Dad's Venison Chili
"This is my Dad's awesome chili recipe. He got a deer this year so I actually got to make it tonight with some ground venison he had given us. This one puts together quick, with just an onion and a pepper to dice, then waiting and enjoying that great smell. Deeeeee-licious!"
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- Ready In:
- 1hr 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 16
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 lbs ground venison
- 1 medium sweet onion, chopped
- 1 medium yellow bell pepper, chopped
- 32 ounces anasazi beans
- 28 ounces tomato puree
- 14 1⁄2 ounces diced tomatoes (chili style)
- 3 tablespoons chili powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 bay leaf, broken in half
- 1⁄4 teaspoon paprika
- 1⁄4 teaspoon cayenne (or more, to taste)
- 4 tablespoons ground cumin
- 1 tablespoon cumin seed
- 1 dash cinnamon
- fresh ground pepper
- 1 1⁄2 cups water
directions
- Brown the venison in a stock pot (I use non-stick).
- Add onion and pepper, saute until slightly soft, about 5-10 minutes.
- Add remaining ingredients, cover, and simmer for 1.5 hours.
- I serve mine with a little sour cream and diced onion on top, and some crusty bread.
- My husband insists this is sacrilege, and serves his with shredded cheese and crumbled crackers.
- We agree that it is best served with an ice cold beer.
Questions & Replies
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how many does this serve
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Once everything is cooked down, can I just throw everything into a crockpot and turn it on low for a couple hours?
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Were the Anasazi beans soaked overnight? And were they measured before or after that process?
Reviews
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Fantastic! I used a green pepper instead of the yellow due to cost and used beer in place of the water. It was perfect. Thank you. Made for Sept 2008 Cooking Challenge: Beyond Burgers. . .Ground Meat! -
My husband is a hunter but not the rest of the family. THIS recipe is what gets us excited about deer season! -
Way too much cumin but a good base. I cut cumin powder and cumin seed in half, 2 tsp salt, 3 cans dark red kidney beans, 2 tsp black pepper, 2 tsp cayenne powder, and 1/4 granulated garlic to elevate flavors. I made first batch and to cut cumin I made another batch and simmered it together and it was perfect. The modifications above reflect one batch. -
Turned out great. Added garlic, hot peppers, bacon, and used beer instead of water. Thanks for the recipe! -
Sounds good going try it right now let u know how turns out
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Tweaks
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A couple of modifications/substitutions I make: Pinto beans work just fine in place of Anasazi beans, Red bell pepper works fine in place of yellow bell pepper, Use 1 TBS of ground cumin, Use 1 tps cumin seed, Add 2 chopped jalapeno peppers seeded and vanes removed
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I did a slight varation on this recipie, I used kidney beans as I couldn't find the others, everything else I used, apart from I forgot the pepper and added sweetcorn instead. I added a little cajun seasoning too. I'll think I'll follow this recipie when I do a beef chilli just to jazz it up a little more.
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Way to much cumin. I cut the ground to 1Tbs. -
Thank you so much for this recipe. My husband loved it! It’s his favorite so far. So simple too! I could not find Anasazi Beans. So I used 1 can of organic Pinto and 1 can of Red Kidney. Thanks Again! -
We are very picky eaters so we left out the peppers and substituted onion powder for the onions.
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