Turkey Chili – Instant Pot Style

I made turkey chili a week or so ago and all three kids loved it!

When I started talking to Victoria about what she thinks would be good lunches to take to school, she had chili on her list 😁.

So… I was happy to add this recipe to my new list of go to recipes the family loves. It’s so easy too! You can certainly tweak it to make it your own, but this is how I made mine.

First, I set my Instant Pot to Saute – Normal, added some garlic powder, season salt, and onion powder in and browned my ground turkey 🦃 (I don’t know if it’s really “browned” since it goes from pink to white… But you know what I mean). After the turkey is cooked and I’ve used my spoon to break it into smaller chunks, I hit the cancel button to turn it off.

I ended up adding some pepper too, but it was after I took the picture. 🖼️

I then added a full can of diced tomatoes, a can of sweet corn (drained), a can of tomato paste, a corn sized can of water, two cans of black beans (rinsed until they ran clear), and seasonings (oregano, chili powder, cumin, and cayenne).

Stirred it up, closed the lid, made sure the lid was sealed, then did manual cook for 20 minutes.

Once your timer tells you it’s done, it still has pressure, say I throw a towel over the vent, twist the vent open, then walk away while the steam escapes for a few minutes (and doesn’t splatter all over my cabinets because of my handy towel). After the pin has dropped, it’s ready to open and enjoy!

It was delicious… And Alexandria thoroughly enjoyed it… So did her face… And her hair 🤦‍♀️

I didn’t measure anything… Just sprinkled in however much I thought looked good, I’ll try to provide estimates below. 😉

I used about a teaspoon of the garlic powder, seasoning salt, and onion powder. 

I used about half a teaspoon of the pepper, cilantro, cumin, and cayenne pepper.

I used about 2 tablespoons of the chili powder.

I’ll try to take more accurate measurements next time.