This delicious chili uses both ground venison and pork and it's seasoned with a chili kit, diced tomatoes and green chiles, kidney beans and green bell pepper. Excellent idea for tailgating parties and when you're having friends over to watch sport events. Gluten free.
1 hamburger choppper to break meat down into small pieces while frying
measuring cups
measuring spoons
1 sharp knife to cut vegetables
1 wooden spoon
1 soup ladle
Ingredients
2lbs.ground venison or hot links with casings removed and sliced(I prefer the ground venison in bulk like sausage)
1lb.ground pork sausage
14.5oz. candiced tomatoes and green chilies
15.5oz. canlight red kidney beansdrained, or pinto beans, if desired
32oz. canLow Sodium V-8 Original vegetable juice
4oz. pkg.Carroll Shelby's Original Texas Brand Chili KitI used only half of the cayenne pepper packet
1green bell pepperdiced
2tbsp.olive oil
1/2cupsour cream for garnish, if desired
1/2cupsharp cheddar cheesegrated, for garnish
Instructions
Coat the bottom of a heavy Dutch oven with olive oil.
Add venison and sausage and brown until meat is no longer pink and cooked through.
If both venison and sausage are in bulk (rather than in casings) use a hamburger chopper to break the meat up in small pieces while frying.
Add seasoning packet from Chili Kit, also the salt packet and half the cayenne pepper packet.
(Add the whole packet of Cayenne Pepper if you want really hot chili).
Cook an additional 3 minutes until meat is well coated.
Add tomatoes, kidney beans and V-8 juice.
Stir to combine.
Cover and simmer about one hour.
Add green pepper and continue cooking about 5 minutes.
Thicken with the masa corn flour thickening packet from the Chili Kit, if desired.
Garnish each serving with sour cream and cheddar cheese, if desired.
Notes
NOTE:I did not thicken with the masa flour.NOTE: While I used venison in sausage links, you may prefer using bulk venison sausage that you fry like ground beef. Either way will work. My personal preference is the bulk version, but this is what I had on hand.