Fiery Chili

I love fall cooking.  Just when the temperature drops enough to enjoy a nice hot bowl of chili.  I've completely switched over to ground turkey so this was my first ground turkey batch and it was excellent.  I highly recommend adding the WoodChuck Amber Apple Cider, I feel like it brought out a lot of the flavors.

Fiery Chili
A Hudocks to Haddocks Original Recipe
-         2 lbs ground turkey

-         1 (28 oz) can of Brook's hot chili beans in chili sauce

-         1 packet of hot chili mix

-         1 (14 oz) can of diced tomatoes with jalapeños

-         1 (14 oz) can of diced tomatoes with Italian seasonings

-         6-10 stalks of celery, diced

-         2-4 large green peppers, chopped

-         1-2 small onion, diced

-         1-3 tsp chili powder

-         2-3 tsp crushed red pepper

-         1-2 tsp cumin

-         2-3 tsp ground black pepper

-         1 bottle of your favorite beer

1.  Sauté onions in a hot oiled pan, add in ground turkey and cook until browned.

2.  Add all your ingredients to your crock pot and mix well.  Cook on high for 4-6 hours, until all vegetables are soft.

Notes:

-         I like to season it slowly.  I add in maybe 1 tsp of each seasoning, let it cook for a good 2 hours, taste and then season more to taste.

-         I used Woodchuck Apple Cider Amber for my beer and it gave it an amazing flavor

-         To make chili mac, add ¼ cup of shells or egg noodles to bottom of bowl before adding chili.

-         Makes 8-10 servings

-         Optional garnish: shredded cheese, sour cream, chives.

Turkey Soup

- 2 turkey wings (usually around 1.5 lbs total)
- 1 small white onion
- 1/2 bunch of celery
- 1/2 bag of carrots
- 5 chicken bouillon cubes
- Seasonings (I use basil, oregano & parsley)
- Salt & Pepper

1.  Clean turkey and place in a large soup pot.  Fill with water so that turkey is covered completely.

2.  Throw in whole skinned onion, bouillon cubes & salt & pepper.

3.  Cook to a boil for 1-2 hours.  I wait until the onion has gotten so soft that its completely broken up.

4.  Remove turkey wings and allow to cool.  Once cool, the turkey should be so tender it will just fall off the bone. I like to sort of shred it into pieces that are reasonable for the soup.

5.  Pour in celery & carrots.  Add seasonings.

6.  Cook for another 30 minutes or so, by this time your turkey should be ready to go back in.  Cook for another 30 minutes.

This makes enough for about 6-8 servings.  I like to freeze half of it in the winter tho.