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Turkey chili

Name: Turkey chili
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 1 1/2 lb ground turkey; 1 tbsp canola oil; 1 large yellow onions, diced; 1 red bell peppers, diced; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 1 3/4 tbsp chili powder; 2 1/2 tsp ground cumin; 2 tbsp tomato paste; 1 can (28 oz) crushed tomatoes; 1 can black beans, drained; 1 can canned kidney beans, drained; 1 cup chicken broth; 1 tsp salt

The leaner pot that still eats like chili: ground turkey with beans, tomato and a full tablespoon of chile. Weeknight-fast, freezer-friendly, and it outscores the beef version.

Time: 55 min (15 prep + 40 cook)
Servings: 6
Per serving: 368 kcal
Protein: 31 g

Both directions are legitimate — the score measures fullness per calorie, not virtue. Every version is the same dish, rebalanced.

Ingredients

1 1/2 lb ground turkey700 g
1 tbsp canola oil15 g
1 large yellow onions, diced180 g
1 red bell peppers, diced150 g
3 cloves garlic, minced12 g
1 3/4 tbsp chili powder14 g
2 1/2 tsp ground cumin5 g
2 tbsp tomato paste33 g
1 can (28 oz) crushed tomatoes700 g
1 can black beans, drained240 g
1 can canned kidney beans, drained240 g
1 cup chicken broth240 g
1 tsp salt6 g

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Steps

Brown the turkey hard in the oil — leaner meat sticks, so let it sit and release rather than stirring it into grey crumbs.
Onion and pepper until soft, then garlic, spices and tomato paste for a minute until the paste darkens.
Tomatoes, beans, broth and salt; simmer 30 minutes uncovered until thick.
Taste at the end. Turkey needs a little more salt than beef does, and a squeeze of lime doesn't hurt.

Alternative

Beef chilithe beef original61

Why this score

solidly filling

No single route carries this one — a moderate amount of protein, volume and fiber.

Three routes to fullness — one is enough

33% of kcal

75% water

28 g/Mcal

What pulls it down

Nothing here converges the way engineered food does — no sugar, no savoury and no alcohol penalty.

How scores work

Computed on the finished dish, not an average of the parts: 2211 kcal goes into the pot, 2535 g of ingredients comes out as ~1900 g of food → 116 kcal per 100 g. Cooking moves water, and energy density is the score's biggest lever — so we show the math. Full formula here.

Per

Calories: 116
Protein: (33%); 10 g
Fat: (31%); 4 g
Carbohydrates: (36%); 11 g
of which sugar: 3 g
Fiber: 3 g
Sodium: 330 mg

Percentages are the share of calories from each macronutrient.

Computed from the ingredients' USDA data — nothing typed by hand. Every number is traceable, every score recomputable.

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Photo: AI-generated. Nutrition and score are computed from the ingredients with the published formula — this recipe hasn't been kitchen-tested by us yet.