Beef/Bison Chilli

Today I prepared Bison chilli, the only reason for preparing it at home and not going out and having it is that my husband loves to eat at home. No matter where you go he will return home to have his lunch or dinner. Recently we moved to Calgary and the farmers market sells Bison meat, initially we were not sure if we would love it but we just got hooked to it the reason being that it is very lean meat.

Ingredients

1 lb Ground Lean Bison/ Lean Beef
250 Gms Kidney Beans/Black Beans
1 Green Pepper
1 Medium Onion
5 Medium Tomatoes
3 Cloves Garlic
1/2 Tsp Freshly Ground Cumin Seed
1/2 Tsp Red Chilli Powder
1/2 Tsp Black Ground Pepper
1 Cup Water
1 Tsp Sugar Optional
Cooking Oil
Salt To Taste

Method

Before you decide to prepare the chilli, soak the kidney beans for 7-8 hours. Cook the beans in a pressure cooker till they are very tender. Do not try to mix the beans with the tomatoes and try to cook the beans, the beans will not cook because of the tartness of the tomatoes.

Heat a pan. Add 2-3 Tsp of cooking oil, I used olive oil.

Add the chopped onions to the pan and saute it, add the chopped tomatoes and green pepper to the onions in the pan and saute till they become tender.

Add the chopped garlic to the onions and tomatoes. Do not overcook the garlic or it can get burnt.

Take another pan or empty the pan which contains the onions, garlic, tomato and green pepper in a bowl.

Add 2-3 Tsp of cooking oil to the pan. When the pan is hot put the ground meat in the pan and saute it till it is golden brown.

Mix the onions, green pepper,garlic, tomato with the meat.

Add the ground pepper, red chilli powder, sugar and salt to taste.

Add 1 cup water mix everything thoroughly. Let it cook on a slow flame for an hour or till the chilli is well cooked and thick.

Serve hot with rice or buns.