Florida Cracker Venison Chili
January 14th, 2010
I was sittin on the front porch whittlin on a stick the other day and I was just thinkin away. You know that’s what us Florida Crackers do. We not exactly, but I was thinking about all of these recipes that I have in a drawer in the kitchen. The first thought is to put them in a 3 ring binder and alphabetize them. Imagine that. The second thought was to post them on my blog so that anybody could access them and they would be in a central location for the family. Plus the search feature on the website would allow me to find any recipe immediately. So here goes my first entry in the category of Florida Cracker Recipes.
This is a recipe that I came up with by comparing recipes on the internet and modifying them to fit my taste. Plus I switched the hamburger to ground venison being a Florida Cracker and all. People seemed to love this version of chili when I served it at our bonfire and at a Christmas party.
Florida Cracker Venison Chili
Ingredients
2 pounds ground venison
2 (15 ounce) Cans Kidney Beans
1 Small Jar of Ragu Traditional Pizza Sauce
1 (32 ounce) Can crushed tomatoes
1 large sweet onion
3 stalks celery chopped
1 green bell pepper
¼ cup chili powder
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 tablespoon dried oregano
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper (Use ½ teaspoon for mild to medium)
1 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon white sugar
Directions
- Brown the meat then add all ingredients into a large crock pot.
- After about 2 hours, taste the chili and adjust salt, pepper and chili powder if necessary. It takes about 4 hours in the crock pot but the longer the better.