GAME CHILI (Super Bowl Favorite Dish)
GAME CHILI (Super Bowl Favorite Dish)
Description:
Servings: 6 to 8
Difficulty: Average
Meal: Dinner
Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup Olive Oil
- 5 lbs Ground (your choice) Organic Beef, Organic Bison, Organic Berkshire Pork, Lamb, Wild Boar, Elk, Venison, Organic Chicken, Organic Turkey
- 2 cups Chopped Yellow Onions
- 6 large Garlic Cloves, minced
- 2 tablespoons Chili Powder
- 1 tablespoon Red Pepper Flakes, crushed
- 1 tablespoon Cayenne Pepper, or to taste
- 2 tablespoons Ground Cumin
- 2 Green Peppers, seeded and diced
- 1 Bay Leaf
- 6 cups Tomatoes, chopped with their liquid
- 1 tablespoon Salt and 1 teaspoon freshly Ground Black Pepper
- 2 (15-ounce) cans Kidney Beans
- 2 tablespoons chopped Basil Leaves
Preparation: Heat the oil in a very large heavy-bottomed pot and brown the meat. Transfer meat of your choice to a separate bowl and set aside. Saut?? the onion and garlic in the same oil over medium heat until limp, but not brown, about 8 to 10 minutes. Add the chili powder, pepper flakes, cayenne pepper and cumin and saut?? for 1 minute. Add the green peppers, bay leaf, tomatoes with their juice, the reserved meat, 1 tablespoon of salt and 1 teaspoon pepper and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat, cover the pot with a tight fitting lid and simmer for 2 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally. Taste and season with salt, to taste. Simmer for 1 more hour.
Add the kidney beans and basil, and warm through.
Serving: Transfer the chili to a large serving bowl and serve with sour cream, grated Cheddar, diced tomato, tortilla chips and guacamole.