Bear chilli on the way

[muttleysback]

I just finished grinding about 15 pounds of bear meat from my son-in-law's New Brunswick bear.  The guys at camp Rip-N-Tear put in a request for bear chilli and bear stew, so I spent a couple of hours this morning doing the early prep work.  I plan to do the chilli for rifle bear season.  Yum.

Bear Chili

Ingredients

• − 3 lbs ground bear meat

• − 3 medium onions, chopped

• − 3 medium green peppers,

chopped

• − 1⁄2 cup chopped celery

• − 2 Tbs. bacon fat or vegetable oil

• − 1 can (28 oz) whole tomatoes,

drained

• − 2 Tbs. dried parsley flakes

• − 2 Tbs. chili powder

• − 1 tsp. salt

• − 1 tsp. pepper

• − 1⁄2 tsp. garlic powder

• − 2 cans (15.5 oz) kidney beans,

un-drained

• − 1 can (16 oz) pinto beans, un-

drained

• − 1 bag shredded cheddar cheese  (for topping; optional)

• − 1 container (8 oz) sour cream Directions

1. In a pan, brown meat over medium heat, stirring occasionally

2. Remove meat from pan and set aside

3. In pan, cook and stir onions, green peppers and celery in bacon fat over medium heat until tender

4. Add meat, vegetable mixture and all remaining ingredients into a suitable sized pot

5. Heat to boiling, then reduce heat and cover

6. Simmer for 1 hour to blend flavors

Serve with tobasco sauce on the side for those who like hot stuff.

[muttleysback]

PS. I have to leave the green peppers out of a small pot for our buddy Larry. They don't agree with his gut.

[dougl]

Sounds good.I smoked two big ribs from the bear my son shot.They turned out as good as any other ribs.

[Loggy]

That Bear Chili recipe sounds YUMMY Mutt!! Nice having that tobasco sauce "hot stuff" option on the side!!