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White Turkey Chili in the Instant Pot

Canadian Thanksgiving is this weekend and I bet there are many, many pounds of turkey leftovers in refrigerators across the country. Don’t feel left out, Americans, your time is coming next month! Instead of ignoring the leftovers until you throw them away, make them into this delicious White Turkey Chili in your Instant Pot. Warm, delicious and EASY. Perfect for after the busy holiday weekend (or any time).

So why is this called WHITE chili? Well, it is made with turkey, cannellini beans and green chilis. No tomatoes, red kidney beans or chili powder in site. So you still get the spice and general composition of chili (think meat and beans) but without the red. Regardless of the color, chili is one of my favourite fall and winter recipes because it is so delicious. I especially love making it and serving it with my skillet cornbread. Yum!

Also, you can easily make this in your slow cooker as well but I love the quickness of the Instant Pot. Read my comparison of the Instant Pot vs the Slow Cooker to see if you might want to make the switch!

White Turkey Chili in the Instant Pot

Ingredients:
2 cups cooked turkey breast, chopped
½ white onion, chopped
3 (15 ounce) cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
2 (4 ounce) cans diced green chilis
4 cups chicken stock
1 tablespoon dried oregano leaves
1 tablespoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon white pepper
1 teaspoon garlic powder

Instructions:

Add turkey and onion

Add turkey and onions to the inner pot of your Instant Pot.

Add cannelini beans, drained and rinsed

Next, add the drained and rinsed cannelini beans.

Add diced chilis

Add diced chilis.

Add broth

Then your broth (so important to have LOTS of that in your pantry!).

Spices go in last!

Spices go in and you are ready to go.

Close the instant pot lid and turn pressure valve to seal. Press the Manual button and use the + or – button to set the timer to 12 minutes. Allow your pot to come to presssure and the timer to count down to zero. Move the pressure valve to venting with a wooden spoon.

White Turkey Chili in the Instant Pot

Printable Instant Pot White Turkey Chili  Recipe

Instant Pot White Turkey Chili
Yield: 8

White Turkey Chili in the Instant Pot

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes

Use up those holiday turkey leftovers with this delicious white turkey chili recipe made in your Instant Pot!

Ingredients

  • 2 cups cooked turkey breast, chopped
  • ½ white onion, chopped
  • 45 oz cannellini beans, drained and rinsed, 3 cans
  • 8 oz diced green chilis, 2 cans
  • 4 cups chicken stock
  • 1 tablespoon dried oregano leaves
  • 1 tablespoon ground cumin
  • 1 teaspoon white pepper
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder

Instructions

  1. Add all ingredients into the inner pot of the Instant Pot. 
  2. Close the instant pot lid and turn pressure valve to seal. Press the Manual button and use the + or - button to set the timer to 12 minutes. 
  3. Allow your pot to come to presssure and the timer to count down to zero. Move the pressure valve to venting with a wooden spoon.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

8

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 173Cholesterol: 4mgSodium: 543mgCarbohydrates: 31gFiber: 8gSugar: 2gProtein: 12g

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Instant Pot White Turkey Chili

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Alain Vanderbanck

Friday 7th of January 2022

Turned into a soup 4 cups of chicken stock is too much for a chilli I should’ve known better. I rechecked the recipe several times and it does call for 4 cups of chicken stock. It’s a very good turkey soup, chilli turkey soup, However; the intent was to make chilli, not soup. For that reason I’ll only give it 2 ⭐️ ⭐️ PS: I followed the recipe to the exact guideline, as written.

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Wednesday 18th of November 2020

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Kathleen Bailey

Monday 15th of October 2018

I've made white chili before with chicken instead of turkey and it tastes great, but I've never cooked with green chiles. What do they taste like? Sweet? Spicy? like green bell peppers?

Merry Kuchle

Monday 15th of October 2018

They are a bit spicy but not too much. Kind of like the green peppers that are chopped up in canned salsa.

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