Turkey urfa chili from Zingerman's Bakehouse: Best-Loved Recipes for Baking People Happy (page 219) by Amy Emberling and Frank Carollo and Zingerman's Bakehouse

Ingredients

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Urfa red pepper flakes
Flakes from deep purple-almost black red peppers grown in the Urfa region of Turkey; also know as isot pepper flakes. Buy Now
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Notes about this recipe

Carriejean76 on March 24, 2026

Made exactly as written- very good, easy. Makes a ton! Served with sour cream, cheese and green onions.
Lepa on December 07, 2023

Agree with other reviews: this is a delicious and easy chili. It may even become our house chili recipe. I only had two cans of kidney beans so I used a can of black beans in place of the third can and liked the variety. I'll probably make it like that next time!
jimandtammyfaye on October 01, 2022

Really loved the unique flavor on this one. Since salt in tomatoes varies from brand to brand, start with 1/2 salt in recipe and add more at the end to taste. Incredibly easy.
mamacrumbcake on March 05, 2019

Wow! We loved this! I was not expecting a turkey chili to be so full of flavor. I did use the urfa and green chile powder and followed the directions to the letter. My husband said this has supplanted our old favorite chili. Bonus—it’s so quick and easy and doesn’t dirty a lot of dishes. PS, it’s moderately spicy, it definitely has a kick, but not overly so.
anya_sf on February 16, 2019

The hardest part of this chili is locating the urfa flakes and green chile powder. Otherwise, it's easy and relatively quick to make. Like most chilis, I think the flavor would improve if made ahead, but my family devoured it on the first night, so I'm not sure I'll ever know for certain.