Weight Watchers WW Zero Point Chili has been a favorite of mine for years, and I know you are going to love it, too. Thick, filling, and hearty for zero points, this recipe makes a great family dinner or a filling meal prep lunch option. With just five easy steps, you can have this on the table in no time.
Easy WW Zero Point Chili
This Weight Watchers soup recipe has been incredibly popular with readers of The Holy Mess, especially those who use it as part of our free 3 day diet. People exclaim that their kids and husbands love it too and would never know it’s a diet recipe. Many readers tell us this is their new go-to chili recipe.
Click here for the vegetarian version of this chili recipe, which uses grains and beans instead of ground meat.
Points for Chili on Weight Watchers
This delicious chili recipe is one of my go-to recipes for maintaining a 100+ weight loss. I’ve made it dozens of times, and it turns out delicious each time.
Weight Watchers Points for this recipe: 0 points. Click here to track this recipe in the WW app.
Freestyle – 0 points per serving.
MyWW Blue – 0 point per serving.
MyWW Green – 4 points per serving.
MyWW Purple – 0 point per serving.
If you aren’t using the WW program, no problem. This recipe is still a fantastic option at less than 150 calories per serving.
WW Zero Point Foods
One of the things I love about the WW program is that every member gets a list of zero point foods. These are “free” foods that don’t have the counted in the system and can be eaten to satisfaction. (Click here for a list of the zero points foods with printable.)
While these foods do have calories, so they can’t be eaten endlessly, research has proven that eating them to fullness leads to weight loss for most people. This chili combines all possible zero-point foods, making it free from points for many members.
If you aren’t a WW member, I still encourage you to check out the zero-point food list. These are healthy foods that should be a regular part of your diet.
How to Meal Prep Low-Fat Chili
This delicious recipe is a great meal prep option.
- Store this WW chili in the fridge for up to one week, and enjoy it for lunch with a side salad or a piece of fruit. It keeps for 4-5 days.
- This chili freezes very well! Allow it to cool completely. Store in freezer containers or a zipper bag for up to 3 months.
- To reheat, spoon chili into a microwave-safe bowl and microwave until hot, about 2 minutes, stirring once or twice. Alternatively, reheat in a small soup pan on the stovetop.
What to Serve with this Weight Watchers Chili Recipe
Here are some great options to serve with your chili.
- Top with a low point cheese or low point crackers
- Serve with a dollop of non-fat Greek yogurt
- Serve with a size of 2 ingredient dough breadsticks
- Serve with a salad like this meal prep garden salad in jars
- Serve with a side of veggies and zero point ranch dip or zero point cauliflower dip
Turkey Chili Slow Cooker Instructions
The recipe card below includes stove top and Instant Poinstructions for the t pressure cooker instructions. To make tthe Crock Pot, follow these steps:
- Brown turkey and vegetables in a skillet on the stovetop, as directed in the recipe below.
- Add all ingredients to a large slow cooker.
- Cook on HIGH for 4-6 hours or LOW for 8-10 hours and serve.
The Holy Mess Turkey Chili in 5 Easy Steps
Here are the step-by-step directions with photos for making this low-calorie chili without garlic. We are guessing this will be your new favorite recipe!
Step 1 – Gather Ingredients
Gather ingredients. This filling chili has ground turkey breast, beans, tomatoes, spices, and chopped vegetables.
Step 2 – Brown Ground Turkey Breast
For WW members, if you have chicken or turkey, which is a zero-point food, it’s important to buy ground turkey or chicken breast. (Not just ground turkey or chicken, which can be quite high in fat.)
If you can’t find ground breast, you can use other chicken or turkey (or even very lean ground beef), but keep in mind that it will be higher in points, fat, and calories.
If you haven’t worked with ground turkey breast before, here are a few tips to remember. This is very lean meat, so it will take a bit more work to break it apart. Adding some water or broth to the pan helps prevent sticking and makes it easier to work with.
Another helpful tip for using very lean ground meat: in chili, the meat will absorb the flavors of the soup, so you don’t need to worry much, but if you are using ground chicken breast to eat in a main dish like tacos, try adding a bit of soy or Worcestershire sauce to improve flavor and color.
Step 3 – Chop and Saute Vegetables
This chili is different from most recipes because we use not just onion, celery, carrots, zucchini, or green pepper. A trick for weight loss is to load your recipes with additional vegetables to make them more filling and decrease calorie density.
Step 4 – Dump
Drain and rinse beans to remove excess sodium.
Now that you’ve done the hard part, the rest of the recipe is fast and easy. Just dump in the cans and mix everything together.
Step 5 – Simmer & Serve
Simmer the chili for about 30 minutes to allow the flavors to blend. Serve and enjoy, or allow it to cool if you are saving servings for meal prep. Enjoy!
Weight Watchers Zero Point Chili Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 pound lean ground turkey breast
- 1 cup diced carrots
- 1 cup diced onion
- 1 cup diced celery
- 1 cup diced zucchini or green peppers
- 1 can kidney beans 15 oz, drained and rinsed
- 1 can black beans 15 oz, drained and rinsed
- 1 can tomato sauce 15 oz
- 1 can Rotel with green chilis 10 oz, be sure to get MILD if you don't like spicy, or use an extra can of diced tomatoes.
