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Ingredients
15-20 servings, recipe can be cut in half or thirds
24 oz. (2 pkg.) low fat turkey sausage
2 1/2 lbs. low fat ground beef
3 cans beef broth or 6 cups homemade beef stock
2 cans tomato sauce
2 cans water (rinse out tomato sauce can)
3 cans diced tomatoes
2 T minced garlic
3 T ground cumin
3 T dried oregano
3 T ground chile powder
1 tsp. cayenne pepper (or more, to taste)
2 T dried parsley
1 large onion, diced small
1 lb. white mushrooms, cut in quarters
1 T olive oil
1/2 cup chopped cilantro (optional)
Instructions
Brown Turkey sausage well, breaking up with turner as it cooks. Remove from pan, rinse if desired, and place in large soup pot. Next brown ground beef well, breaking up with turner, rinse if desired, and place in soup pot. Add beef broth, tomato sauce, water, diced tomatoes, garlic, ground cumin, dried oregano, chile powder, Ancho chile powder (if using), cayenne, dried parsley, and bring the soup pot ingredients to a gentle simmer.
Wipe out frying pan and add 1/2 T olive oil. Add diced onions and saute 5 minutes, until softened but not browned. Add to chili. Add more olive oil if needed and saute mushrooms 5 minutes. Add to chili.
Let chili simmer on low several hours. Add cilantro if desired last 15 minutes of cooking time. Taste for salt/pepper and serve hot, with cheese and sour cream if desired.
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