Spicy Bison Chili

By beckylippert

This is a super spicy chili made with ground bison. Make it for a romantic interest to heat things up! ;)

Ingredients

• 1 lb ground bison
• 15 oz can butter beans
• 15 oz can kidney beans
• 1 small can of chipotles in adobo
• 1 red bell pepper
• 1 Poblano pepper
• 1 Onion
• 1 small can of tomato paste
• 1 or 2 tsp Cayenne powder
• 1 or 2 tsp of chipotle powder
• 1 or 2 tbsp brown sugar
• 2 tsp of oregano
• 4 cloves of garlic crushed
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• Black pepper to taste
• 1 bottle of beer, any preferred medium or dark beer
• 5 boiled tomatoes minus skin
• Beef stock
• Cilantro
• Sour cream - optional
• Cheese of choice - a cheddar or Mexican mix perhaps?
• Tortilla chips - optional

Details

Servings 6
Preparation time 30mins
Cooking time 60mins
Adapted from freepik.com

Preparation

Step 1

1. Boil 5 tomatoes until skin can be peeled off.
2. In a large cast iron dutch oven, saute onions in butter until they begin to get translucent. Add ground bison and crushed garlic. Chop peppers as meat browns.
3. Add chopped red and Poblano pepper to meat mixture. Cook peppers approximately halfway. Stirring occasionally.
4. Chop tomatoes and remove the hard parts inside the tomato. Add to meat and peppers mixture.
5. Add beer, tomato paste, seasonings, beans, chipotles in adobo, and enough beef stock to cover the ingredients.
6. Let simmer for 15-30 minutes or until you get hungry and can't stand the smell any longer.
7. Serve with fresh cilantro, a dollop of sour cream, some cheese and crushed tortilla strips.

A beer, glass of milk or glass of water will be required to finish this meal.

Note: You can adjust all spices and herbs to suit your tastes, and swap out bison for beef if you can't get bison. My numbers above are estimations of what we added. If you don't want this to be quite so spicy, swap the Poblano for a regular green pepper and use half or none of the chipotles in adobo.