Venison Chili

Yesterday (Saturday) I made some venison chili, for the first time. I used my regular turkey chili recipe and swapped out the venison, which I purchased ground and frozen at Clark’s Nutrition in Loma Linda. This particular game meat is $7.29 a pound, which is not as pricey as ostrich.

As for taste... There was really very little in the way of a “gamey” taste to this chili, mainly because the proportion of meat to vegetables (as well as grated Monterey Jack cheese to finish it) was too small to make a noticeable difference. I could taste the meat, but not enough to identify it as something different from either beef or turkey. Overall, the result was good and I’ll be having leftovers today.

I swapped out garbanzo beans for kidney beans in this recipe—quite good.