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Roasted pumpkin gives this turkey chili its body, but the ancho chile powder and homemade guajillo adobo set the direction. Ground turkey, Great Northern beans, onion, carrot, bell pepper, and jalapeño make a hearty pot, with kale stirred in toward the end and lime juice added just before serving. The pumpkin goes in soft and mashable, rather than puréed or neatly cubed. Some dissolves into the broth, while some stays in loose pieces, making the chili thick without losing all

This chorizo sweet potato chili brings together a pound of chorizo, black beans, sweet potato, poblano peppers, and bell pepper in a beef broth base. A spoonful of homemade guajillo adobo pulls everything together, adding another layer of chile flavor alongside cumin, chili powder, and garlic. The sweet potato softens into tender chunks that balance the seasoned chorizo. Black beans give the chili substance, while the peppers and onion build flavor into the broth. Avocado and

This one is another entry in the Gameday Chili Series, where we're making a different chili for football each Sunday. Instead of building this version around meat, the squash and beans do most of the heavy lifting. Butternut squash probably isn't the first ingredient that comes to mind when you think about a pot of chili, but that's exactly why it works here. The squash adds a subtle sweetness and hearty texture alongside black and pinto beans, tomatoes, peppers, and a homema

Smoked White Bean Chicken Chili: The Game Day Chili Series The Game Day Chili Series continues with my girlfriend's specialty: white bean chicken chili, built around smoked chicken, cannellini beans, green chiles, and corn. Garlic, cumin, oregano, and jalapeño give the pot plenty of flavor, with fresh lime juice added at the end. For the Bus Stop BBQ twist, I’m using my smoked chicken and smoked chicken broth. The chicken brings smoke and seasoning directly into the chili, wh

The Game Day Chili Series continues with beef chili, but this one goes a little further than the standard ground beef, beans, tomatoes, and chili powder. It starts a few hours earlier with homemade beef broth made from beef shank, onion and pepper scraps, garlic, and spices. That gives us two things for the chili: a rich homemade beef broth and a beef shank that's been braising in it for three to four hours. Pull that beef apart and combine it with browned ground beef, black

Football season means Sundays on the couch, too many games going at once, and, this year, a new pot of chili every week. My girlfriend and I decided we're making a different chili each Sunday throughout football season, which gives us a perfectly reasonable excuse to see just how many directions we can take a pot of meat, beans, peppers, and spices. First up is Roasted Poblano Turkey Chili, built around five roasted poblanos, ground turkey, black and pinto beans, and plenty o

Homemade beef broth doesn't need to be an all-day project involving a pile of roasted bones and a dozen ingredients. Beef shank does most of the heavy lifting here. After a few hours of simmering, you get a rich, beefy broth while simultaneously braising the shank until the meat is tender enough to pull apart. This version was made specifically as the base for beef chili, so it isn't a completely neutral beef stock. Chili powder, paprika, chili flakes, garlic, and pepper scra