Maverick Moose Chili Recipes

DEB'S MOOSE CHILI

Steps:

• 1. Cube meat into 1" cubes. Add garlic, green peppers and onions to bottom of pot and add a small amount of olive oil. Stir and cook until onions are almost transparent. Remove vegetables and add cubed meat. Brown meat in pot. Add oil if needed.
• 2. Return vegetables to pot. Add tomatoes and tomato sauce, coffee and all the spices. Bring to a boil and turn down to a simmer. Cover. Simmer for 2 1/2 hours or longer until meat is tender. Remove bay leaf and add kidney beans. Stir pot. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes. Serve with sour cream and grated cheddar cheese. If you want to change this up just a little for the next night, add more tomato sauce and a cup of elbow macaroni. Add water if necessary. Bring to a simmer and cook until macaroni is done.

WILD GAME CHILI

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the ground meat and cook, stirring and breaking up the meat, until no longer pink, about 10 minutes. Add half each of the onions and garlic and cook, stirring, 10 more minutes; set aside.
• Combine the fire-roasted tomatoes and tomato sauce in a large pot over medium heat and crush with a potato masher. Stir in the reserved meat, the remaining onions and garlic, the bell peppers, parsley, green chile, jalapenos, habanero and New Mexico chile. Add the chili powder, ancho chile powder, chipotle chile powder, 2 teaspoons salt, the cumin, oregano, 1/2 teaspoon pepper and the beer. Reduce the heat to medium low and simmer, stirring occasionally, 1 hour.
• Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 200 degrees F and lightly brush a baking sheet with olive oil. Cut the tomatoes in half and set cut-side down on the prepared baking sheet. Brush the tomatoes with more olive oil and sprinkle with salt; bake until darkened and wrinkled, about 1 hour.
• Crush the tomatoes with the potato masher and add to the pot; cover and simmer 2 more hours. Season with salt.