as Hunt's® Diced Tomatoes w