- 2 cans diced tomatoes 15 oz, undrained
- 2 T chili powder
- 1 T cumin
- 2 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup water
Instructions
- Pan fry lean ground turkey breast and set aside.
- Using Pam cooking spray, sautee carrots, onions, celery, and zucchini. Add 1/4 cup water and continue to cook until soft.
- Once vegetables are softened, sprinkle with chili powder, cumin, and salt. Cook for 2 minutes until spices are fragrant.
- In a large cooking pot on stove top, add cooked ground turkey breast, vegetables, and all remaining ingredients.
- Bring to a boil and then simmer for 30 minutes.
- Alternately, place ground turkey breast and vegetables in the bottom of Instant Pot. Sautee until softened.
- Pour in all remaining ingredients. Close lid and be sure valve is closed.
- Select the Meat/Stew button. Cook for 20 minutes.
- Carefully quick release and serve.
WW Information
Notes
Nutrition
What’s your favorite topping for chili? Have you made The Holy Mess Chili? Share in the comments below.
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I have just rejoined WW & found the holy mess. I made this recipe last night & it is absolutely delicious!! I am an eater than needs to feel like I’m eating something of substance, satisfying & it has to be tasty. I can eat zero point foods all day long and be bored to tears. This soup is so full of flavor – even better the second day. I can’t wait to try other suggested recipes! I also very much appreciate the links to track in the app. Thank you!
I’m so glad you enjoyed it, Beth! It’s one of my favorites and I still make this recipe all the time. Let us know how the 3 days goes for you.
I love this recipe but when I tracked this and entered the recipe, I couldn’t get it to come out to zero points. My kidney beans and chili powder were showing points …I do get about 10 servings because I add a couple of cans of water to make it a bit more “soupier”. 👌🏼 any thoughts on what I am doing wrong?
Hi Sue, You aren’t doing anything wrong. Sometimes just tracking a different brand can make the difference if things like spices have points or not. Kidney beans should be zero points unless you are on the diabetic plan. Chili powder does have some points in larger amounts but probably not for the amount we use, divided by the number of servings. WW points can be a bit finicky sometimes. Also just FYI, we have a link in the recipe card “notes” section that takes you right to all of our Holy Mess recipes in the WW app, so you don’t have to input recipes manually. We’ve done the hard work for you. 🙂
Just made this last night and I was so surprised how flavorful and delicious this is. I love the addition of the vegetables. It filled me up too. I did add some red pepper flakes and smoked paprika even with the cumin and chili powder. Spicy helps me to feel satisfied as well.
Hi Becky, Gabrielle from The Holy Mess here. We are thrilled you loved the chili – it is definitely a favorite of our readers, as well as our readers families. It is delicious, healthy and filling. Be sure to check out more recipes from Sara’s website at www.theholymess.com. Blessings!
My husband doesn’t care for zucchini in his chili. I was thinking about adding the carrots, onions, celery, and zucchini in a blender and preening them. Would it still be zero points or do the veggies have to stay chunky?
As far as I know, blended vegetables do not have points on WW (just fruit), but I don’t work for them so you might want to call or send a message to a coach through the app to ask them for sure. You can also substitute green peppers instead or simply leave the zucchini out of the recipe. It will still be plenty hearty!
I like to top chili with fresh jalapeno, onions, tomatoes, plus for extra ww points black olives, avacado, and a Sprinkle of cheese (it just makes it look prettier)
Also for extra ww points use the frito scoop corn chips so kinda like a chili nacho.
That’s only on special occasions- so can use ww points in better way.
Can I use lean ground pork instead? I do not have ground chicken or turkey, and I usually do not cook with it as it gets rubbery real easy. Thanks
Your link for “Click here to track this recipe in the WW app”, returns an error in the app.
This recipe is great! It has been posted for a while, so you probably already know this – In the crockpot directions, the temperatures and cook times are mistakenly reversed.
Oops! Thanks for letting us know about this error. We have corrected it now.
Hi Sara I have a question if I make the chili in the crock pot I just cook the Turkey and the vegetables in the stove and then add to crock pot and cook on low I am confused or do I also simmer on stove for 30 minutes like stars with the instant pot Thank you Am anxious to try this recipe How many pp are added for veggies if any Thank you again for all your delicious recipes Annette
Yes, I would recommend you brown the turkey and vegetables in a skillet on the stove top, then transfer everything to the crock pot and cook as directed. There is a link above to get your Personal Points. It varies per person. You can add additional veggies for zero points since non-starchy vegetables do not have points for anyone on WW currently.
Plan to make this week. What size tomato sauce did you use? I have different sizes in my pantry?
Hi Margaret, all the cans are regular size which is 14-15 oz, except for I think the Rotel comes in slightly smaller cans.
Can you also cook this in a crockpot?
Yes, you sure can! Brown meat and vegetables in skillet as directed in recipe. Then add all ingredients to a slow cooker. Cook on LOW for 4-6 hours or HIGH for 8-10 hours. Enjoy!
How long would you keep it in the insta pot on low or high after you brown your meat. And put the rest of the ingredients in.
Thanks