Bison Chili

I woke up Sunday morning to a layer of new snow on the ground, so I thought it would be a perfect day to slow cook some chili. I went to the grocery with the intentions on trying a new (to me) kind of ground meat as the base.

I conveniently saw the butcher stocking some ground bison, and asked him what his thoughts were for a bison chili… He said it would definitely work, it is very similar to ground beef but with less fat. Sold.

Ingredients:

• 1 pound ground bison
• 3/4 cup diced onion
• 3/4 cup diced green bell pepper
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 (10.75 ounce) cans tomato puree
• 2 (15 ounce) can kidney beans, drained
• 1 (15 ounce) can cannellini beans with liquid
• 1/2 tablespoon chili powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 tablespoon Tabasco

Directions

1. Place the bison in a skillet over medium heat, and cook until evenly brown. Drain grease.
2. Place the bison in a slow cooker, and mix in onion, green bell pepper, garlic, tomato puree, kidney beans, and cannellini beans. Season with chili powder, salt, oregano, black pepper, and Tabasco.
3. Cover, and cook 8 hours on Low.

Ingredients in the slow cooker.