Southern Soul Food Chili
This Southern soul food chili combines traditional soul food ingredients & classic chili flavors. You can make this comforting chili recipe in the slow cooker or Instant Pot.
Servings 6
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground turkey or chicken
- 1 pound ground sausage
- 30 ounces black-eyed peas 2 15-ounce cans drained & rinsed
- 4 ounces greens, cleaned & chopped
- 28 ounces diced tomatoes
- 15 ounces tomato sauce
- 1/2 cup onion, diced
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 tablespoons hot sauce
- 2 tablespoons chili powder
- 1 teaspoon salt (or more)
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1 tablespoon oil
Instructions
Slow Cooker
- Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add ground sausage & turkey and cook 5-7 minutes, (crumbling the meat as it cooks) or until no longer pink. Drain excess grease and add the ground meat to the slow cooker.
- Add all ingredients to the slow cooker. Stir to mix well.
- Cook HIGH 2-3 hours or LOW 4-6.
Instant Pot
- Turn on the pressure cooker and select sauté. Once hot add oil, ground turkey, ground sausage, and diced onion to the pot. Cook 5-7 minutes, crumbling the ground meat as it cooks. Add garlic and cook an additional minute. You might need to do this in batches. Drain fat excess grease if needed.
- Stir in black-eyed peas, greens, hot sauce, chili powder, salt, paprika, thyme, pepper, diced tomatoes, and tomato sauce. Stir to mix well.
- Close lid and seal valve. Cook high pressure for 20 minutes. Natural release pressure for 5 minutes then quick release any remaining pressure. Stir before serving.
Notes
Cook time calculated using the slow cooker HIGH setting.
The chili will thicken as it cools.