This Smoked Turkey Chili Recipe is the perfect way to use up any leftover turkey from holiday dinners. Some basic dinners are always a go-to but sometimes it’s nice to find a new way to spice up those boring leftover meals. Now every year when turkeys go on sale for the holidays I always pick up at least one extra one for later in the year. (I have included affiliate links to products I love. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.)
I love to cook big holiday dinners but I always have a ton of leftover meat! We had smoked a turkey (See the smoked turkey recipe and dry rub recipe -> here), now we did make a Turkey Noodle Soup (see it -> here) but still had more turkey left. I love White Chicken Chili so we had to try out Turkey Chili!! I love that I was able to make so many meals out of the 20lb turkey.
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Smoked Turkey Chili Recipe Ingredients:
- 1 Can Butter Beans
- 1 Can Cannellini Beans
- 2 Cans Chicken Broth
- Red Onion
- 1 Lb of Shredded Cooked turkey
- Green Onion
- 1 Can Diced Chili Greens
- 2 Tbsp Minced Garlic
- 1/2 Tsp Cayenne Pepper
- 2 Tsp Cumin
- 1 Pinch of Oregano
- Pink HimylanianSalt
- Ground Black Pepper
- 1 Can Great Northern Beans
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Smoked Turkey Chili Recipe Directions:
Spray your crockpot with a non-stick spray, I made a regular size batch of this chili so I used my smaller 4-quart crockpot, if I hadn’t made the noodle soup I would have used my bigger crockpot so I could have frozen more for later.
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Open your cans of Butter Beans, Cannellini Beans. and Great Northern Beans and pour into an over the sink strainer.
Rinse the beans with cold water and allow to drip dry.
Chop your red and green onion for the soup.
Shred and dice up the cooked turkey that you intend to put in the chili.
Dump all of the ingredients into your crockpot.
Give the ingredients a stirring to mix it all up.
*Note you can add more seasonings to this I knew I had seasoning on the smoked turkey that would add flavor to the soup*
Turn crockpot on low and allow to cook for 4 to 6 hours and serve.
The kids loved this dinner! I had hoped to have some leftover to freeze but they devoured it all for lunch the next day.

Smoked Turkey Chili Recipe
This Smoked Turkey Chili Recipe is the perfect way to use up leftover turkey from any holiday meal! Easy to make and the taste is amazing as well!
Ingredients
- 1 Can Cannellini Beans
- 1 Can Great Northern Beans
- 1 Can Butter Beans
- 1 Can Diced Chil Greens
- 1 lb Shredded Cooked Turkey
- 2 Cans Chicken Broth Or Turkey Bone Broth
- Red onion
- 2 Tbsp Minced Garlic
- 1/2 Tsp Cayenne Pepper
- 2 Tsp Cumin
- 1 Pinch Oregano
- Pink HimylanianSaltGround
- Ground Black Pepper
Instructions
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Spray your crockpot with a non-stick spray,
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Open your cans of Butter Beans, Cannellini Beans. and Great Northern Beans and pour into an over the sink strainer.
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Rinse the beans with cold water and allow to drip dry.
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Chop your red and green onion for the soup.
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Shred and dice up the cooked turkey that you intend to put in the chili.
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Dump all of the ingredients into your crockpot.
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Give the ingredients a stirring to mix it all up.
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Turn crockpot on low and allow to cook for 4 to 6 hours and serve.
Recipe Notes
*Note you can add more seasonings to this I knew I had seasoning on the smoked turkey that would add flavor to the soup*
Justine says
Does the turkey not get dry being put in at the beginning already cooked?
Jenny says
No, our turkey was really juicy too after we smoked it!!