Turkey con chilli
Try to think of this recipe as a principle, rather than something you have to follow really strictly. I want you to embrace your own leftovers so adjust the recipe accordingly. If you need to swap out some of the vegetables that's fine, and different tinned or jarred beans will all work well too. I've given you a weight of turkey here, but you can use whatever you've got left over. It's all about building up layers of flavour with the sweet vegetable base then turning whatever you add to it into a beautiful meal with great spice and attitude. It's brilliant with steamed rice, or rolled up in warmed tortillas.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 18 of 20 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 18 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Avocado | 1 medium (150g) | 240 |
| Chicken | 100g cooked | 165 |
| Chickpea | 1/2 cup canned (120g) drained | 134 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Honey | 1 tbsp (21g) | 64 |
| Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
| Red Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Carrot | 1 medium (61g) | 25 |
| Tomato | 1 medium (123g) | 22 |
| Lime | juice of 1 lime (44ml) | 11 |
| Chili | 1 tsp (2.7g) | 8 |
| Cumin | 1 tsp ground (2.1g) | 8 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Vinegar | 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled | 3 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Coriander | not in our table | 0 |
| Bean | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- olive oil
- 2 red onions, peeled and roughly chopped
- 1 carrot, peeled and roughly chopped
- 1 leek, trimmed and roughly chopped
- 1 red pepper, deseeded and roughly chopped
- 1 yellow pepper, deseeded and roughly chopped
- 1 fresh red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped
- 1 fresh green chilli, deseeded and finely chopped
- 1 bunch fresh coriander, stalks finely chopped, leaves picked
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 heaped teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1 heaped teaspoon runny honey, optional
- 3 tablespoons white wine vinegar, optional
- 600 g turkey, leftover, shredded
- sea salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- 3 x 400 g tinned chopped tomatoes
- 400 g tinned butter beans or chickpeas, drained
- juice of 2 limes
- soured cream, to serve
- 2 ripe avocados, peeled and destoned
- 2 tomatoes, halved
- ¼ red onion, peeled
- ½ clove garlic, peeled
- 1 fresh green chilli, deseeded
- 1 bunch fresh coriander
- 1 lime