VENISON, SAUSAGE, AND BLACK BEAN CHILI

VENISON, SAUSAGE, AND BLACK BEAN CHILI image

Yield 4 bowls

Number Of Ingredients 14

1/4 # spicy chicken sausage
cooking spray
2 c chopped onion (2 med)
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 # boneless venison loin, trimmed and cut into 1/2" cubes
2 T tomato paste
2 c chicken broth
1 c chopped plum tomato ( 2 med)
1 c water
2 T ancho chili powder
1/2 t salt
1/2 t cumin
1 (15oz) can black beans, rinsed and drained
1/4 c crumbled goat cheese

Steps:

Remove casings form sausage. heat a large dutch oven over med-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add sausage, onion,and garlic to pan; saute 5 mins or until onion is softened, stirring to crumble sausage. Add venison. cook 4 mins until browned. Stir in tomato paste; cook 3mins. Add chicken broth and next 5 ingredients (thur cumin), scraping pan to loosen browned bits; bring to a boil. Cover , reduce heat, cook for 1 hour and 15 mins or until venison is tender. Stir in black beans, cook 10 min. Top each goat cheese crumbles.