I made a pot of huge pot of chili the other day, but three of my four kids made quick work of it. The fourth wouldn't eat it because he could still distinguish the tomatoes in it. Sigh.
No venison. No fresh or dried chiles in the grocery store, so I worked with ground dried chiles -- chipolte and ancho. Did use the cocoa that batch -- was it ever good! Rich, a little smoky, not hot at first but with a pretty nice after-bite.
Cornbread is good with chili, but usually I fix rice for the side. Yum!
OK, that settles it! My next batch of chili will have coffee (since there's no coco in my house) for that smoky taste.
I make sure my tomatoes do not have sugar in them since hubby can't stand sweet chili. Hence no tomato paste or tomato sauce. And if I can't find KIDNEY BEANS without sugar, I make mine with garlic the day before.
Wonder what Lawnguy ever decided to do?.....
Glad I'm not the only one who has one of those!
Mom would give us leftover chili on rice & call it "Cowboy Stuff".