{"id":52045,"date":"2018-11-14T17:25:24","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T21:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.freshdirect.com\/?p=52045"},"modified":"2026-04-15T12:51:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T16:51:27","slug":"leftover-thanksgiving-turkey-chili","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/leftover-thanksgiving-turkey-chili\/","title":{"rendered":"Leftover Thanksgiving Turkey Chili"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Turn your leftover turkey into a flavor packed bowl of comfort.<br \/>\n<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-52047 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.freshdirect.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Untitled-design137.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Untitled-design137.png 680w, https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Untitled-design137-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Untitled-design137-260x260.png 260w, https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Untitled-design137-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><!--more--><br \/>\n<strong>What You&#8217;ll Need<\/strong><br \/>\n2 tablespoons oil<br \/>\n1 medium white onion, diced<br \/>\n1 green bell pepper, seeded and diced<br \/>\n1 small jalapeno, seeded and minced<br \/>\n3 cloves garlic, chopped<br \/>\n3 tbsp chili powder<br \/>\n1 tablespoon ground cumin<br \/>\n1 tablespoon dried oregano<br \/>\nSalt and pepper, to taste<br \/>\n3 cups turkey meat, roughly chopped into bite-sized pieces<br \/>\nOne 28-ounce can fire-roasted diced tomatoes<br \/>\n2 cups chicken broth<br \/>\nTwo 15-ounce cans black beans, drained and rinsed<br \/>\nLeftover mashed potatoes, for serving<br \/>\nSour cream and chopped scallion, for serving<\/p>\n<p><strong>What To Do<\/strong><br \/>\nHeat the oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add the onion, jalapeno, garlic, and bell pepper, and cook until soft and translucent. Add the turkey and spices; stir until combined.<br \/>\nPour in the tomatoes and chicken broth; bring to a simmer and cook until thick.<br \/>\nAdd the beans and cook for an additional 20 minutes. Serve over leftover mashed potato; finish with sour cream and sprinkle of chopped scallions. Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turn your leftover turkey into a flavor packed bowl of comfort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69275,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1621,2732,3230],"tags":[2756,1401,3001],"class_list":["post-52045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-easy-diy","category-recipes","category-thanksgiving","tag-leftovers","tag-thanksgiving","tag-turkey"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69275"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52045"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52049,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52045\/revisions\/52049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}