If it’s fall then you know we are making chili to have for dinner basically every single week.  It’s just so yummy, so easy, and such a great cozy, comfort food while still having lots of nutritional benefits.  It’s a fall favorite for sure!  I’m going to share my crockpot chili recipe in this post…sometimes I add in other things or take things out based on what I have on hand, but that’s the beautiful thing about chili and the crockpot, just throw it in and it’s okay if you don’t always have the exact same things each time!  I’ll also share my little chili “hack” that really takes it up a notch.

Crockpot Chili

Ingredients

• 1 pound ground turkey (or beef or chicken, whatever you prefer)
• 2 packets of chili seasoning
• 1 green pepper
• 1 small yellow onion
• 1 can black beans
• 1 can kidney beans
• 1 can pinto beans
• 1 can Amy’s Southwestern Vegetable Fire Roasted Soup
• 1 can Amy’s Black Bean Chili
• Toppings: shredded cheese, sour cream, avocado, tortilla chips

Directions

• Brown meat and cook with 1 packet of chili seasoning
• Dice pepper and onion
• Add all ingredients (don’t drain beans) to crock pot and stir in second packet of chili seasoning until well combined
• Cook on low for 4 hours or high for 2 hours
• Complete with desired toppings!

So my “hack” is to add a can or two (depending on how much you want to make) of a soup that you think would be really good to sort of “beef up” your mixture!  I was just finding that beans alone weren’t quite enough for us so these soup mixtures help with that!  I’ve also done creamy tomato soup, and if you like a creamier chili then definitely give that a try!  I’m not about chopping up a bunch of ingredients so these soups add in extra veggies too which is always a good thing!

Hope you like the crockpot chili and let me know if you make it!

xo,

Bess