1 lb. ground turkey
1 tbsp. cooking oil
1 tsp. minced garlic
4 hot dogs
1 1/2 cups water
1 (6 oz.) can tomato paste
1 tbsp. beef base (or 1 beef beef bouillon cube)
1 tbsp. prepared yellow mustard
3 tbsp. mild chili powder
1 1/2 tsp. medium hot chili powder
1 tsp. ground cumin
1 tsp. onion powder
seasoning salt, to taste (Lawry's)
pepper, to taste
1 tbsp. butter

Sauté ground turkey with cooking oil in a skillet until it is no longer pink and slightly browned. Add minced garlic and sauté for a couple of minutes.

To a food processor bowl, add hot dogs, water, tomato paste, beef base or bouillon cube, mustard, mild chili powder, medium hot chili powder, ground cumin and onion powder. Process until hot dogs in mixture are ground into a paste.

Add ground hot dog mixture to browned turkey in skillet. Simmer, covered, on low heat for 20 minutes. Add a little more water as needed if mixture gets too thick.

Season to taste with seasoning salt and ground black pepper. Stir in butter.

Serve chili over hot dogs in buns topped with some chopped onion.

Makes 2 1/2 cups chili.

Submitted by: Rusty Barton