Low Carb Chili
Enjoy this hearty and filling low carb chili, guilt free! Easily prepared in a crock pot and the perfect option for a family dinner or meal prep for the week.
Servings 4
Calories 301kcal
Equipment
- Slow Cooker
- Sauté pan
- Chef knife
Ingredients
- 1 lb 93/7 ground turkey
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- ½ cup red onion, diced
- 1 medium red bell pepper, diced
- 1 medium green bell pepper, diced
- 15 oz can tomato sauce
- 14.5 oz can fire roasted diced tomatoes
- 4 oz can green chilis
- Chili powder, to taste
- Lemon pepper, to taste
- Red pepper flake, to taste
- Avocado, to taste
- 16 oz can kidney beans, drained optional, if you want to increase carbs in recipe
Instructions
- Spray the saute pan with olive oil cooking spray. Dice the red onion, mince the garlic and saute them for one minute in a saute pan. Add the lean ground turkey and separate using a spatula. Cook until there is no pink left in the meat.
- Spray the Crock Pot with olive oil cooking spray. Add the lean ground turkey, red onion and the garlic to the Crock Pot, lightly coat the meat mixture with chili powder, lemon pepper and red pepper flake until the top of the mixture is covered. Mix. Add more seasoning if desired and mix again (I add one more round of seasoning).
- Dice the red and green bell pepper and add to the meat mixture.
- Add the can of tomato sauce, the can of fire roasted tomatoes, the can of green chilis, and the can of drained kidney beans if you opted to add more carbs to your chili. Mix.
- Cook the chili in the Crock Pot on low for 8 hours.
- Serve in a bowl and add 1 tbsp of avocado on top of the chili to add a creamy texture and some more fat, if desired.
Notes
Macros per serving (recipe yields 4 - 1.5 cup servings): 9g carbs (if you add the beans it will be 29g carbs per serving), 8g fat (add slices of avocado to add more fat), and 28g protein.