Chili Recipe with Ground Elk

Ingredients:

1 1/2  lbs – elk meat ground

2 large onions- diced

2  – 10 oz cans – tomato sauce

1 – 15 oz can – kidney beans – drained

1 – 14 1/2 oz can – Italian-style stewed tomatoes

1 – 4 oz can – diced green chiles – (optional)

1 1/2 tsp ground cumin

1 1/2  tbsp chili powder

1 tsp dried oregano

1 tsp pepper

1 tsp salt

1/2 cup brown sugar

Directions:

In a frying pan brown up your ground elk meat with the diced onions. Make sure to drain off the fat afterwards.

Next combine the rest of the ingredients in a pot, and add the ground elk meat with onions.  Cover the pot and simmer on low for a minimum of 1 hour. The longer you let the chili (ground elk recipe) sit the better it tastes. Serve and enjoy!

This is also a great ground elk recipe for the crockpot.