Slow Cooker Chili Cook-off Chili

Total Time: 4 hrs 45 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• 16 slices bacon
• 1 lb ground turkey
• 3 diced chipotle chiles in adobo (add more if you like a kick, less if you don't)
• 1 large sweet onion, chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 (15 ounce) can kidney beans (rinsed and drained)
• 1 (15 ounce) can black beans (rinsed and drained)
• 1 (15 ounce) can cannellini beans (rinsed and drained)
• 1 cup frozen corn
• 2 teaspoons dried basil
• 1 tablespoon sage
• 2 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
• 1 tablespoon packed brown sugar
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 pan fry bacon (not too crispy!).
• 2 lay bacon out on paper towels to absorb fat.
• 3 cook ground turkey in bacon fat until no longer pink
• 4 remove cooked turkey from pan with slotted spoon and put in slow cooker.
• 5 cut bacon into 1" sections and add to turkey in slow cooker.
• 6 add onion, garlic, chipotle pepper and adobo sauce to bacon and turkey fat and cook until onion is almost transparent (still has some crunch).
• 7 add onion mixture to slow cooker and mix.
• 8 add beans to slow cooker and mix.
• 9 cook chili for 4 hours on high or 7 hours on low.
• 10 1 hour before finished add corn, worcestershire sauce, brown sugar and spices to chili.
• 11 serve warm with your favorite cornbread!