Costco Turkey Chili — quick, healthy, inexpensive, and delicious

I want to share my Costco turkey chili recipe with you because it’s super easy to make, it’s tasty, it’s fairly healthy, it freezes well, and it’s inexpensive.

(And if there’s anything I’ve learned to do over the past year, it’s feed my family fairly nutritious meals on a budget).

If you are a purist who only buys organic and who won’t buy canned stuff and who would never dream of using taco seasoning from a packet or a plastic container, then this isn’t the recipe for  you.

But if you are on a tight budget, if you try to make the healthiest choices you can on that tight budget, and if your time is limited, well, then you might want to give this one a try.

Plus, it only requires six ingredients:

1. ground turkey
2. red beans
3. black beans
4. crushed tomatoes
5. corn
6. taco seasoning

Total cost for those six items from Costco: $41.48

Here is what it looks like when you buy that stuff from Costco:

(I forgot to take a picture of the corn with all the other stuff before I opened the can and used some of it for something else, but here’s what it looks like):

So for this chili, of those items you will use:

• 2 packages ground turkey
• 4 cans red beans
• 4 cans black beans
• half big ass can of corn
• half big ass can of crushed tomatoes

or, half of the items you bought. So you will have half of that stuff left over, plus more than half of the taco seasoning, and this recipe will cost you about $20.

You can use the remaining two packages of ground turkey, half can of corn, half can of tomatoes, 4 cans of red beans, 4 cans of black beans and taco seasoning for another meal (or meals), or you can freeze the ground turkey and easily make another big batch of chili when all of this batch is gone because you already have all the ingredients!

You can add in salsa or anything else and top with cheese or sour cream, but this is a great, simple chili that your whole family will eat.

Here’s what you do:

• Brown 2 packages of ground turkey in a big stock pot. Drain, and add in taco seasoning according to directions on the label.

Add in:

• 4 cans red beans (including liquid)
• 4 cans black beans (including liquid)
• half of that big ass can of corn (including liquid) — (store leftover corn for later use in fridge or freeze in gallon freezer bags)
• half of that big ass can or tomatoes (use the other half of the can to make my awesome and inexpensive Costco pasta sauce).

Then comes the hard part…

• Stir and then simmer on low for an hour or so. If you have time, let it simmer for a couple hours, but if you don’t, an hour (or even just until it’s heated through) is fine.

Yep. That’s it.

(My family isn’t a big fan of a lot of heat in any food, really. The taco seasoning does have a little kick to it. If you like a little more heat, use more taco seasoning or add in some chili powder or red pepper).

So easy, and it’s really good! My husband loves it and I love it and most of the kids love it.

This will make about four dinners for eight of us (bigger portions for the bigger family members and smaller portions for the smaller family members), or three dinners and then enough chili for me to eat it for lunch for the week (which is what I often do because I love it that much and all I have to do is throw it in the microwave for a couple minutes).

I put a quarter of it in a bowl to eat in the next couple days. I portion the rest out into three, one gallon freezer bags, and I freeze them for later use.

That works out to about 24-32 servings, depending on the size.

$20/24 servings = $.83/serving! (even less if your portions are smaller).

Enjoy!