One of the Vegetarians in my Chili
Put a chili together tonight for my wife’s office Christmas party tomorrow mostly vegetarian with a little omnivore thrown in to make it interesting. I guess to be specific most of it is made with deer meat, I guess herbivore is probably the more accurate description rather than vegetarian. I also added some black bear that someone gave me, black bear is wonderful table fare and a omnivore.
A point of contention is always over the amount of heat my chili has, I like a hot chili but for such gatherings like this I tone it down to a “mild chili”. I think four jalapenos is just a slight hint of heat but my wife thinks any chili with jalapenos is hot.
Here is my basic recipe for a pot of chili or this pot;
1 ½ lbs of ground bear
2 lbs of ground deer
2lbs of deer steak
1 onion
Water about a quart
Dash or three of cyan pepper
Black pepper to taste
Sea salt to taste
Chili powder about ¾ of a cup
Taco seasoning a couple of packs
3 cans of black beans
A splash of Tabasco sauce (I make a big splash so it’s about a third of a bottle)
4 Jalapenos sliced and deseeded (leave seeds in for more heat)
Then a dash from a variety of spices in the cupboard to taste.
I just cook to whatever looks good so there is no real specific recipe so rarely is any two of my chili’s ever alike. Some of the key things in my chili is almost always made with wild game whatever I have on hand. Secondly you’ll never find tomatoes in my chili.
So there you have it my infamous mild chili guarantee to warm you up on the coldest day of the year. So what do you think is four to many for a “Mild Chili”?
Add a little bear to make an awesome chili
