This Venison White Bean Chili recipe is a blend of spicy sweet flavors made with ground venison, and cannelloni beans. It is an excellent main dish recipe served with Soft White Bread, Corn Muffins, or Jalapeño Cornbread.
Venison White Bean Chili is the perfect chilly weather dinner recipe. It is an excellent make ahead recipe as the flavors develop more after the first day. I love to make this for game day and keep it warm in the slow cooker.
The Secret Ingredient To Make The Most Awesome Chili Recipe
I discovered many years ago that there is one ingredient you can add to a recipe that has a bit of spice in it to knock it out of the park on the flavor scale. That ingredient would be brown sugar. I love the depth of flavor and that bit of sweet added to the heat of the white bean chili is absolutely delicious.
I am also a huge cumin fan. Many chili recipes have you use about 1 teaspoon of ground cumin to each 1 tablespoon of chili. I pretty much do a 1:1 ratio because I love the flavor so much. I feel the cumin and brown sugar make this white bean chili recipe the best one I have ever made.
What You Need To Make Venison White Bean Chili
Ground Venison, I like to use venison that has been ground with a little bit of pork fat. This not only adds fat to a very lean meat but it adds more flavor as well. Without the pork fat, you would find a dry and somewhat crumbly ground venison.
Cannelloni Beans, also known as white kidney beans. They are a cream colored bean that can be used in place of navy or great northern beans.
Brown Sugar
Diced Tomatoes, Tomato Sauce, and Tomato Paste
Diced Tomatoes, Tomato Sauce, and Tomato Paste
Tips and Substitutions
- Drain and rinse the white beans to remove any extra sodium and goop that has collected in the can of beans before adding to the chili.
- Boost the bean power and use 2 cans of cannelloni beans
- Substitute ground beef, turkey, or chicken in place of the ground venison
- Add a little boost of smoky bacon flavor and fry 4 slices of bacon until crisp. Remove the bacon and set aside. Then cook the venison in the bacon fat. Crumble the bacon garnish the white bean chili
- Add extra heat with 1 diced jalapeño added to the onion and garlic mixture.
- Saute 2 cups chopped mushrooms along with the onion and garlic mixture.
- Make this a vegetarian chili and use meatless beef crumbles or add combination of peppers, carrots, celery, and mushrooms in place of the ground venison.
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📖 Recipe
Venison White Bean Chili
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Ingredients
- 1½ pounds ground venison
- ½ cup diced white onion
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 15.5 ounce cannellini beans
- ½ teaspoon seasoned salt
- 5¼ diced tomatoes (3-14.5 ounce cans)
- 6 ounces tomato sauce
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 2 tablespoons chili powder
- 1 tablespoons cumin
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
Instructions
- Saute the venison in a large skillet coated with cooking spray over medium high heat.
- Add the onion and garlic. Cook and stir until the meat is no longer pink.
- Add the white beans, seasoned salt, chili powder, and cumin. Cook and stir to combine for 1 minute.
- Add the tomatoes, tomato sauce, and tomato paste to the venison mixture. Bring the chili to a boil then turn heat down to a simmer.
- Simmer 1 hour to allow chili to thicken and flavors to meld.
It's a Food Fetish says
You have some amazing recipes! I agree with the sweet heat. Try sweetening your pasta sauce and adding some cayenne pepper the next time you make pasta with red sauce... It's pure perfection.
honeyb says
Thank you!