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Deer Chili

Teresa Ambra
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. Gluten free.
5 from 4 votes
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 25 minutes
Course Soups, Stews & Chowders
Cuisine Tex-Mex
Servings 12
Calories 292 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 2 lbs. ground venison or hot links with casings removed and sliced
  • 1 lb. ground pork sausage
  • 14.5 oz. can diced tomatoes and green chilies
  • 15.5 oz. can light red kidney beans, drained or pinto beans, if desired
  • 32 oz. can Low Sodium V-8 Original vegetable juice
  • 4 oz. pkg. Carroll Shelby's Original Texas Brand Chili Kit I used only half of the cayenne pepper packet
  • 1 green bell pepper diced
  • olive oil
  • sour cream or cheddar cheese for garnish if desired

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.
  • 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 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.
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Nutrition

Calories: 292kcalCarbohydrates: 14gProtein: 31gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 97mgSodium: 910mgPotassium: 694mgFiber: 3gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 150IUVitamin C: 13.2mgCalcium: 50mgIron: 3.4mg
Keyword beans, cheese, chili, kidney beans, main dish, pork, sausage, soup, Tex Mex, tomatoes, Venison
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