Pass: Fantastic Black Bean Chili

Fantastic Black Bean Chili was one of my pending recipes. Go here for the recipe.

So I made this recipe last night and while it looked really good and got some pretty high ratings on allrecipes.com, I was disappointed. I didn't care for the ground turkey since it lacked a certain depth of meat taste that I want in my chili. I didn't really take notice of it when I read the recipe but I really don't like that a lot of the liquid in the chili come from the black beans being undrained. I think I would have drained the beans and added in more flavor through the liquid.

It's not a bad recipe, just not fantastic. I do have to admit that it was very easy to put together and the recipe made a lot. If I make this again, I would use ground beef for the meat, drain the beans, use beef broth in place of the liquid from canned beans and maybe even replace the crushed tomato with Rotel tomatoes. But I have other chili recipes that I want to try first.

Pass: Fantastic Black Bean Chili

I've made this recipe! The verdict is "Pass". Click here for my review.


Fantastic Black Bean Chili
Recipe from allrecipes.com

1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 onion, diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 pound ground turkey
3 (15 ounce) cans black beans, undrained
1 (14.5 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
1 1/2 tablespoons chili powder
1 tablespoon dried oregano
1 tablespoon dried basil leaves
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar

Heat the oil in a large heavy pot over medium heat; cook onion and garlic until onions are translucent. Add turkey and cook, stirring, until meat is brown. Stir in beans, tomatoes, chili powder, oregano, basil and vinegar. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer 60 minutes or more, until flavors are well blended.