Fantastic recipe! The hot chocolate is the secret ingredient here; it flattens the heat curve, allowing the full flavour of the chili to present itself before the heat comes on in a satisfying finish. I made only a couple of changes to the recipe; being a red meat kind of guy, I used 1 lb of lean ground beef and 1 lb of ground moose, and added about a cup of pinto beans. The only other modification was using one red bell pepper and one green pepper. The finished product was absolutely stellar, and wound up easily winning first place at the company chili cook-off; it was the first pot to empty and people coming for thirds were disappointed to see it gone. This recipe is a definite keeper. To anyone considering deleting the hot chocolate or subbing pure cocoa: if you do, consider trying with the hot chocolate as well. The effect of the cocoa and the sugar on the heat of the habaneros and hot sauce is pure magic.
Best chili I have ever eaten!! I have GERD so I need to watch my spice level -so I substituted the habanero for a jalapeno. After cooking the turkey mixture, I put everything into a crock pot (minus Kidney Beans and Corn) - and slow cooked it for 6 hours (add the corn and beans last hour of cooking so it doesn't get too mushy).... now that's gooooooood!!
Great stuff. Everyone I know who tries this thinks it's made with beef. I leave out the seasoned salt and habanero no complaints yet. Don't be afraid to throw in half a Dove bar or a few Hershey's Kisses if you don't have the coco mix it works!
That's some spicy chili! I am usually not a fan of spicy foods but its the kind of spicy that creeps up after you put it in your mouth then gets milder as soon as you swallow so you aren't frantically gasping for water. I used the exact recipe except for two things: I added two whole jalapenos in with the veggies to sautee only because my boyfriend likes to eat them whole. I also added a full can of corn oh and because I only had 1.3 lbs of turkey I added an extra can of kidney beans. I used both light and dark which makes for pretty colors. Thanks so much for this!
This is really really delicious! I added an extra half of an onion used two habaneroes and left the seeds in half of one made all dry spice measurements heaping used one can of original and one can of undrained extra-hot tomatoes with green chilies 2 cans of kidney beans used scotch bonnet pepper hot sauce (but only a tsp) and added the corn earlier. Almost too hot but I won't ever use another recipe! Serve over Frito's top with Mexican shreeded cheese blend garnish with chopped onion and you've got a Texas Frito Pie!
This was one of the best chilis that I have ever had. My whole family enjoyed. It was just spicy enough but not too spicy. Never heard of putting cocoa mix in chili before but I'm game and the taste was fantastic. Could not even tell that this was chili made with turkey. Thanks for a great recipe!
This is by far the best chili I have ever made. My husband continues to rave about it and has requested that I make it again ASAP. The flavor of this chili is simply outstanding. I wimped out a bit and used a jalapeño pepper rather than a habanero, but it was still outstanding. Wonderful recipe! Highly recommend!
I've been making all kinds of chili recipes for a while and this is the best. The hot chocolate mix is the secret ingredient giving it a mole type flavor.
this chili was fantastic. my boyfriend and i love spicy food so this was right up our alley. all the flavors compliment each other so well. i have even added pineapple a few times to this recipe just to balance out the spicy with the sweet. i recommend this chili to everyone!!!
Kind of watery. We liked Chili by George better.
