Venison Chili (no bean)

[bobvonb]

I made this with chunk venison and with ground venison and it worked well both ways.

No Bean Venison Chili

Ingredients:

1 - 2 lb. venison roast - 1" cubes (I used California mule deer, tenderized)
OR
1 - 2 lb. ground venison
2 TBP Garlic Infused Olive oil
1/4 C Chili powder (I used my wife's homemade powder, but use your favorite)
1 tsp Salt
1 tsp Cayenne Pepper
2 tsp Cumin
1 Onion, coarse diced
1 TSP Garlic (I used "Tastefully Simple" Garlic Garlic, but 2 cloves would work)
1 TSP Oregeno
1 28 oz Organic Fire Roasted diced tomatoes
1 Can Beer (I used MGD 64 but use your favorite)
1/2 tablet - Abuelita Mexican Chocolate
1/4 C Masa flour


Preparation:

In a stew pot, add cold oil to hot pot, brown venison on all sides. Add diced
onion, continue cooking until onions soften. Add tomatoes with juice, beer, and
water if you wish. Add all the spices and stir well. Drop in the Mexican
chocolate tablet. Bring to a boil, cover and cook on medium heat for at least 2 hours.
Add water as necessary. Stir in the Masa to thicken 10 minutes before serving.

This was warm enough to bring some sweat to the brow and tingley on the lips
but not too hot at all. Add hot sauce or more cayenne if you wish, but this had an
excellent taste.

 

[CILhunter]

Looks good. I like beans in my chili, and in fact I use 2 different kinds:

2 lbs ground venison (or 50/50 ground venison and ground beef)
1 onion, chopped
2 cans diced tomatoes
1 can diced tomatoes with green chiles
1 can black beans
1 can kidney beans
1/4 cup chili powder
1 small can tomato paste
32 oz tomato juice
2 beers, one cheap and warm, one cold adult beer

Open the adult beer, pour into a frozen glass and begin to drink.

Brown the meat (use 2 Tbsp olive oil if going 100% venison - I don't mix any fat with my ground venison)

stir the chopped onion into the browned meat, and allow to simmer until the onion softens and becomes more translucent.

Stir in the chili powder, I do not add cayenne at this point - wait until later. The green chiles will give it some kick.

Add the beans, all tomatoes, paste and juice.

Bring to a simmer.

Add the cheap beer - I have used expensive beer before and everyone who had had both prefers it with cheap beer. I currently use Michelob Ultra, since that is the only cheap beer I will drink.

Bring back to a simmer and cook for 2-3 hours, tasting periodically and adjusting seasonings as necessary.

Eat.