Campfire Filet-Tip Chili
From the Zac Brown & Friends Southern Ground Cookbook.

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Cook Time: 2 hours | Yield: 8 Servings
Ingredients
- 1 cup diced white onion
- 1 pound beef tenderloin tips diced into 1/2 inch cubes
- 2 pounds ground bison*
- 1/2 pound ground pork
- 1 Tbsp. olive oil
- 1 Tbsp. masa flour
- 1/2. Tbsp. garlic powder
- One 14.5 oz. can beef stock
- Two 14.5 cans chicken stock
- One 8 oz. can tomatoe sauce
- 4 ounces mild diced green chilies
- 1/2 Tbsp. ground cumin
- 1 fresh jalapeno pepper, chopped fine
- 1 tsp. black pepper
- 3 Tbs. chili powder
- 4 oz. tomato sauce
- 4 Rbs. chili powder
- 2 Tbs. mild chili powder
- 2 Tbs. ground cumin
- 1 tsp. garlic powder
- 1 tsp. Tabasco
- 1/2 tsp. brown sugar
- Two 15.5 oz. cans pinto beanss, drained
- Two 15.5 oz. can kidney beans, drained
Directions
1. Brown together the onion, beef tips, bison, and pork in the olive oil.
2. Drain grease from the meat. Add the next ten ingredients, from the masa flour to the 3 Tbs. of organic chili powder.
Simmer one hour.
3. Add the remaining ingredients from 4 oz. tomato sauce to the kidney beans.
Simmer 45 minutes and eat.
Note: *If bison is unavailable, use ground beef.
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